Washington DC, December 30: US President-elect Joe Biden said he has spoken to numerous state and local officials about speeding up the delivery of coronavirus vaccines across the United States.

"Vice President [elect Kamala] Harris and I have been speaking with county officials, mayors, governors of both parties to speed up a distribution of the vaccines across the nation," Biden told reporters on Tuesday. US Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris Receives First Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine on Live TV.

Biden repeated his commitment to accelerate the vaccination to 100 million shots by the end of his first 100 days in office, equaling approximately 1 million shots per day.

According to Johns Hopkins University, the US continues to be the worst affected country with 19,448,626 cases and 336,947 deaths. (ANI/Sputnik)

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