U.S. President Joe Biden will get his updated COVID-19 vaccine
on Tuesday and urge more Americans to get the latest shot, White
House spokesman Kevin Munoz said on Sunday, Trend reports citing Reuters.
Only 20 million people in the United States have received an
updated COVID vaccine through last week. White House spokeswoman
Karine Jean-Pierre said on Thursday it was not enough.
“We need everyone to step up and get their updated vaccine as
soon as possible,” she said.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said last week
4.5 million Americans had received the updated vaccine over the
past week, the largest weekly increase since the fall vaccination
program launched and up about 40% from the prior week.
The United States started rolling out the updated COVID shots in
September, designed to take on the circulating BA.4 and BA.5
Omicron subvariants and the original version of the virus.
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