President-elect Joe Biden picked California Attorney General Xavier Becerra for secretary of health and human services as he prepares his administration’s response to the raging coronavirus pandemic and said he would name more Cabinet nominees later this week.
Mr Biden, who takes office on Jan. 20, also chose Dr. Rochelle Walensky, chief of infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, to run the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Mr Biden formally tapped Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, as his chief medical adviser on the virus.
Mr Biden, who has already announced top nominees for his national security and economic teams, told reporters he expected to name his defense secretary on Friday and his nominee for attorney general sometime this week.
Jeff Zients, an economic adviser known for his managerial skills, was named coronavirus “czar” to oversee the response that will soon include…
