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Biden receives coronavirus vaccine; Harris, Ivanka Trump campaign in Georgia for Senate candidates Felicia Sonmez, Paulina Firozi, Cleve Wootson
President-elect Biden gets his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine
Replay Video UP NEXT President-elect Joe Biden received the coronavirus vaccine Monday, sending a message to the nation about the safety of the vaccine. The president-elect received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at ChristianaCare Hospital in Newark, Del., in an event that was carried on live television. Earlier in the day, Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris campaigned in Georgia for Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock ahead of the Jan. 5 runoff elections that will determine control of the Senate. President Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump also was in the state Monday seeking to boost turnout for Sens. David Perdue (R) and Kelly Loeffler (R).
Incoming first lady Jill Biden, joined her husband as he rolled up his sleeve. She had been vaccinated earlier without the news media present.
Vice President-elect Sen. Kamala D. Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, are expected to get their first vaccine doses next week.
Mr. Biden’s team said that medical experts recommended Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris stagger the first doses for security reasons.
Rep. Cedric Richmond of Louisiana, an incoming White House adviser and a member of Mr. Biden’s inner circle, tested positive last week after he and Mr. Biden were at the same campaign event in Georgia.
President-elect Biden receives the coronavirus vaccine on live TV Antonia Noori Farzan, Kim Bellware, Siobhán O Grady, Hannah Denham, Brittany Shammas, Lateshia Beachum, Reis Thebault
President-elect Biden gets his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine
Replay Video UP NEXT In an effort to reassure the country about the coronavirus vaccine’s safety, President-elect Joe Biden on Monday received his first dose at a hospital in Newark, Del. Biden received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine during an event that was carried on live television. His wife, Jill Biden, also received the vaccine, and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and top federal infectious-disease specialist Anthony S. Fauci will publicly receive it on Tuesday.