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White House in the United States, the president, employees, and reporters who were vaccinated took off their masks.
Since President Moon Jae-in has also completed the second vaccination, a plan to avoid wearing a mask is being discussed at the Korea-US summit this week.
Correspondent Kim Soo-hyung from Washington reports.
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President Biden sees retired employees and families off the door of the White House.
There was no distance, and no mask was worn.
[Biden/U.S. President: (Did you enjoy your first day without a mask?) Sure.] Not only the
spokesperson who entered the White House press conference, the attendees and reporters who entered the press conference were not wearing masks.
This is because the White House decided to follow the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and CDC recommendations that people who have completed vaccinations do not need to wear masks outdoors as well as indoors.
[Jen Saki/White House spokesman: Reporters no longer need to wear masks.
I expect that this recommendation will certainly apply to federal land and federal property.]
Even at the Korea-US summit five days later, the two leaders are also debating how to avoid wearing masks.
A senior government official said, "According to the revised CDC regulations, working-level discussions between the US and the ROK have begun to see if the summit without wearing a mask is possible.
The CDC recommendations also apply to AstraZeneca vaccines approved for emergency use by the World Health Organization.
President Moon Jae-in completed the second dose of AstraZeneca on April 30.
However, it is expected that some restrictions will be inevitable to stop the spread of corona as some of our attendants have not completed the second dose of the corona vaccine.
On April 16, when Japanese Prime Minister Suga visited the White House, President Biden wore two masks at a meeting, and had lunch with hamburgers from a distance.
(Video coverage: Park Eun-ha, Video editing: Jeong Seong-hoon)