US President Joe Biden received a dose of the updated Covid-19 vaccine, as well as the annual flu vaccine, his doctor said Saturday.

The president’s personal physician, Kevin O’Connor, said the US leader hoped others would follow his lead.

US officials last week authorised an updated version of the anti-Covid 19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, better adapted to the variants of the virus currently in circulation. 

They also now recommend that all Americans aged 60 and older receive a vaccine against the respiratory syncytial virus. – AFP, September 24, 2023.