<p>Santa Claus can safely deliver gifts to good girls and boys on Christmas after a special visitor went all the way to the North Pole to deliver a coronavirus vaccine.</p>.<p>Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease official in the United States, said Saturday he personally gave Old St Nick his jab.</p>.<p>"I took care of that for you because I was worried that you'd all be upset," he said Saturday during a CNN and "Sesame Street" coronavirus town hall for families, after worried youngsters asked whether Santa could safely enter homes on December 25.</p>.<p>"I took a trip up there to the North Pole; I went there and I vaccinated Santa Claus myself. I measured his level of immunity, and he is good to go," Fauci declared.</p>.<p>"He can come down the chimney, he can leave the presents ... you have nothing to worry about."</p>.<p>Fauci's good news comes as countries around the world are experiencing a surge in Covid-19 cases, with millions in England and Italy preparing to celebrate the holiday under tough "stay at home" orders.</p>.<p>The United States, the country that has seen the most deaths linked to Covid-19, launched its mass vaccination campaign this week.</p>
<p>Santa Claus can safely deliver gifts to good girls and boys on Christmas after a special visitor went all the way to the North Pole to deliver a coronavirus vaccine.</p>.<p>Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease official in the United States, said Saturday he personally gave Old St Nick his jab.</p>.<p>"I took care of that for you because I was worried that you'd all be upset," he said Saturday during a CNN and "Sesame Street" coronavirus town hall for families, after worried youngsters asked whether Santa could safely enter homes on December 25.</p>.<p>"I took a trip up there to the North Pole; I went there and I vaccinated Santa Claus myself. I measured his level of immunity, and he is good to go," Fauci declared.</p>.<p>"He can come down the chimney, he can leave the presents ... you have nothing to worry about."</p>.<p>Fauci's good news comes as countries around the world are experiencing a surge in Covid-19 cases, with millions in England and Italy preparing to celebrate the holiday under tough "stay at home" orders.</p>.<p>The United States, the country that has seen the most deaths linked to Covid-19, launched its mass vaccination campaign this week.</p>