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Reuters: Biden to be sworn into office in largely virtual event as COVID-19 rages

Published Dec. 16, 2020 at 3:38 am

US President-elect Joe Biden removes his protective mask as he addresses the media after a virtual meeting with the National Governors Association's executive committee at the Queen Theater on Nov. 19, in Wilmington, Delaware.

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President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be sworn into office on Jan. 20 on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, but the inaugural festivities will be largely virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the planning committee said on Tuesday.