Source: United States Forces Korea / Getty Images
Source: United States Forces Korea / Getty Images
About a third of U.S. troops who have received the Covid-19 vaccine have rejected inoculation, according to initial Pentagon data. The choice still allows for staff deployment.
Pentagon officials told a House court on Wednesday that vaccination remains voluntary for service members, as vaccines have been developed by Pfizer Inc. i So far, Moderna Inc. has been approved by the Emergency Food and Drug Administration. That would change with full FDA approval, as many other vaccinations are mandatory for troops.
Early data show that nearly one million people in the Department of Defense have received some combination of one or both doses of the vaccine, Division General Jeffrey Taliaferro, deputy director of operations of the House, told the House Armed Services Committee. joint cabinet chief.
Only 147,000 have been fully vaccinated, according to Robert Salesses, a Pentagon official who serves as an assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and global security.
Pentagon officials said they intended most of the troops to be inoculated for Covid-19 by the end of August.
– With the assistance of Travis J Tritten