Joe Biden delivers press conference about Covid-19 response
President-elect Joe Biden held his first policy speech on Monday that focused on the coronavirus pandemic. In the speech, he implored Americans to wear a mask due to fears an additional 200,000 people could die in the country from the novel virus.
The speech came after Mr Biden praised scientists working on Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, which was shown to be 90-per-cent effective, but warned the jab will not be in play for months yet.
Meanwhile, a former official in Donald Trump's administration has joined Joe Biden’s Covid-19 taskforce, months after he blew the whistle on his old boss’s handling of the pandemic.
In news related to Mr Trump, top adviser Ben Carson has tested positive for the coronavirus after attending the president’s election party at the White House on Tuesday evening. White House chief of staff Mark Meadows also tested positive for the novel virus over the weekend.