Biden chief of staff entering COVID vaccine deployment: “We are inheriting a huge disaster”

Incoming Chief of Staff to President-elect Biden, Ron KlainRon KlainBiden’s transition describes the executive actions of the first ten days to address the forecast of Sunday’s demonstrations of “worsening crises”: Washington is preparing for an inauguration and removal; coronavirus rises in the United States The Hill’s Morning Report – Biden calls on Congress to expand the largest relief response in US history MORE, said Sunday that his boss was inheriting a “huge mess” from the Trump administration when it comes to the U.S. implementation of the COVID-19 vaccine.

“Here we inherited a huge mess, Jake, but we have a plan to fix it, the president-elect published that plan on Friday,” Klain told CNN Jake TapperJacob (Jake) Paul TapperTapper fights GOP lawmakers over criticism of Afghan Veterinary College voting Kelly says Trump can’t admit to making mistakes: “His manhood is at stake here” “I saw my life flashing before my eyes “: An Oral Story of the Capitol MORE Attack on “State of the Union”.

Klain said a $ 20 billion effort to combat COVID-19 in the U.S. filed Friday by the president-elect would put the United States on track to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

He said the incoming Biden administration planned to take steps to increase both the production and distribution of the two COVID-19 vaccines approved for emergency use in the US.

“We believe there are things we can do to speed up the delivery of this vaccine and make that supply of vaccines go further,” Klain said. “For example, one thing the president-elect mentioned yesterday was to use the Defense Production Act to increase production of a particular type of syringe that allows us to get six doses of the vaccine from a vial instead of five.” .

Klain added that despite concerns about the depletion of the federal government’s vaccine reserve, Biden’s team believes the United States is on track to reach “100 million shots in 100 days” after the taking of possession of Biden.

Biden called the Trump administration’s vaccine launch a “regrettable failure” in a speech Thursday and pledged to focus on both improving the U.S. vaccine distribution infrastructure and fighting the vaccine. ‘skepticism about the vaccine in some communities.

“Vaccine deployment in the United States has been an unfortunate failure so far,” Biden said Thursday. “This will be one of the most difficult operational efforts we have ever made as a nation. We will have to move heaven and earth to vaccinate more people.