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Washington: Joe Biden received his second booster dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday following a speech dedicated to his anti-epidemic policy.
“It is absolutely painless,” the 79-year-old US president said following receiving the second booster dose at the White House in front of the media.
Biden received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine in December 2020, the second in January 2021, and then the first booster dose at the end of September.
It immediately implemented the decision taken by the US Drug Agency on Tuesday.
The US Medicines Agency has approved a fourth dose of the Pfizer-Bionite or Moderna vaccine once morest Covid-19 for people over 50 years of age, four months following they received the third dose of the vaccine.
new stage
“We are in a new phase of this pandemic,” the US president said. “This does not mean that COVID-19 is over. It just means that COVID-19 no longer controls our lives.”
He called on Congress to quickly approve new funding to combat the epidemic, and warned that if this was not done, the federal government would within months lack tests and treatment, or find itself unable, if the need arises, to fund the development of a vaccine once morest a new mutant.
He noted, “The Americans are starting to live their lives anew. We can’t give up on that.”
“I am asking Congress to act immediately,” Biden added.
US senators are seeking Wednesday to reach a deal that must win the approval of at least 10 members of the opposition Republican Party, in order to propose a funding of $ 15 billion.
Biden also announced the launch of a new website, COVID.gov, aimed at helping Americans find centers to take the vaccine, conduct tests, receive treatment, and obtain masks.
This step comes at a time when the number of new infections in the United States has stabilized following declining for weeks, and while the authorities have warned of signs of a new wave related to the second mutation of the mutant Omicron (BA.2), which is 30 percent more contagious but not more dangerous.