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After months of US pandemic turmoil under Trump, Biden unveils ambitious Covid-19 strategy
Joe Biden’s administration unveiled a detailed Covid-19 road map on Thursday to boost vaccinations and testing while centring scientific expertise, after the new US president warned during his inaugural speech the pandemic was entering its “deadliest period”.Officials said Biden would immediately sign 10 executive orders and other directives to jump-start the national strategy, which experts said was sorely missing under his predecessor Donald Trump.The United States is the world’s hardest-hit…