US President-elect Biden publicly vaccinated against COVID-19

2020-12-23

据美联社报道, 当地时间21日下午, 美国当选总统拜登在特拉华州一家医院公开接种了 COVID-19 疫苗, 希望向公众证明疫苗的安全性. 拜登说: “我这样做是为了表明人们应该在可以接种疫苗时做好准备。” “没有什么可担心的。”

然而, he pointed out that it “takes time” to distribute the vaccine, and urged Americans to take preventive measures during the holidays to avoid the spread of the virus, including wearing masks. “If you don’t need to travel, don’t travel,” 拜登说. “This is really important.” 据报道, Biden thanked those involved in vaccine development and distribution and front-line medical staff during the injection. Biden’s wife Jill finished vaccination a few hours ago.

早些时候, Biden’s transition team said that Vice President-elect Harris would be vaccinated one week after Biden’s vaccination. Medical experts suggested that they had better stagger the vaccination time of the first dose to avoid the side effects of the vaccine. 最近, Cedric Richmond, a consultant of Biden, tested positive in COVID-19. But a spokesman for Biden said Biden tested negative in SARS-CoV-2 on December 17th. It is also reported that many senior officials, including Vice President Burns and Speaker of the House of Representatives Pelosi, were vaccinated on December 18th.

Biden had previously announced his three 100-day anti-epidemic plans after taking office. He plans to require Americans to wear masks and get at least 100 million doses of vaccines within 100 days after he took office on January 20, 2021, and to let students return to school as soon as possible. COVID-19 vaccination started in the United States on December 14th. The first group of vaccinators were medical staff and people living in long-term nursing institutions such as nursing homes, but it will take several months to vaccinate a wide range of people.

US President Trump previously said that he has no plans to vaccinate. 然而, White House spokesman McNarney said that Trump is “absolutely open” to vaccination, and once the president’s medical team determines that vaccination is the best plan, Trump will be vaccinated.