Some Twitter users commented on the Texas senator's outfit and mocked that he was aiming for actor Wagner Moura's Pablo Escobar look from Netflix series Narcos.
The semiconductor shortage has exposed the disconnect between an auto industry spoilt by decades of just-in-time deliveries and an electronics industry supply chain.
As many as 40 million people have been vaccinated in the United States and 16 million in the UK. Closer home in Asia, India has vaccinated more than 10 million people so far.
NASA's Perseverance rover will scour the Jezero region for fossilized remains of ancient microscopic life and collected samples will be returned to Earth.