210,000 Doses of AZ Vaccine Arrive... Used for 2Q Vaccinations

COVAX Plans to Supply Additional 980,000 Doses by June

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwangho Lee] On the 3rd, 216,000 doses (432,000 shots) of the AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine for COVID-19 vaccination in the second quarter of this year arrived in South Korea.

The vaccines arrived at Incheon Airport around 2:30 PM on a Korean Air flight and are part of the quantity contracted by the government through the international vaccine joint purchase project called 'COVAX Facility.'

The arrival schedule for this batch was initially delayed by three weeks from the end of March to the third week of this month but was moved forward again as administrative procedures were completed quickly.

The total quantity contracted with COVAX is for 10 million doses. After sending 58,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to South Korea for the first time in February, COVAX sent the second batch of 216,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine on this day.

COVAX plans to sequentially send 834,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine in April and May, and an additional 148,500 doses of the Pfizer vaccine by the end of June.

The government will receive a total of 1.2 million doses from COVAX in the second quarter.

The government aims to complete at least the first dose of vaccination for 12 million people in the first half of the year.

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