White House Covid response coordination leadership in transition after the emergency ends

Who’s in charge of the White House Covid response after the emergency ends? The White House is in the middle of setting up a new pandemic response office, but it won’t be ready in time for a clean transfer at the end of the public health emergency on May 11. Rachel Cohrs STAT

...White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha told reporters Tuesday (that) ...White House officials are in the middle of setting up an Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy that Congress mandated them to create in December, but it won’t be ready in time for a clean transfer at the end of the public health emergency on May 11.

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Jha repeatedly told reporters that the White House will need money from Congress to continue to protect people from Covid-19. He said he’s concerned about a reduction in testing manufacturing capacity since the government isn’t buying supplies, but didn’t say he will do anything differently to try to budge lawmakers that have ignored prior White House pleas for funds. ...