General
Joe Biden says it will take years to vaccinate US at the current rate
US president-elect Joe Biden is warning it may take years for all Americans to be vaccinated against COVID-19 at the current rate of the rollout.
Key points:
- US President Donald Trump had promised 20 million Americans would be vaccinated by the end of the year
- President-elect Joe Biden says only about 2 million Americans have received the shot
- Vice-president-elect Kamala Harris received a COVID-19 shot on live television
Speaking from his home state of Delaware, Mr Biden said roughly 2 million people had been vaccinated, well short of the 20 million US President Donald Trump had promised would be inoculated by the end of the year.
“It’s going to take years, not months, to vaccinate the American people,” he said.
“As I long feared and warned,…
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