US President-elect Joe Biden said the US is on track to begin immunisation against the COVID-19 by late December-early January next year as there have been “significant record-breaking progress” in developing a vaccine. He added that there will be a need to put in place a distribution plan to get the entire country immunised as soon as possible “which we will do, but it’s going to take time,” Biden said at Delaware on the occasion of Thanksgiving.
Biden said that the American people are at war against the virus that originated from Wuhan and not with one another. “We have fought a war with this virus (COVID-19), which has brought us pain, loss and frustration; it has cost so many lives. I know the country is growing weary of the fight but we need to remember that we are at war with the virus; not with each other,” Biden said at a briefing.
As the US celebrates Thanksgiving on Thursday, along with Christmas in December, Biden acknowledged that it was going to be a difficult time for the American people who have lost a loved one due to the coronavirus pandemic. “For those who have lost a loved one, I know that this time of the year can be especially difficult. Believe me, I know. I remember the first thanksgiving; the empty chair and silence take your breath away,” Biden said. With the news of the vaccine being promising, the President-elect said that there is “real hope” and urged the people to hang on.