U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to hold a press conference on Tuesday at the White House as Russia announces it has approved its first COVID-19 vaccine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the vaccine, developed by Moscow's Gamaleya Institute, was safe and that it had been administered to one of his daughters.

The president is also expected to react to Tuesday's announcement that his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, will have Kamala Harris running as vice-president on the ballot for the upcoming presidential election.

Trump's press conference on Monday was interrupted by after he was escorted out of the room by a Secret Service agent following gun shots outside of the complex.

Trump returned to the media room after several minutes and said a person had been shot by law enforcement and transported to the hospital. He said he understood the suspect had been armed.

The U.S. has a total of over 5 million cases of COVID-19 and more than 166,000 deaths.

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