White House Vaccinations Coordinator Bechara Choucair is leaving the Biden administration.
QUICK FACTS:
- Choucair’s last day will be Monday, Bloomberg reports.
- He joined Joe Biden’s team during the 2020 transition and was charged with accelerating the Covid-19 vaccination effort.
- “Dr. Choucair is returning to the West Coast after staying longer than originally planned to help lead our country’s Covid-19 response,” White House Covid Response Coordinator Jeff Zients said in a statement.
- Bloomberg notes how Choucair, a former Chicago health commissioner and senior executive at Kaiser Permanente, is departing after the U.S. expanded access to vaccines for all people over age 5 and widely approved booster doses for adults.
