[정치]Medical personnel from USFK, Pyeongtaek, Osan and Gunsan vaccinated the Modena vaccine … Commander Abrams vaccinated too

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Since yesterday (29), the USFK Command has entered the Modena Corona 19 vaccination against essential personnel such as Commander Robert Abrams and medical personnel.

In addition, official talks have started with the Ministry of National Defense on whether KATUSA soldiers working on US military bases and Korean workers are vaccinated.

Reporter Seungyoon Lee about the report.

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USFK Commander Robert Abrams, who receives the COVID-19 vaccine from Modena at a hospital at the Humphrey Base in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province,

I finished the vaccination calmly with a T-shirt that said ‘We are going to kill the virus’.

[로버트 에이브럼스 / 주한미군 사령관 : 이상 없어요! (장군님, 복도 맞은 편에 방을 준비해 놓았습니다.)]

The USFK command has been vaccinated at Osan and Gunsan air bases and at Humphrey bases.

Essential personnel, such as medical personnel and applicants working at the forefront of quarantine, became the top priority for vaccination.

The US military said an additional vaccine will arrive after arrival on the 25th.

In addition to Modena, the second shipment may be of other types of vaccines, such as the US Food and Drug Administration and Pfizer approved for emergency use by the FDA.

According to the principle of inoculating all qualified USFK personnel, USFK will receive additional supply according to the vaccine production situation in the future.

Consequently, KATUSA soldiers and Korean workers in the USFK will also be able to receive vaccines if they wish.

Specific objectives and schedules are being discussed with the Ministry of Defense.

[부승찬 / 국방부 대변인 : (어제 오후) 주한미군 측의 공식 협의 요청이 있었고, 접종대상이나 일정 등 세부적인 사안은 현재 관계부처와 협의 중에 있습니다.]

While the Ministry of Defense and the Korean United States Forces held official discussions on the vaccination of Private KATUSA, the first Koreans to receive the COVID-19 vaccine appeared.

YTN Seungyoon Lee[[email protected]]is.

[저작권자(c) YTN & YTN plus 무단전재 및 재배포 금지]