As the standoff continues between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden over the election results, the Democrat it was an international "embarrassment" and the administration's failure to cooperate with the transition team could lead to more people dying from the Covid-19 pandemic.

It "more embarrassing for the country than debilitating for my ability to get started" on his administration, Biden said on Monday about Trump's refusal to admit defeat even though he had appeared to do so but then changed course.