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08/11/2020 GMT

Joe Biden announces plans for Covid-19 response

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The President-elect will soon unveil leading scientists and experts

The President-elect will soon unveil leading scientists and experts as transition advisers.

During Joe Biden’s victory speech in Delaware, he said that they needed to control the pandemic and he plans to bring together a group of experts to create an action plan starting on January 20th 2021.

We’ll also look at how to cope with losing you job amid record unemployment caused by the pandemic.

Joining Celia Hatton to discuss these and other issues are the award-winning documentary film-maker and human-rights activist, Deeyah Khan; and Paul Melly, a journalist and researcher whose work focuses on Africa and the Middle East. 

(Photo: US president-elect Joe Biden Credit: Andrew Harnik/ Reuters)

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