US President-elect Joe Biden (78) and his wife, Jill Biden (69), plan to publicly vaccinate the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccine on the 21st (local time), the Biden Transition Committee announced on the 18th.
US President-elect Joe Biden. [AFP=연합뉴스]
– A spokesman for the Transition Committee, Gen Paski, told reporters on the day that Biden’s couple will receive the Corona 19 vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and German Bioentech on the 21st. The location and time of vaccination were not mentioned.
The couple, who are also vice-president Kamala Harris, will be vaccinated a week later. The Independent Committee explained that it followed the advice of experts to meet Biden-elect at a time difference. Experts have advised that President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris should be prepared for a situation in which they suffer from aftereffects after vaccination.
In the meantime, Biden has repeatedly announced that he will publicly vaccinate the Corona 19 vaccine in order to increase public confidence in the vaccine. At a press conference last week, he urged the public to inoculate, saying, “You must believe in vaccines.”
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Vice President Mike Pence is getting a Pfizer vaccine at the White House on the 18th. [AP=연합뉴스]
– Earlier this morning, US Vice President Mike Pence, 61, was publicly vaccinated for the first time as a top-notch person.
Vice President Pence was vaccinated in the Eisenhower administration building next to the White House, along with his wife Karen and Jarom Adams, the head of public health in the US administration. Vice President Pence was broadcast live on TV. He said, “I didn’t feel anything. I was done well,” he said after vaccinating in about 30 seconds.
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican Senate Mitch McConnell also announced that they had received the vaccine.
However, President Donald Trump has not yet revealed the timing of vaccination. In this regard, on the 16th, CNN quoted a White House official and reported that “President Trump will not be vaccinated until the medical staff recommends it.”
The official said that the effect of a therapeutic agent mixed with a monoclonal antibody that was hit by President Trump when he was infected with Corona 19 in October is still continuing. However, he added, “When the time comes, we have no choice but to inoculate in the end.”
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