Dr Ashish Jha to take over as US President Joe Biden's Covid-19 Response Coordinator next month

Washington: Indian-American public health expert Dr. Ashish Jha will take over as US President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 Response Coordinator next month. 

The White House announced yesterday that President Biden’s COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients and his deputy Natalie Quillian are leaving the administration next month.

Their departure comes as the White House is shifting its posture from one of confronting an emergency to nudging Americans back to normalcy as the nation learns to live with a less-severe coronavirus that is likely to remain endemic.

Dr Jha is the dean of the



Brown University School of Public Health.

In his statement, US President said, as they enter a new moment in the pandemic – executing on his National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan and managing the ongoing risks from COVID – Dr Jha is the perfect person for the job. 

President Biden praised Dr Jha as one of the leading public health experts in America and a well-known figure to many Americans from his wise and calming public presence. He said, Jha’s appointment highlighted his communications skills and familiarity to Americans as a fixture on cable news.