VIDEO: Biden Receives First Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine on Camera

VIDEO: Biden Receives First Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine on Camera

United States President-elect Joe Biden received his first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine on Monday. 

The shot, which Biden received in his left arm, was administered at ChristianaCare's Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware, by Tabe Mase, who is a nurse practitioner and the head of employee health services at the hospital, according to the Biden transition team, reported CNN.

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"We owe these folks an awful lot," Biden said, thanking those involved in the vaccine's development and distribution and front-line health care workers.

"I also think that it's worth saying that this is, is great hope. I'm doing this to demonstrate that people should be prepared, when it's available, to take the vaccine. There's nothing to worry about. I'm looking forward to the second shot; so is Jill," Biden said.

"She's had her shot earlier today. She loves shots, I know," he said, taking his wife's hand as she laughed.

CNN also reported that Biden said the Trump administration deserved "some credit" for Operation Warp Speed, the federal government's vaccine program, and their role in making coronavirus vaccinations possible.