US President Joe Biden said he and first lady Jill Biden would receive a third shot of the Covid-19 vaccine to boost their immunity against the novel coronavirus, Reuters reports.

“We're gonna get the booster shots,” Biden told ABC News in an interview taped on Wednesday and aired on Thursday.

The US government had on Wednesday said it planned to make Covid-19 vaccine booster shots widely available starting on Sep 20 as infections rise from the coronavirus Delta variant, citing data indicating diminishing protection from the vaccines over time.