The President of the United States of America, Joe Biden is set to sign 10 Executive orders to boost the fight against coronavirus.
This comes a day after he was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States.
According to BBC reports, vaccination will be accelerated and testing increased. Emergency legislation will be used to increase production of essentials like masks.
The Trump administration was widely accused of failing to get to grips with the pandemic.
In terms of total deaths from coronavirus, the US is the worst-hit country with more than 406,000 lives lost according to Johns Hopkins University. Nearly 24.5m have been infected.
Jeff Zients, Biden’s Covid-19 task force coordinator, speaking stated that under Mr. Trump there was no strategy at federal level and a comprehensive approach was lacking.
“As President Biden steps into office today, that all changes,” he said
