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Hands up, one prick and voila: the president-elect of the United States, Biden, has been vaccinated against the corona virus. They gave him the Biontech / Pfizer vaccine. But Moderna is now available in the US too.
The future president of the United States, Joe Biden, had been vaccinated against the corona virus in front of the cameras. The 78-year-old man received an injection with the Biontech Pfizer vaccine at a hospital in Newark, Delaware. Subsequently, Biden asked American citizens to trust the vaccination, saying there was “no cause for concern.” He called on Americans to get vaccinated as soon as a vaccine is available to them.
It will be some time before the pandemic can be contained, Biden said. Until then, people should continue to listen to the advice of experts and wear masks, maintain the necessary safety distance, and not take unnecessary trips despite the holidays. “If you don’t have to travel, don’t travel,” he said.
Democrat Biden will be sworn in as the new president on January 20. It is not yet clear if the incumbent president, Republican Donald Trump, is also planning a public vaccination. His spokesman said he was “absolutely open” to it. There are no concrete plans yet. Trump fell ill with Covid-19 in early October and therefore had to be treated in hospital.
First vaccinations with Moderna vaccine
The current Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence, had been vaccinated in front of the cameras last week. The Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Democrat Nancy Pelosi, and Republican Majority Leader in the US Senate, Mitch McConnell, also received a vaccination on Friday. The Pfizer and Biontech vaccine has been used in the US on the basis of an emergency approval since last Monday. According to figures from the Bloomberg business website, based on information from the CDC, about 600,000 people have already received the first dose of the vaccine.
Meanwhile, early American citizens have also received the vaccine from the American manufacturer Moderna. The United States is the first country in the world where the substance is regularly used outside of testing. In Europe, the meeting on a possible approval is scheduled for January 6.
Parts of California no longer have ICU beds
Meanwhile, California reports a shortage of intensive care beds. There is no capacity in much of the state, Governor Gavin Newsom said. Densely populated Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley are particularly affected, Newsom said. Almost 30 million people live there. In California, the number of corona infections has increased dramatically recently.
The United States is greatly affected by the corona pandemic. To date, about 318,000 people have died from the virus in the United States.
