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Washington, Dec 30 (PTI) US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has received the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine live on television as part of efforts to build public trust in the inoculation and urged Americans to get vaccinated for the virus.
Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff were administered the vaccine at United Medical Center in Washington, DC. Let s do it, Harris said before she received her shot on Tuesday.
Kamala Harris Receives First Dose Of Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine On Camera
Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff were administered the vaccine at United Medical Center in Washington, DC.
PTI 30 December 2020 PTI 2020-12-30T11:39:42+05:30 Kamala Harris Receives First Dose Of Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine On Camera outlookindia.com 2020-12-30T11:52:59+05:30
US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has received the first dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine live on television as part of efforts to build public trust in the inoculation and urged Americans to get vaccinated for the virus.
Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff were administered the vaccine at United Medical Center in Washington, DC.
For some mysterious reason, people are shocked shocked! that distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. has been screwed up.
And screwed up it is. As of Monday, about 11.4 million doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have been distributed, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But only 2.1 million people have been vaccinated.
By the administration’s own standards, this is a massive failure. On Dec. 10, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar promised that 20 million Americans would be vaccinated in “the next several weeks.”
It is up to the States to distribute the vaccines once brought to the designated areas by the Federal Government.
Let s do it, Harris said before she received her shot on Tuesday.
Harris described the process as relatively painless.
She added, It s about saving your life, the life of your family members, and the life of your community. I trust scientists who created and approved this vaccine. So I urge everyone, when it is your turn, get vaccinated, Harris said.
Shots on camera
Biden and Pence were also administered COVID-19 vaccine on-camera
Earlier, US President-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, received their first doses of the Pfizer-BioNtech coronavirus vaccine on December 21 at Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware.
Current Vice President Mike Pence was administered the vaccine at an on-camera event the week prior to Biden.
WASHINGTON - The US risks losing ground against the Covid-19 coronavirus as a new post-holiday surge fills hospitals and the scale of vaccine administration falls below expectations.
Adding to worries is the detection revealed on Tuesday, of the first known case of the more contagious UK variant in Colorado, in a young man in his 20s with no travel history, suggesting local transmission of unknown origin.
In a statement, Colorado Governor Jared Polis said: The individual has no close contacts identified so far, but public health officials are working to identify other potential cases and contacts through thorough contact tracing interviews.