White House COVID-19 Response Team
The White House COVID-19 Response Team was the task force during the presidency of Joe Biden to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. It was set up by Joe Biden on his first day in office[1] – January 20, 2021 – and replaced President Trump's White House Coronavirus Task Force and Joe Biden's transitional COVID-19 Advisory Board.
Not to be confused with White House Coronavirus Task Force.Agency overview
20 January 2021
May 2023
- Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy
- Dr. Ashish Jha, Coronavirus Response Coordinator
- Lisa Barclay, Deputy Coronavirus Response Coordinator
- David Kessler, Chief Science Officer
- Vacant, Chief Medical Advisor
The task force was established by Executive Order 13987.
The task force disbanded in May 2023 when the COVID-19 pandemic officially ended in the United States.[2][3]
In July 2023, the Biden Administration created the Office of the Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy to help prepare the United States for the next pandemic.[4]