When Will Trump Get Coronavirus Vaccine? Pence On Friday, Biden Next Week

President Donald Trump has yet to make arrangements to receive a coronavirus vaccine, even as Vice President Mike Pence and President-elect Joe Biden are scheduled to be inoculated within days.

The Trump administration is waiting for a recommendation from the White House medical team before the president is administered a COVID-19 vaccine. Trump is open to getting vaccinated, but he also wants to ensure that health care workers receive the vaccine first, a White House official familiar with the discussion told CNN on Wednesday.

While President Trump is still holding out on a vaccine shot, Pence and other administration officials are scheduled to receive the vaccine on Friday to build public confidence in the vaccine's safety and efficacy, the vice president’s office announced Wednesday.

The vice president, second lady Karen Pence and Surgeon General Jerome Adams will reportedly be inoculated at the White House.

“Be confident that we have cut red tape, but we’ve cut no corners when it comes to the development of this vaccine. I look forward in the days ahead to receiving the vaccine myself and do so without hesitation,” the vice president said Tuesday during a roundtable discussion on Operation Warp Speed.

Biden also plans to receive the vaccine in public as early as next week, a person familiar with the matter confirmed to Politico. The incoming president had previously held off on getting vaccinated as he did not want to cut in front of priority groups.

“I don't want to get ahead of the line. But I want to make sure that we demonstrate to the American people that it is safe to take,” Biden told reporters on Wednesday. "When I do it, I'll do it publicly, so you can all witness my getting it done.”

Biden also revealed that he was consulting with the nation’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, on when to take the shot. Fauci recommended that the incoming president be vaccinated soon to ensure that he is protected by Inauguration Day on Jan. 1.

Other key political figures who have expressed their intentions to receive the vaccine include former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton as well as Chief of Naval Operations Mike Gilday.