<span style="color: #222222;">Indian-American public health expert Dr. Ashish Jha will take over as US President Joe Biden's COVID-19 Response Coordinator next month. The White House announced yesterday that President Biden's COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients and his deputy Natalie Quillian are leaving the administration next month. <br />''<br />''Their departure comes as the White House is shifting its posture from one of confronting an emergency to nudging Americans back to normalcy as the nation learns to live with a less-severe coronavirus that is likely to remain endemic.<br />''<br />''Dr Jha is the dean of the Brown University School of Public Health.<br />''<br />''In his statement, US President said, as they enter a new moment in the pandemic ' executing on his National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan and managing the ongoing risks from COVID ' Dr Jha is the perfect person for the job. President Biden praised Dr Jha as one of the leading public health experts in America and a well-known figure to many Americans from his wise and calming public presence. He said, Jha's appointment highlighted his communications skills and familiarity to Americans as a fixture on cable news.</span><br />