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This week, several former US presidents came out and said they were ready to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in public, to raise awareness and work against the pandemic. Future President Joe Biden did the same, saying that he too could hold the syringe in front of people’s eyes to show that the vaccine is safe, Reuters reports.
Turkish President Erdogan has said he will take the vaccine to lead by example, and on Saturday Finnish President Sauli Niinistö declared during a question and answer session on Yle Radio 1 that he will get vaccinated as soon as it is his turn. In response to the assumption that it should be quite high on the priority list, the president said:
– No one has given me a lottery number.
But how do our Swedish authorities react to vaccination?
Prime Minister Stefan Löfven He will be vaccinated against covid-19, says his press secretary Maria Soläng, without going into details.
“There is currently no approved vaccine. But when he does, the Prime Minister will, of course, get vaccinated, according to the priority order that exists in Sweden,” he wrote in an email.
Minister of Social Affairs Lena Hallengren.
Photo: Roger Turesson
Lena Hallengren Press Secretary declares that the Minister of Social Affairs will definitely take the vaccine when it becomes available. Whether it happens in public or not, it is too early to answer.
“I will be vaccinated against covid-19 whenever possible and according to the order of priority of the Public Health Agency. How it will come out is too early to answer, but I would like to emphasize in contexts that I know the importance of vaccinations and getting vaccinated, ”writes Lena Hallengren in a text message to DN.
Vaccine Coordinator Richard Bergström.
Photo: Stina Stjernkvist / TT
Swedish Vaccine Coordinator Richard Bergström, who works with the purchase of vaccines in Sweden and the rest of the EU, does not belong to any risk group. However, he does not hesitate to take a syringe when the vaccine is available to a wider mass.
– I’ll get the vaccine, but I don’t want to lead the queue, I take it when it’s time for my group, he says.
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