US President-elect Joseph Biden received a vaccine against the COVID-19 coronavirus. At the same time, his vaccination was broadcast live.
The Democrat received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine at the ChristianaCare clinic in Newark, Delaware, in front of the press. He was wearing a protective mask, and after the injection he thanked the medical staff and called them heroes.
"I'm doing this to demonstrate that people should be ready to get vaccinated as soon as the vaccine becomes available," Biden said.
New First Lady Jill Biden received the vaccine earlier in the day.
In addition, US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband Douglas Emhoff will be vaccinated next week.
And the former US presidents Barack Obama, George Bush and Bill Clinton also reported that they are voluntarily and publicly vaccinated against the coronavirus in order to increase the level of public confidence in the vaccine.
