<p>Joe Biden said Friday as he closed in on winning the US presidency he would he waste no time in addressing the Covid-19 pandemic upon taking office.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates.html" target="_blank"><strong>CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL COVERAGE ONLY ON DH</strong></a></p>.<p>"I want everyone, everyone to know on day one we're going to put our plan to control this virus into action," Biden said in a late-night address from his hometown Wilmington, in Delaware.</p>.<p>Biden expressed confidence that he would defeat President Donald Trump as vote counting dragged on from Tuesday's election but stopped short of declaring himself the winner.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/us-election-live-updates-presidential-biden-joe-donald-trump-results-counting-democratic-party-republican-president-senate-house-gop-protest-campaign-910667.html" target="_blank"><strong>US Election 2020 Live Updates on DH</strong></a></p>.<p>He pledged to unite a bitterly divided nation.</p>.<p>"It's time for us to come together as a nation to heal," Biden said.</p>
<p>Joe Biden said Friday as he closed in on winning the US presidency he would he waste no time in addressing the Covid-19 pandemic upon taking office.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates.html" target="_blank"><strong>CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL COVERAGE ONLY ON DH</strong></a></p>.<p>"I want everyone, everyone to know on day one we're going to put our plan to control this virus into action," Biden said in a late-night address from his hometown Wilmington, in Delaware.</p>.<p>Biden expressed confidence that he would defeat President Donald Trump as vote counting dragged on from Tuesday's election but stopped short of declaring himself the winner.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/us-election-live-updates-presidential-biden-joe-donald-trump-results-counting-democratic-party-republican-president-senate-house-gop-protest-campaign-910667.html" target="_blank"><strong>US Election 2020 Live Updates on DH</strong></a></p>.<p>He pledged to unite a bitterly divided nation.</p>.<p>"It's time for us to come together as a nation to heal," Biden said.</p>