White House to disband Covid response team in May, reports say

Ashish Jha, Joe Biden’s Covid response coordinator, is likely to leave the administration once the team is dissolved

The White House plans to disband its Covid-19 response team in May, according to reports, with some staff members having already departed as the coronavirus public health emergency designation is due to expire.

The Washington Post reported that Ashish Jha, Joe Biden’s Covid-19 response coordinator, is likely to leave the administration once the team is dissolved, as the president seeks to move forward from a pandemic which has killed more than 1.1 million in the US.