Coronavirus: U.S. VP Mike Pence, wife Karen get Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence and his wife Karen Pence along with Surgeon General Jerome Adams took Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in a Friday morning television appearance to ensure the American people of the effectiveness and safety of the vaccine, becoming the highest-profile recipients to receive the vaccine publicly.

“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.

Pence, his wife and Surgeon General Adams could be followed by a parade of political leaders, part of a campaign to overcome public skepticism about the safety of vaccines, which underwent large-scale clinical trials and scientific review.

The United States reported a record 239,903 new cases on Thursday, raising the cumulative number above 17 million since the coronavirus pandemic began nearly a year ago.

The U.S. death toll now exceeds 311,000.

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