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Some of the 6 million servings that American Moderna has decided to supply this week will arrive in Korea this afternoon (2nd). The government said that the remaining quantities will come in sequentially as per the contract, and that there will be no setbacks in achieving 70% of the first vaccination before Chuseok.
Reporter Song In-ho.
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Of the 6 million doses of vaccine that Modernna is scheduled to send by this weekend, 1.2 million will arrive in Korea this afternoon through Incheon International Airport.
A government official said that the remaining 4.98 million servings are expected to arrive sequentially by this weekend, and that they are negotiating a detailed supply schedule with Moderna.
Earlier, the government decided to introduce 1.53 million doses of vaccine to Korea from Romania, where a 'vaccine agreement' was signed.
The types of vaccines are 1,053 doses of Pfizer vaccine and 450,000 doses of Moderna vaccine, which will be delivered twice today and next Wednesday.
The validity period varies from November 12 to December 5 depending on the quantity.
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intellectual named Mordecai and a vaccine is a Spanish company products debris found in Japan comes in Romania The quarantine authorities explained, "The company is the same, but the manufacturing number is different."
A government official predicted that the goal of '70% of the first dose before Chuseok' would be easily achieved, and that the number of people who completed the vaccination would reach the level of 50% by the end of this month or early October.