It comes as vaccine rollout has faltered badly in the world's hardest-hit country, where some 375,000 people have died from the coronavirus and about 3,000 more are dying every day.
Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday received his second Covid-19 shot, and said that getting vaccines into people's arms would be a "number one priority" for his incoming administration.
It comes as vaccine rollout has faltered badly in the world's hardest-hit country, where some 375,000 people have died from the coronavirus and about 3,000 more are dying every day.
Some 25.5 million first doses of Covid vaccines have
been shipped out to hospitals, clinics and nursing homes across the country,
but only around 9 million have been injected, according to official data.
The 78-year-old incoming president arrived at the
Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware in the early afternoon, removed his
blazer, and thanked the nurse who injected his left arm with the second dose of
the Pfizer vaccine.
"My number one priority is getting vaccine in
people's arms, like we just did today, as rapidly as we can," he told
reporters, adding that he would be holding a virtual meeting with his
coronavirus team later on, and announcing a new strategy on Thursday.
"Three to four thousand people a day dying is
just beyond the pale... it's wrong, and we can do a lot to change it."
Comments
Post a Comment