Fight against Covid-19: "Joe Biden will have earlier, less populist reflexes"

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The new American president wants to make the fight against the pandemic a priority.

ANGELA WEISS AFP

By: Jean-Baptiste Marot Follow

7 min

The world's leading power has been facing an outbreak of the epidemic over its entire territory since the fall, which it has not been able to control.

The United States remains the most affected country in terms of both deaths (more than 400,000) and cases (more than 23 million), according to the benchmark report from Johns Hopkins University on Tuesday, on the eve of the investiture of Joe Biden.

Update on the epidemic situation with Antoine Flahault, epidemiologist and director of the Institute for Global Health at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva.

  • Coronavirus

  • USA Elections 2020

  • Health and medicine

  • Social issues

  • Joe biden

  • Donald trump

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