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Our government delegation visited Moderna headquarters for not supplying vaccines in a timely manner.
Moderna said it has apologized, but the specific supply plan has not been disclosed this time as well.
Correspondent Kim Soo-hyung at Moderna headquarters covered the story.
<Reporter> The Korean
government delegation who came out after the interview protested against the disruption in the supply of vaccines, and said that Moderna had made an apology.
[Do-Tae Kang / 2nd Vice Minister of Health and Welfare: The Korean government has requested that the COVID-19 vaccine be supplied in larger quantities and faster, and Moderna has decided to do its best.]
However, the specific vaccine supply schedule was not disclosed, stating that further consultation is necessary.
[Do-Tae Kang / 2nd Vice Minister of Health and Welfare: There was a very serious and constructive discussion.
I
'll summarize it after I return home.]
Moderna's side briefly answered, "I don't know if I
'll make a statement
," to the question of the SBS reporter asking about the results of the interview with the Korean government delegation.
Moderna has partnered with large pharmaceutical companies in other countries, including Lonza, Switzerland, to mass-produce vaccines using their production facilities.
[CEO Bangsel/Modena (May 23, SBS interview): We have the scientific knowledge and technology (about the corona vaccine), but we do not have the manufacturing capacity to make hundreds of millions of vials containing the vaccine.]
If there is a problem with the partner's production facilities, the global vaccine supply is also affected one after another.
Korea is the first government delegation to visit Moderna in protest.
Although we expressed our strong will to protest and conveyed our desperate position, there is a possibility that the disruption in the supply of moderna vaccines will be repeated at any time amid the global coronavirus vaccine shortage.
(Video coverage: Park Eun-ha, video editing: Jeon Min-gyu)