Jeff Zients, White House COVID response coordinator, to leave post

Washington — Jeff Zients, the White House's COVID-19 response coordinator, will be leaving his post with the Biden administration in April, the White House said Thursday. He will be replaced by Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health and a general internist.

President Biden praised Zients in a statement, saying he selected Zients to lead his administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and lead the nation's largest vaccination effort "because there is no one better at delivering results than Jeff."

"Jeff spent the last 14 months working tirelessly to help combat COVID," he said. "He is a man of service and an expert manager. I will miss his counsel and I'm grateful for his service."