China News Service, December 29, according to comprehensive foreign media reports, as of the 29th, a number of US military bases in Japan and South Korea have begun the new crown vaccination work.
However, the Japanese and Korean staff in these bases are not included in the scope of vaccination.
Data map: Yokota Base of the US Army in Japan.
According to a report from the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), relevant sources revealed that the US military agencies stationed in Japan that have started COVID-19 vaccination work include Misawa Base (Aomori Prefecture), Yokota Base (Tokyo), Yokosuka Base (Kanagawa Prefecture), and Zama Camp. (Kanagawa Prefecture), Kadena Base (Okinawa Prefecture) and Zuikeiran Camp (Okinawa Prefecture).
According to the report, currently, the US military stationed in Japan has obtained about 8,000 doses of vaccines, all of which are the new crown vaccines produced by the American company Modena.
Americans in the base will be vaccinated successively, among which medical workers will give priority to vaccination.
The report also pointed out that all Japanese staff in the base are not in the scope of vaccination.
Data map: The outer wall of the US military base in South Korea is densely covered with barbed wire and hung with "no entry" signs.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zeng Nai
According to Korean media reports, on the 29th, the US Army Command in South Korea issued a press release stating that medical and logistics personnel at the U.S. military bases in Osan, Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, and Gunsan, North Jeolla Province, had already been vaccinated on the same day. Nano" new crown vaccine.
According to reports, Robert Abrams, commander of the US Army in South Korea, was also vaccinated in Humphrey Camp at the Pyeongtaek base.
However, just like the US military stationed in Japan, the vaccinations at the bases of the US military stationed in South Korea are limited to American personnel, and Korean personnel are not in the scope of vaccination.