Coronavirus digest: Biden blasts Trump for COVID failures
By DW
13 February 2021 |
2:13 pm
Joe Biden said his predecessor had left the vaccination program in "much worse shape" than expected. He said his transition team had been misled about the doses ordered for inoculation. Follow DW for the latest.
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