Chennai, Nov 10 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami and DMK President M K Stalin on Tuesday hailed the appointment of Celine Gounder in the Covid-19 Advisory Board of US President-elect Joe Biden, recalling her Tamil heritage.

Palaniswami also lauded Indian-American physician Dr Vivek Murthy, one of the three co-chairs of the task-force, and said the two have made India proud.

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"I'm extremely happy that @celinegounder & @vivek_murthy have been appointed in the National Pandemic Taskforce of US to combat #COVID19," he tweeted.

"Both of them have made India proud and I'm very glad to learn that Dr Celine Gounder has a Tamil heritage. My best wishes to both of them," he said.

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Stalin, the leader of the opposition in the state Assembly, greeted Gounder on her appointment.

"Glad to hear about the appointment of Celine Gounder to President-Elect Joe Biden's National Pandemic Taskforce to combat COVID-19. Happy to hear about the appointment of a woman of Tamil origin to this crucial task force," he said in a Facebook post.

"Congratulations & best wishes," he added.

Gounder is one of the members of the COVID-19 task force that will guide Biden on dealing with the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed over 2,36,000 lives in the US. PTI

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