<Anchor> With the



start of the Corona 19 vaccination in the UK and the US, there are many people wondering when we can get it.

AstraZeneca's vaccine, which will be introduced around February to March next year, has not yet been approved for use in the United States, and our health authorities have said they will decide on their own whether or not approved by the United States.



Reporter Kim Hyung-rae on the report.



<Reporter> Of the



44 million vaccines that the health authorities have said to have secured so far, only 10 million vaccines from AstraZeneca, which are scheduled to be introduced in February-March next year, have been confirmed.



Two months ago, the International Vaccine Organization, which pre-deposited 85 billion won with the aim of securing 10 million people, has yet to proceed with the purchase process.



In the case of Pfizer's vaccine, which was the first in the world to be vaccinated for the general public in the UK, it is expected that its introduction in Korea will be delayed further as it is not easy to supply additional vaccines in the US in the first half of next year.



After all, only AstraZeneca's products can start vaccination in the first quarter of next year, and this vaccine has not yet been approved for use in the United States as clinical trials have been delayed.



The health authorities are in the position that they will decide at their own discretion regardless of whether the US FDA approves or not.



[Kwon Jun-wook/President of the National Institute of Health: I would like to inform you that once the decision process of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety is passed, regardless of whether the US FDA is approved, it will proceed according to the Korean procedure.]



However, the authorities have said that they will refer to the vaccination situation in other countries and whether there are side effects, so the situation in the UK, where the AstraZeneca vaccine is likely to be the first to be vaccinated, seems to be the key.