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Following AstraZeneca and Pfizer, Modena vaccine will be launched in Korea next week. The vaccination is expected to begin around the middle of next month, and the government is considering a plan for socially essential personnel such as firefighters and police officers under the age of 30.



For more details, reporter Kim Deok-hyun will deliver.



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55,000 doses of modders or vaccines coming into Korea for the first time on the 31st.



Modena vaccine has been approved for a domestic item, but it is expected to be available in the middle of next month after passing through the final national shipment approval procedure.



The government signed 40 million batches with Modena headquarters in December of last year, and the remaining quantity is expected to be supplied in earnest from the second half of the year.



[Stefan Bangsell/Moderna CEO (8 news yesterday): We will do everything we can to increase our shipments. We are actively working to meet 40 million doses of vaccine orders, and will be in (in Korea) over the course of several months.]



Health officials have fired and police officers under the age of 30 who will start vaccinating the first amount of modder or vaccine next month. We are discussing ways to fit the essential human resources in society.



They have limited AstraZeneca vaccination due to controversy over rare blood clots.



However, the vaccine that the US will supply to Korean soldiers is a variable.



When the type of vaccine was decided, the government decided to modify the vaccination plan accordingly.



[Eun-kyung Jung/Director of the Korea Disease Control Center: We will revisit and supplement the vaccination plan for May~June once more by supplementing the appropriate vaccination targets and vaccination timing.]



From July, vaccinations for the general public under the age of 60 will be vaccinated. Will begin.



The health authorities have requested that the elderly over the age of 60 receive vaccinations by the next month, as the order will be delayed after October if they do not receive vaccinations within the first half of the year.



In addition, from the 27th, we plan to maximize the vaccination rate by utilizing the remaining amount of AstraZeneca vaccine.



(Video coverage: Min-cheol Kim, video editing: Tae-ho Yoon) 



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