- President Joe Biden tells U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams to resign.
- Adams was nominated by Trump and his tenure in office was set to expire September 2021.
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Barely few hours after Joe Biden’s inauguration, the U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams resigned has reigned from his office.
According to sources the development was as a result of President Biden’s order on Wednesday night.
In a post made on Facebook Adams wrote:, “Thank you for the opportunity to serve this great Nation, as this has been the honor of my life.
“I hope in 2021 and beyond, we can focus more on what unites us, and rise above what divides us.”
Adams was nominated by Trump and was sworn in as surgeon general on September 5, 2017, to serve the office’s standard four-year term, which was set to expire this September 2021.
As a means to curtail the coronavirus outbreak, the anesthesiologist was regularly appearing on national TV and using social media to advocate for public health measures such as social distancing.
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Adams’s visibility also made him a target last spring for Democrats, who accused him of defending Trump’s statements.
Following the resignation of Adams, Biden has nominated Vivek Murthy as surgeon general but will first undergo Senate confirmation hearings, which have yet to be scheduled.
Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn-in on Wednesday having been declared winners of the November 3 presidential election. p
He has promised to face the fight against the deadly COVID-19 squarely and had always blamed the Trump administration for not taking the fight seriously.
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