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COVAX, an international organization established to distribute corona vaccines fairly, announced that it has secured 2 billion doses of corona vaccine.
Korea is also planning to purchase 10 million people, but I am interested in when it will be possible to get the vaccine and whether more can be obtained.
Reporter Han Se-hyun's report.
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COVAX is an international organization established to fairly distribute the Corona 19 vaccine to all countries.
Including Korea, 190 countries and organizations are participating.
Kovacs announced that it has secured about 2 billion doses of Corona 19 vaccine through additional contracts with AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson.
[Governor Yeosus/WHO Secretary General: Today, we are pleased to announce that KOVAX has secured 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
This is fantastic news and is a milestone for global health.]
Cobax plans to supply the vaccine to all 190 sites in the first half of next year, adding that the first supply will begin in the first quarter of next year.
In the first half of next year, supplies for essential personnel in participating countries, including medical staff, will be supplied first.
Then, by the end of next year, we plan to provide an additional vaccine for 20% of the country's population.
Korea has promised to supply 20 million servings, or 10 million servings, with Kobax, but the specific quantity and timing of provision will be decided after January next year.
[In-Taek Lim/Director of Health Industry Policy Bureau, Ministry of Health and Welfare (Yesterday): Currently, KOVAX is meeting with the Kovacs executive on plans to be introduced in the first quarter of next year.]
Meanwhile, the government in March next year, UK He explained that AstraZeneca confirmed that the time of introduction was not stated in the formal contract with the minutes of the meeting.
(Video coverage: Jeong Seong-hwa, video editing: Lee Seung-hee)