Biden received the injection in his left arm by Ric Cuming, chief executive nurse at Christiana Hospital at ChristianaCare in Newark, Delaware, according to Biden’s transition team.
The president-elect said he would announce his plan to “put Covid’s entire operation into operation”, including necessary costs, on Thursday. Biden said he had a meeting with members of his team late Monday afternoon.
Biden said he “is not afraid to take the oath out there” and that his team is being informed when asked if he is afraid to take the oath of office at the United States Capitol, which was invaded and violated by supporters of President Donald Trump last week.
“I think it is extremely important that there is a real and serious focus on retaining those people who have been involved in sedition and threatened people’s lives, disfigured public property, caused great damage, to hold them accountable,” said Biden.
Biden said he had an argument on Monday with members of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the same day House Democrats formally presented their resolution for President Donald Trump’s impeachment, accusing him of “inciting insurrection” by its role in last week’s US Capitol riots.
If there is a Senate trial, Biden talked about the possibility that the Senate will continue “half a day dealing with impeachment, and half a day having my people nominated and confirmed in the Senate, as well as moving forward on the package.”
“That is my hope and expectation,” said Biden.
The president-elect said he was “shocked” to see Republican members of Congress refusing to wear the masks handed to them when they were locked up during the unrest.
“I think it’s irresponsible,” said Biden. He urged all Americans to listen to public health experts and wear masks, practice social detachment and wash their hands to prevent the virus from spreading.
Biden said he was confident in his coronavirus team that he would be able to administer vaccines to 50 million Americans in their first 100 days.
“I am confident that we can do what we have to do,” said Biden. The president-elect said he spoke to some Republican lawmakers about advancing a second coronavirus aid package “sooner or later”.
Biden received the first dose of the vaccine last month live on national television. The president-elect expressed his confidence in the vaccine and encouraged Americans to receive it as soon as it becomes available to them.
The Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine, like the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Moderna, requires two doses administered several weeks apart to achieve almost 95% effectiveness. Both vaccines received emergency use authorization by the United States Food and Drug Administration, and about 9 million people received their first dose on Monday afternoon, according to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. .
Health professionals and residents of long-term care facilities are first in line for coronavirus vaccines, as recommended by CDC vaccine advisers. Next in line are older adults, 75 and older, and “essential frontline workers,” including the first to respond, the consultants recommended.
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris received the first dose of the Modern vaccine on camera a week after Biden received his injection in December. Transition spokesman Jen Psaki said Biden and Harris were staggering the vaccine on the recommendation of medical experts.
First Lady Jill Biden and Doug Emhoff, Harris’ husband, also received the first doses of the Pfizer / BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, respectively.
He pledged to distribute 100 million vaccines against Covid-19, which is enough to cover 50 million Americans in his first 100 days in office. Biden also said he would approve an economic aid package against coronavirus in Congress, a goal that was helped by Democrats who won control of the Senate earlier this month.
Vice President Mike Pence received the first dose of the vaccine at an event on camera the week before Biden. President Donald Trump has not yet received the vaccine and will not receive it until recommended by the White House medical team, a White House official previously told CNN.
The official said at the time that Trump was still receiving the benefits of the monoclonal antibody cocktail he received after he tested positive for Covid-19 in the fall, but that the president would likely take the injection as soon as it was recommended by his medical team.
In its clinical guidance for coronavirus vaccines authorized for emergency use in the United States, the CDC said the vaccines should be offered to people previously infected with the coronavirus, as Trump was in early October. He noted that vaccination may be delayed somewhat, since reinfection is uncommon in the 90 days after the initial infection.
However, there are no safety or efficacy data for vaccines in people who have been treated for Covid-19 with monoclonal antibodies or convalescent plasma; Trump’s treatment for Covid-19 included Regeneron’s cocktail of monoclonal antibodies. The CDC’s guidance said that “vaccination should be postponed for at least 90 days, as a precautionary measure until additional information is available, to avoid interfering with antibody treatment with the vaccine-induced immune responses.”