Trump, Pence, other top officials to be offered COVID-19 vaccine: source

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump is accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence as he speaks during a meeting with Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo’s Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 4, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and other top U.S. officials will be offered the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine beginning Monday, according to a source familiar with the plans.

Essential personnel at the White House and certain officials in all three branches of government were to be vaccinated within the next 10 days, said the source.

Reporting by Steve Holland; Writing by Andrea Shalal; Editing by Daniel Wallis

source: reuters.com