Trump reverses plan to give White House officials COVID vaccine

US president Donald Trump has reversed a plan for White House officials to receive the coronavirus vaccine in the coming days.

Officials had said senior members of the Trump administration would be among the first people to be given the Pfizer/Biontech jab.

However, the first three million doses of the vaccine are currently being distributed to dozens of locations in all 50 states across the US.

Coronavirus deaths have been rising sharply since November in the US, with a world-record daily increase of 3,309 reported on Saturday.

The vaccine’s rollout has been framed as a turning point in the coronavirus pandemic, which has taken the lives of almost 300,000 people in the US.

The vaccine was deemed safe by US regulators on Friday and will begin to be rolled out in the country today.