Biden gets updated Covid-19 shot and urges Americans to follow suit
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US President Joe Biden last tested positive for Covid-19 in 2022, experiencing mild symptoms.
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WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden received an updated Covid-19 shot, as well as his annual influenza vaccine, on Friday.
“As we enter the cold and flu season, the President encourages all Americans to follow his example and to check with their healthcare provider or pharmacist to assure that they are fully vaccinated,” the physician to the President, Dr Kevin O’Connor, wrote in a letter.
First Lady Jill Biden tested positive for Covid-19 in early September,
The President tested negative, the White House said, and the First Lady experienced mild symptoms.
Last week, the Biden administration said it would award US$600 million (S$819 million) to 12 United States companies that produce Covid-19 tests.
Americans will once again be eligible to order free at-home Covid-19 tests online as the cold and flu season approaches. Each household will be allotted up to four rapid tests by mail starting from Monday.
Covid-19 hospitalisations among Americans rose 7.7 per cent during the week of Sept 9 from a week earlier, according to federal data released last week.
Mr Biden last tested positive for Covid-19 in 2022,
