Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has said that ifhe is elected in the November 3 election, he will make Covid-19 vaccines freefor all Americans.
"Once we have a safe and effective vaccine, it has tobe free to everyone -- whether or not you're insured," Xinhua news agencyquoted Biden as saying during a speech in Wilmington, Delaware, on Friday.
He once again slammed President Donald Trump for hisresponse to the coronavirus pandemic, saying he has "given up"fighting the virus and has "quit on America".
The former Vice President made the pledge a day after hedebated Trump for the last and final time before the November 3 election.
The coronavirus pandemic was a central topic at the debate.
"Covid-19 dwarfs anything that we've faced in recenthistory, and it isn't showing any signs of slowing down," said Biden,adding that the virus, which has now killed more than 223,000 peoplenationwide, "is surging in almost every state".
"We're more than eight months into this crisis and thepresident still doesn't have a plan," said the 77-year-old.
He also laid out his pandemic response plan if elected,which includes consultation with governors of all the 50 states during thepresidential transition period; a national mask mandate in all federalbuildings and on all interstate transportation; and an increase in dailytesting reaching seven times today's level.
Trump, during the debate the previous night, boasted about avaccine that is coming "within weeks," only to backtrack when pressedby the moderator, saying his statement was not a "guarantee".
Biden's remarks on Friday came as the US is trying to battlea resurgence of fresh coronavirus cases.
Presently the worst-hit country in the world by thepandemic, the US has so far reported 8,484,991 Covid-19 cases and 223,914deaths.