Joe Biden, Mike Pompeo next in line for COVID-19 vaccine
- Joe Biden may get the vaccine jab as early as next week, as per a source from his team
- Mike Pompeo will get the shot on Friday, White House announced
- Pompeo is already under isolation after having come in contact with a COVID-19 positive individual
President-elect Joe Biden and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
are next in line to get the COVID-19 vaccine, Associated Press reported on
Wednesday.
Biden could get the vaccine as early as the next week, AP
wrote quoting officials of the transition team, which spoke on the condition of
anonymity.
Biden said on Tuesday that Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s
top infectious-disease expert, advised him to get the vaccine “sooner than
later.”
Biden, who has asserted that he wants to keep front-line
health care workers and vulnerable people as the top priority for the vaccine shot,
said that he doesn’t want to jump the line, but also: “I want to make sure we
demonstrate to the American people that it is safe to take.”
Pompeo, on the other hand, is scheduled to take the jab
along with his wife, on Friday.
The pair “will publicly receive a Covid-19 vaccine to
promote the safety and efficacy of the vaccine and build confidence among the
American people,” the White House said in a statement, as reported by AFP.
Also read: Mike Pompeo under quarantine after exposure to COVID-19
It was earlier announced that Pompeo has been under
quarantine after coming in contact with a COVID-19 infected person.
The identity of the person has not been revealed for privacy
reason, nor when and where they came in contact with Pompeo.
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