Tomorrow, 1,069,000 doses of AZ to be shipped from Andong SK Bioscience factory

On the 25th, AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccines shipped from the SK Bioscience factory in Andong, Gyeongbuk, are loaded onto transport vehicles and moved to storage warehouses.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Chunhee Lee] As the government accelerates efforts to complete the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination for 13 million people by the first half of the year, additional supply of AstraZeneca (AZ) COVID-19 vaccines will be delivered tomorrow.

The COVID-19 Vaccination Response Promotion Team announced on the 26th, "1,069,000 doses of vaccines individually contracted with AZ will be shipped from SK Bioscience's Andong plant on the 27th."

Currently, our government has contracted to receive a total of 20 million doses of vaccines from AZ. Including the 1,068,000 doses shipped from the Andong plant on the 25th, a total of 4,307,000 doses have been supplied. Once the shipment of 1,069,000 doses is completed on the 27th, the total number of AZ vaccines introduced domestically will reach 6,643,000 doses, including 1,267,000 doses supplied through the global vaccine procurement project 'COVAX Facility.' Additionally, a total of 4,263,000 doses of AZ vaccines, including 3,428,000 doses from direct contracts and 835,000 doses from COVAX, are planned to be introduced in the first half of the year.

The Promotion Team explained that with the shipment of AZ vaccines on the 27th, "Out of the 18.38 million doses of vaccines scheduled to be introduced in the first half, a total of 10.81 million doses will have been delivered," and "the remaining 7.57 million doses will be introduced sequentially."

So far, our government has secured a total of 192 million doses (for 99 million people) of COVID-19 vaccines. By type, this includes 66 million doses (for 33 million people) of Pfizer, 40 million doses (for 20 million people) of Moderna, 40 million doses (for 20 million people) of Novavax, 20 million doses (for 10 million people) of AZ, and 6 million doses (for 6 million people) of Janssen. In addition, a total of 10 million doses, including AZ and Pfizer vaccines, will be supplied through the COVAX Facility.

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