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In Reversal, Trump Says White House Staff Won't Be 1st To Receive COVID-19 Vaccine

An administration spokesman said senior government officials would be among the first to get the vaccine, but the president himself later said that White House staff would get it later.

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Corrected: December 13, 2020 at 10:00 PM MST
An earlier version of this story stated that a Trump administration spokesman said Thursday that top officials in the three branches of government would be among the first in the U.S. to be vaccinated. In fact, he made the statement Sunday.