Biden receives first dose of coronavirus vaccine

Published December 21, 2020 8:26pm ET



President-elect Joe Biden has received the first of two doses that he will get of the coronavirus vaccine.

Biden and incoming first lady Jill Biden were given the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in Wilmington, Delaware, Monday in part as a way to help increase confidence in the shot. A second vaccine from Moderna was approved last week by the Food and Drug Administration.

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