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Coronavirus: US Vice-President Mike Pence gets Covid-19 vaccine on live TV

  • Pence’s wife Karen and Surgeon General Jerome Adams were also vaccinated during the televised White House event
  • President-elect Joe Biden expects to receive his jab as soon as next week

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US Vice-President Mike Pence receives the Covid-19 vaccine in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC. Photo: AFP
US Vice-President Mike Pence was vaccinated for Covid-19 on Friday in a live-television event aimed at reassuring Americans the vaccine is safe.
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In remarks after his shot, Pence called the speed with which the vaccine was developed “a medical miracle.”

“The American people can be confident: we have one and perhaps within hours two safe vaccines,” Pence said, referring to expected FDA approval for Moderna’s vaccine. Pfizer-BioNTech’s shot was the first to be approved.

“Building confidence in the vaccine is what brings us here this morning,” he added.

Pence’s wife Karen and Surgeon General Jerome Adams also received shots during the televised White House event.

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President Donald Trump’s administration helped deliver vaccinations against the coronavirus earlier than even some in his administration thought possible, launching Operation Warp Speed – the government campaign to help swiftly develop and distribute vaccines – this spring with great fanfare in the White House Rose Garden.
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