White House Coronavirus Task Force

Not to be confused with White House COVID-19 Response Team.

U.S. president Donald Trump and members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force brief the media on March 16, 2020.

The White House Coronavirus Task Force was the United States Department of State task force during the Trump administration. The goal of the Task Force was to coordinate and oversee the administration's efforts to monitor, prevent, contain, and mitigate the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).[1] Also referred to as the President's Coronavirus Task Force, it was established on January 29, 2020, with Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar as chair.[2] On February 26, 2020, U.S. vice president Mike Pence was named to chair the task force, and Deborah Birx was named the response coordinator.[3]

The task force was succeeded by the White House COVID-19 Response Team under the Biden administration.

  1. ^ "Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-2019)". U.S. Department of State. March 13, 2020. Archived from the original on March 8, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding the President's Coronavirus Task Force". whitehouse.gov (Press release). January 29, 2020. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2020 – via National Archives.
  3. ^ Santucci J (February 27, 2020). "What we know about the White House coronavirus task force now that Mike Pence is in charge". USA Today. Archived from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.