WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U. S. President Joe Biden rolled up his sleeves and won an updated COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, using the opportunity to urge more Americans to get the booster before the upcoming holiday season, especially the elderly.
“I call on all Americans to get vaccinated as soon as possible,” Biden said a while before a doctor gave him the new vaccine.
With some Americans resistant to vaccines, Biden suggested they put partisan politics aside, noting that more than a million people in the U. S. are still in the U. S. U. S. citizens have died from COVID-19.
“We can do a lot now for the number of other people who die from this disease. We have the tools, we have the vaccines, we have the treatments. None of this is a matter of policy. It’s about their fitness and the fitness of your loved ones,” he said.
In the U. S. , only 20 million people have gotten an updated COVID reminder, and only one in five seniors, the White House said last week. The new “bivalent” injections are also recently targeting the Omicron subvariants of the circulating virus. like the original version.
Biden said more progress was needed and suggested that others get their retirement until the end of October to provide coverage during the holidays.
White House COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha told reporters that the vast majority of Americans get vaccinated every year.
He said the spread of the virus may increase in the winter months and that the vaccine is the most productive way for Americans to protect themselves.
The beginning of the flu season in the U. S. It coincides with reports of a spike in cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, especially among children, which has put pressure on hospitals in recent weeks.
Meanwhile, the coronavirus continues to claim lives, with the U. S. taking a new toll. The U. S. Department reported 260,808 new cases in a week and 2,566 deaths, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
New efforts to scale up vaccines come with a #VaxUpAmerica family vaccination campaign to be introduced through the Department of Health and Human Services, with contextual vaccination events at the network’s Head Start centers, nursing homes, and gyms.
The Centers for Medicare
Biden needs each and every school district, school and university to host at least one vaccination clinic during Thanksgiving, while urging employers to offer paid time off for vaccines and conduct on-site vaccination clinics for employees.
“Almost all deaths are preventable,” he said.
(Reporting through Jeff Mason and Andrea Shalal, plus reporting through Doina Chiacu; Written through Steve Holland; Editing by Stephen Coates, Bill Berkrot and Aurora Ellis)
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