Joe Biden asks Anthony Fauci to join coronavirus team as US daily deaths top 3,000 and cases hit 14 million

Joe Biden has asked top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci serve as his chief medical adviser and to join the new administration’s Covid-19 team after the president-elect takes office on January 20.The decision comes as total infections in the US surge past 14 million, with daily deaths at a record high.Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, spoke to Biden and his team preparing to deal with the virus on Thursday, Biden said in an interview…

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