What is White House Coronavirus Task Force?
{{update|date=March 2021}} [[File:White House Press Briefing (49668784683).jpg|thumb|300px|Former U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] and members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force brief the media on March 16, 2020.]] The '''White House Coronavirus Task Force''' was a [[United States]] [[United States Department of State|Department of State]] [[task force]] that focuses on the spread and limiting of [[coronavirus disease 2019]] (COVID-19).<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.state.gov/coronavirus |publisher= U.S. Department of State |title= Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-2019) |date= March 13, 2020 |access-date= March 15, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200308072333/https://www.state.gov/coronavirus |archive-date= March 8, 2020 |url-status= live }}</ref> The task force was created on January 29, 2020.<ref name=Jan29WH>{{cite press release |url= https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-regarding-presidents-coronavirus-task-force/ |date= January 29, 2020 |access-date= March 15, 2020 |publisher= White House |title= Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding the President's Coronavirus Task Force |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200303171648/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-regarding-presidents-coronavirus-task-force/ |archive-date= March 3, 2020 |url-status= live }}</ref> On February 26, 2020, U.S. Vice President [[Mike Pence]] was named to chair the task force, and [[Deborah Birx]] was named the response coordinator.<ref name=WhatWeKnow>{{cite news |url= https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/02/27/coronavirus-what-we-know-mike-pence-and-task-force/4891905002/ |work= USA Today |access-date= March 15, 2020 |title= What we know about the White House coronavirus task force now that Mike Pence is in charge |vauthors= Santucci J |date= February 27, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200229101529/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/02/27/coronavirus-what-we-know-mike-pence-and