Dr. Fauci told CNN the meeting went well, adding that it is “the way transition should work.”
Members of President-elect Biden’s agency review team who met with Dr. Fauci included Jeffrey Zients, who is expected as the incoming coronavirus czar; David Kessler, MD, co-chair of the incoming COVID-19 advisory board; and Vivek Murthy, MD, former U.S. surgeon general and also co-chair of the incoming pandemic advisory board.
The meeting comes as the nation faces record COVID-19 deaths.
While Ron Klain, incoming White House chief of staff, had previously been in talks with Dr. Fauci, yesterday’s meeting marked the Biden team’s first official COVID-19 briefing from Dr. Fauci.
President-elect Biden also told CNN he asked Dr. Fauci to stay on as his chief medical adviser and to remain on the COVID-19 advisory board.
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