President Biden’s plan to beat COVID-19 will probably look a little like this

[Andy Meek]

• On the day that President-elect Joe Biden delivered his first victory speech since winning the November 3 election, defeating Donald Trump in his bid for re-election, the latest coronavirus update for the US serves as a sobering reminder of how ominous a moment this still is for the country.
• The US keeps setting records for new coronavirus cases, with 126,400 just reported for a single day. And experts warn the winter period between now and the end of the year is set to continue this trend.
• On Monday, Biden has said he'll announce a 12-person coronavirus task force.

Saturday, November 7, was a day of remarkable contradiction across America. Thousands of Americans celebrated the race for the White House being called, after days of vote-counting, for former Vice President Joe Biden, even as President Trump spent the day making vague promises of contesting that outcome. Capping the day were the first speeches from Biden and California Senator Kamala Harris as President-elect and Vice President-elect, respectively, delivered from Wilmington, Delaware, an event that was finished off with a fireworks and drone display.

For anyone inclined to celebrate this outcome -- which, as we noted earlier today, was remarkable in that Biden garnered the most votes of any American president in history -- this is an odd day for a celebration of any kind. You can probably guess where we're going next. The latest coronavirus update for the US is -- well, it's staggeringly bad. The US has just reported a record of 126,400 new coronavirus cases, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University. Moreover, over the past seven days the US has recorded an average of more than 98,500 new cases as of Friday. That's up more than 25% compared with a week ago, according to a CNBC analysis of data from Johns Hopkins. It is quite an understatement to acknowledge that President Biden will inherit a monumental series of challenges come January of 2021.

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