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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sri_Sampath" data-source="post: 26088375" data-attributes="member: 264139"><h3>From Biden to Netanyahu: </h3><h3>All the world leaders who have taken Covid vaccine</h3><h3>As India launches its nationwide coronavirus drive, here is a look at all the world leaders who have been vaccinated against Covid-19.</h3>By: <a href="https://indianexpress.com/agency/express-web-desk/" target="_blank">Express Web Desk</a> | New Delhi | January 16, 2021 2:03:55 pm<img src="https://images.indianexpress.com/2020/12/Biden-vaccine.jpg" alt="Joe Biden, biden gets vaccine, Biden takes vaccine, Coronavirus vaccine, Pfizer vaccine, US news, world news, Indian express" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />President-elect Joe Biden receives his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine at ChristianaCare Christiana Hospital in Newark, Del., Monday. (AP)As countries around the world launch nationwide immunisation drives against the <a href="https://indianexpress.com/about/coronavirus/" target="_blank">coronavirus</a> <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/pandemic-explained-who-novel-coronavirus-covid19-what-is-a-pandemic-6309727/" target="_blank">pandemic</a>, several world leaders have stepped forward to receive the <a href="https://indianexpress.com/about/coronavirus/" target="_blank">Covid-19</a> vaccine themselves in a bid to allay the fears of their citizens who doubt the safety and efficacy of the jab. On January 16, <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-covid-19-vaccination-drive-live-updates-coronavirus-vaccine-narendra-modi-7148352/" target="_blank">India kickstarted the world’s biggest inoculation drive</a>, with three crore frontline workers first in line to get vaccinated. Many opposition leaders and critics have said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have been the first to receive the vaccine to assure people of its reliability. But Modi has categorically said that politicians will not considered in the priority category with frontline workers. Here is a list of all the world leaders who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 so far:US President-elect Joe Biden US President-elect Joe Biden received his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine live on television, last month. Since he is 78 years old, Biden is in the high-risk group for the deadly disease. After getting the shot, he praised the country’s medical professionals and called them “heroes”. “I’m doing this to demonstrate that people should be prepared when it’s available to take the vaccine. There’s nothing to worry about,” he said. Earlier this week, he received his second dose of the vaccine. US Vice President-elect <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/who-is-kamala-harris-us-presidential-elections-2020-6552306/" target="_blank">Kamala Harris</a> A week after Joe Biden was vaccinated against Covid-19, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was injected with her first dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine in front of the media. “Today I got the Covid-19 vaccine. I am incredibly grateful to our frontline health care workers, scientists, and researchers who made this moment possible,” she tweeted. US Vice President Mike PenceOn December 19, US Vice President Mike Pence received the first of two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at a televised White House event. His wife Karen and Surgeon General Jerome Adams also received the vaccine soon after. ALSO READ |<a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-why-three-former-us-presidents-are-offering-to-take-covid-19-vaccine-publicly-7093962/" target="_blank">Explained: Why 3 former US presidents are offering to take the Covid-19 vaccine publicly</a>“I didn’t feel a thing,” Pence said when he received the jab. The biggest vaccination drive in American history was launched on December 14, with a critical care nurse named Sandra Lindsay becoming the first person in the US to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip <img src="https://images.indianexpress.com/2020/12/queen-elizabeth_1200_instagram.jpg?resize=600,334" alt="christmas, how the queen celebrates christmas, christmas festivities in the royal household, queen elizabeth, indianexpress, royal family," class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip (Source: TheRoyalFamily/Instagram)Last week, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, 94, and her husband Prince Philip, 99, were vaccinated against Covid-19 by a royal household doctor at Windsor Castle, AFP reported. <a href="https://indianexpress.com/latest-news/" target="_blank">Top News Right Now</a><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/india/narendra-modi-speech-davos-summit-covid-19-7165475/" target="_blank">Many more Made in India vaccines to come: PM Modi at Davos</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/india/holding-girls-hands-opening-pants-zip-no-sexual-assault-under-pocso-bombay-hc-7165214/" target="_blank">Holding girl's hands, opening pant's zip no sexual assault under POCSO: Bombay HC</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/west-bengal-tmc-farm-laws-resolution-bjp-mamata-banerjee-7165373/" target="_blank">Bengal Assembly passes resolution against farm laws, BJP stages walkout</a></li> </ul><a href="https://indianexpress.com/latest-news/" target="_blank">CLICK HERE FOR MORE</a>On December 12, the UK became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for emergency use. The country is in the midst of a nationwide vaccination drive and plans to vaccinate the elderly, the vulnerable and frontline workers — around 15 million people — by mid-February, Reuters reported. 91-year-old Margaret Keenan was the first in the country to receive the jab. Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was vaccinated against Covid-19 on December 20, kicking off the country’s nationwide inoculation exercise. Netanyahu and the country’s Health Minister Yuli Edelstein were injected with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine live on television. “I asked to be vaccinated first, together with Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, to serve as personal examples and encourage you to be vaccinated,” Netanyahu said. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Saudi Arabia’s King Salman received his first of two Covid-19 vaccine jab earlier this month, over three weeks after the middle eastern kingdom launched a three-phase inoculation programme, AFP reported. Last month, soon after Saudi Arabia approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received the jab, state media reported. Pope Francis and former Pope BenedictPope Francis and his predecessor Pope Benedict were the latest addition to the list of world leaders who received the coronavirus vaccine. The Pope has been urging people to get the vaccine, stating that it was their “ethical duty” to protect not only themselves but also those around them. In a statement, Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said that he was able “to confirm that within the vaccine program of the Vatican City State, to this date the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine has been administered to Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus.”Indonesian President Joko WidodoIndonesian President Joko Widodo received his first shot of the Chinese Covid-19 vaccine Sinovac on Wednesday. The country’s Food and Drug Monitoring Agency Chief Penny Lukito earlier announced that the vaccine was 65.3 per cent effective during late phase clinical trials, Sputnik reported. Haryana Minister Anil Vij<img src="https://images.indianexpress.com/2020/11/Anil-Vij-1.jpg?resize=600,334" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Anil Vij was kept under observation for some time after being administered the vaccine. (Source: Health minister’s office)Barely two weeks after being administered a trial vaccine shot of Bharat Biotech’s <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-icmr-claims-it-wants-to-launch-covaxin-by-august-15-heres-what-you-need-to-know-6488296/" target="_blank">Covaxin</a>, Haryana’s Health Minister Anil Vij Saturday tested positive for the novel coronavirus. “I have been tested Corona positive. I am admitted in Civil Hospital Ambala Cantt. All those who have come in close contact to me are advised to get themselves tested for corona,” he tweeted. On November 20, Vij was the first in Haryana to participate in Covaxin’s trials.</blockquote>

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