President Biden has received the updated COVID-19 vaccine and the annual flu shot, the White House said Saturday.

The White House physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor said in a memo that Biden received both shots on Friday. O’Connor said Biden, 80, was also vaccinated several weeks ago against the respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV.

As we enter cold and flu season, the President encourages all Americans to follow his lead and check with their healthcare provider or pharmacist to ensure they are fully vaccinated, O’Connor wrote.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved the new COVID-19 shot earlier this month for everyone six months and older. The severity of the COVID-19 pandemic has subsided, but there are still thousands of hospitalizations and hundreds of deaths in the United States every week.

Experts worry that immunity from previous vaccinations and infections is waning in many people, and they believe another shot would save many lives.

First Lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 this month but experienced only mild symptoms.

The CDC recommends that people who have COVID-19 and are in isolation should wait to get vaccinated until their symptoms have resolved and isolation guidelines have been met. According to the CDC, children and adults with multisystem inflammatory syndrome should wait to be vaccinated until they have recovered from their illness and 90 days have passed since diagnosis.

Biden tested positive for COVID-19 in July 2022 and a second time just over three days after he was cleared to leave isolation. The second incident was a rare case of rebound infection after treatment with an antiviral drug.