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President-elect Joe Biden received his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech on December 21.
This was reported by CNN. The vaccination was broadcast live.
The injection was administered at ChristianaCare Hospital in Newark, Delaware by Nurse Practitioner Tabe Masa.
“I am doing this to show that people should be ready to get vaccinated as soon as the vaccine is available,” the politician said.
Biden was vaccinated a week after medical workers received the first doses of the drug, and a few days after the FDA granted emergency use of the second coronavirus vaccine.
The new first lady Jill Biden was also vaccinated.
The Pfizer vaccine requires two doses, several weeks apart, to be 95% effective.
Biden spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff will be vaccinated next week.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief infectious disease specialist, said last week that he strongly recommends that Biden and Harris get vaccinated as soon as possible. He also recommended vaccinations to President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
To set an example for anyone who doubts a vaccine in the United States, Vice President Mike Pence was the first to get vaccinated.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will be the first in the country to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. His vaccination was shown live.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who contracted the coronavirus, has publicly promised to get vaccinated against COVID-19. However, he decided to let the doctors go ahead.
As OBOZREVATEL reported, then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden announced in September that he was ready to get vaccinated against the coronavirus even “tomorrow,” even if he lost the 2020 election to President Donald Trump for that.
