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vaccine that the United States provides to our soldiers has been decided to be Janssen.

It's a one-time vaccine, and it's double the original promise for a million people.

However, due to the controversy over rare thrombosis, we plan to inoculate the reserve army and civil defense personnel over the age of 30.



Reporter Han Sang-woo reports.



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U.S. President Joe Biden promised to provide vaccines to South Korean soldiers at the South Korea-U.S. summit on the 21st.



[Joe Biden/President of the United States: We will provide vaccines to all 550,000 South Korean soldiers.

This is not only for the Korean military, but also for the US military.]




Janssen was highly likely to be Pfizer or Moderna as it was difficult to use for soldiers under the age of 30 due to the controversy over rare thrombosis, but it was decided to be Janssen.



The one-time Janssen vaccine has no age limit in the United States, and has so far been vaccinated to about 10 million Americans.



The amount introduced is 1,012,800 people, twice as much as promised.



It was decided to give priority to military personnel, such as reservists over 30 years of age, civil defense members, and military family members.



As domestic product approval for the Janssen vaccine has already been completed in April, vaccination is expected to be carried out quickly.



The air refueling aircraft will be delivered within this week, and the inoculation will begin on June 10 after receiving online reservations from the day after (1st).




The quarantine authorities said that there were no serious side effects among domestic Janssen inoculations, and that it was reported to be effective against the mutated virus.



[Jung Eun-kyung / Director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Koreans such as KATUSA Soldiers in the USFK have already been vaccinated.

About 5,200 people have been vaccinated with the Janssen vaccine, and no serious adverse events have been reported.]



Active military servicemen, mostly in their twenties, will be vaccinated against Pfizer in June as planned.



(Video coverage: Kim Min-cheol, Video editing: Park Ji-in)    



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