Washington (AFP)
Teenage American song star Olivia Rodrigo will be Joe Biden's guest at the White House on Wednesday to help promote the Covid-19 vaccination campaign among young people, the US presidency announced on Tuesday.
The 18-year-old singer of recent hits like "Drivers license" and "Good 4 u" will meet with the US president and his senior coronavirus advisor Anthony Fauci, and "record videos on the importance of seeing young people. to get vaccinated".
With 28 million subscribers on social networks, Olivia Rodrigo will also answer "important questions that young people may have about getting vaccinated," said a White House official.
According to the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), the main US federal public health agency, 48% of the total US population is fully vaccinated while 55.5% have received at least one dose.
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