Another disruption in the supply of Moderna vaccines.



"Recently, Moderna has informed us that less than half of the 8.5 million doses planned for August will be supplied due to laboratory problems related to vaccine production," the government said.



The promotion team continued, "Modernas explained that the vaccine supply problem is global, apologized for the supply disruption, and promised to do its best to supply the promised amount to Korea."



The total amount of vaccines that the Korean government has contracted with Moderna is 40 million doses or 20 million doses.



The Moderna vaccine received only 112,000 doses during the first half of the year, and another 2343,000 doses have been received since July.



The government said it will immediately protest against the delay in supply to Moderna.



As the supply of vaccines was disrupted, the vaccination plans for August and September were also affected.



The government explained, "For those who are scheduled to receive the second dose of mRNA vaccine (Pfizer, Moderna, etc.) after the 16th of this month, the vaccination interval will be extended by 6 weeks from the date of the first dose."



The promotion team said, "This measure will be applied temporarily." "In the case of high school seniors, high school staff, and other college entrance exams, we will maintain the existing vaccination interval so that there is no disruption to the schedule for the entrance exam."