Mon­cef Slaoui to step down from Op­er­a­tion Warp Speed in a month — re­port

Mon­cef Slaoui’s tu­mul­tuous reign as chief of Op­er­a­tion Warp Speed is com­ing to an end.

The for­mer Glax­o­SmithK­line vac­cine ex­ec has sub­mit­ted his res­ig­na­tion at the re­quest of the in­com­ing Biden ad­min­is­tra­tion, CN­BC re­port­ed. Un­der his cur­rent con­tract and agreed plan, he will stay on for a month to aid with tran­si­tion — al­though his role is ex­pect­ed to be di­min­ished af­ter the in­au­gu­ra­tion on Jan. 20.

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