WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) – President-elect Joe Biden plans to add a senior national security official overseeing global health security, restoring a government function cut by the Trump administration ahead of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Biden’s transition team said in a statement that it would hire former White House national security official Elizabeth Cameron as Senior Director for Global Health Security and Biodefense. The team also named a broader set of national security officials.
(Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
