US President Joe Biden presents Nurse Sandra Lindsay with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honour, during a ceremony recognising 17 recipients, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 7, 2022. Lindsay is of Jamaican-born descent and bears the distinction of being the first person to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in the US. This is the first time Biden has awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. (Photo: AFP)
July 8, 2022
Highest honour
US President Joe Biden presents Nurse Sandra Lindsay with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honour, during a ceremony recognising 17 recipients, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 7, 2022. Lindsay is of Jamaican-born descent and bears the distinction of being the first person to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in the US. This is the first time Biden has awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. (Photo: AFP)
