US Pauses Plan To Give Virus Vaccine To Guantanamo Prisoners

The court sought the law ministry’s response after going through a statement by the World Health Organisation, which has declared virginity testing as unscientific, medically unnecessary and unreliable.

The U.S. is backing off for now on a plan to offer COVID19 vaccinations to the 40 prisoners held at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

WASHINGTON: The U.S. is backing off for now on a plan to offer COVID-19 vaccinations to the 40 prisoners held at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Pentagon chief spokesman John Kirby said in a tweet Saturday that the Defense Department would be pausing the plan to give the vaccination to those held at Guantanamo while it reviews measures to protect troops who work there.

Kirby said no prisoners had yet received the vaccination. The plan drew some criticism after The New York Times reported that the vaccination of prisoners would start in the coming days.

Were pausing the plan to move forward, as we review force protection…

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