WASHINGTON: Members of the U.S. Congress will be able to get vaccinated for COVID-19 with the release of the first batch of vaccine, the conference physician said Thursday (Dec. 17).
In a letter to members of Congress and their staff, Dr. Brian Monahan said he had been informed by the White House National Security Council that Congress would receive “a certain number of COVID-19 vaccine doses to meet the requirements of long – term for the continuity of government activity “.
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He said the “vaccine doses we receive reflect a fraction of the first batch of vaccines as it is distributed across the country. Monahan did not say when the vaccinations would begin.
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