The Biden administration plans to offer coronavirus vaccines to detainees held at the U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay, the New York Times reported on Thursday evening.
According to the report, the Pentagon will offer the coronavirus vaccine, which remains in high demand, to the terror suspects "Possibly starting next week, according to a prosecutor in the case against five prisoners accused of conspiring in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.".
The prosecutor, Clayton G. Trivett Jr., wrote to defense lawyers on Thursday "That an official in the Pentagon has just signed a memo approving the delivery of the Covid-19 vaccine to the detainee population in Guantánamo."
The Trump administration had declined to say whether prisoners would be vaccinated.
Under the timeline described by Mr. Trivett, prisoners who agree to be vaccinated could receive their second dose on the eve of the arraignment, the first at Guantánamo's war court since 2014.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser on the coronavirus to President Joe Biden, predicted that vaccine availability for those in any category will likely come by April.
Over four million have received their second dose of the vaccine.
Friday, January 29, 2021
Biden Administration to Vaccinate Terrorists First
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