“WE’RE GOING TO BEAT COVID” BIDEN SAYS, AS WHITE HOUSE TO HOLD VIGIL FOR CORONAVIRUS VICTIMS

Mon 22 February 2021:

After visiting the Pfizer manufacturing plant in Michigan, US President Joe Biden on Sunday (local time) thanked the company’s workers for their tireless efforts and said because of their hard work Americans are going to beat COVID-19.

“On Friday, I visited Kalamazoo, Michigan to tour a Pfizer manufacturing plant. I had an opportunity to see the COVID-19 vaccine production process up close and thank the workers for their tireless efforts – because of their hard work we’re going to beat COVID-19,” Biden wrote on Twitter.

On Friday, I visited Kalamazoo, Michigan to tour a Pfizer manufacturing plant. I had an opportunity to see the COVID-19 vaccine production process up close and thank the workers for their tireless efforts – because of their hard work we’re going to beat COVID-19. pic.twitter.com/tt0vYyskE9

— President Biden (@POTUS) February 21, 2021

On Friday (local time) Biden visited a factory in Kalamazoo, where he met with lab workers and learned about the process behind creating one of the two COVID-19 vaccines that are being widely used across the country to inoculate Americans, reported The Hill.

“I came here because I want the American people to understand the extraordinary, extraordinary work that’s being done to undertake the most difficult operational challenges this nation has ever faced,” said Biden.

However, it marked just the second time Biden had travelled outside the Washington, DC, area since taking office, The Hill reported.

White House vigil

Biden will mark the US crossing 500,000 lives lost from COVID-19 with a moment of silence and candle lighting ceremony at the White House.

The nation is expected to pass the grim milestone on Monday, just over a year after the first confirmed US fatality due to the novel coronavirus.

The White House said Biden will deliver remarks at sunset to honor those who lost their lives.

He will be joined by first lady Jill Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff. They will participate in the moment of silence and lighting ceremony.

Biden has made a point of recognizing the lives lost from the virus.

His first event upon arriving in Washington for his inauguration a month ago was to deliver remarks at a COVID-19 memorial ceremony.