Trump team admits to keeping Biden officials in dark over Covid vaccine plan
The IndependentSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Lawmakers have expressed fury over President Donald Trump’s refusal to comply with President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team on coronavirus vaccine distribution efforts, saying the failure to cooperate could be “potentially catastrophic” for the country. The Trump administration’s vaccine distribution team said it had not briefed anyone involved with the transition about its efforts during a conference call on Thursday, Senator Chris Murphy said in a statement, adding that they “have no plans to do so” despite calls from Mr Biden and others to comply with the process. Dr. Celine Gounder, a member of the president-elect’s Covid-19 transition panel, said the Trump administration’s failure to cooperate with incoming administration was a “major impediment to rolling out and scaling up the vaccine” in a statement. Discussing the need for cooperation with Mr Trump’s vaccination team, Mr Biden said on Monday: “It’s going to take a while for the vaccine to be able to be available and distributed.” “It’s important that people who are in the greatest need get it,” he added, while discussing whether he would get the vaccine.