By Staff, Agencies

US President-elect Joe Biden intends to call for all Americans to wear masks for 100 days after he becomes president in an attempt to bring down infection rates, as the coronavirus crisis continues to rage out of control in the US.

Biden and his vice-president-elect, Kamala Harris, also committed to receiving coronavirus vaccinations as soon as possible when, as expected, the first vaccines are approved by US regulators.

Sitting for their first joint interview since the November election, with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Biden said he would be willing to join with the three previous US presidents who pledged on Thursday that they would be injected with the Covid-19 vaccine in public in order to boost faith in the inoculations among the American public.

“I would be happy to do that one,” Biden said when asked if he would be prepared to have the coronavirus vaccine before he is inaugurated as the 46th president in January.

He added: “I think that my three predecessors have set the model as to what should be done.”

Biden said he would adhere to what Obama said on Thursday: that the former president, would be vaccinated if Anthony Fauci, the top public health official on the White House coronavirus taskforce, affirmed that the vaccines awaiting US regulatory approval for emergency use are safe.

Harris has previously said in an interview that she’s be eager to line up for a shot when Fauci says it’s safe to do so.