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Corona 19 vaccine will be supplied to Korea from the beginning of next month.

The Korean government has stated that the supply plan has not changed so far.

Specific vaccination timing and vaccination plans will be announced on the 28th, this Thursday.



Reporter Jang Se-man reports.



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vaccine that the government said it would bring into the country in the first quarter of this year is the quantity through Cobax Facility, a vaccine joint purchase organization with AstraZeneca.



Of these, 50,000 initial shipments through Kovacs are expected to be the first to enter Korea early next month, and the government is explaining that Pfizer vaccine is the most powerful.



Daum is planning to supply 750,000 AstraZeneca vaccines produced in Korea in mid-February and the remaining 9.25 million in the first quarter.



20 million people for Modena and 6 million Jansen are scheduled for the second quarter, and 10 million for Pfizer are scheduled for the third quarter.



The question is whether or not the first shipments expected at the beginning of next month are abnormal.



The quarantine authorities drew a line saying that there would be no problem with the supply plan, saying that it has not received contact from vaccine manufacturers about supply disruptions to date.



In particular, the AstraZeneca vaccine is supplied by SK Bioscience's consignment production in Korea, so there will be no disruption in supply in the first quarter.



[Son Young-rae / Head of Social Strategy Division, Central Accident Control Headquarters: Until now, we have not received any notification that there is a separate setback in vaccine supply.

Therefore, it is determined that it will be supplied on schedule until now...

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Specific vaccine availability and vaccination schedules will be announced this Thursday.