Hong Jun-pyo on Romania Vaccine Donation: "Called K-Quarantine, but Have We Become Vaccine Beggars?"

Regarding the Romanian government's decision to donate 450,000 doses of Moderna vaccines nearing their expiration date to South Korea, Hong Joon-pyo, a member of the People Power Party, criticized the government's inadequate vaccine procurement on his Facebook page on the 21st.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Hwang Sumi] Regarding the Romanian government's decision to donate 450,000 doses of Moderna vaccines nearing expiration to Korea, Hong Joon-pyo, a member of the People Power Party, criticized, "While only tightening restrictions on innocent citizens, the president went out of his way to boast to the world, and now we have become vaccine beggars."

On the 21st, Hong said on his Facebook, "Are they going to put on a vaccine transport show again by deploying special forces?" He added, "Instead of begging for vaccines like that, we should have negotiated with advanced vaccine countries earlier to secure them," and said, "This is the state even after becoming an advanced country."

Earlier, Romanian state news agency Agerpres reported, "On the 21st (local time), the Romanian government announced that it would donate leftover vaccines to Korea on a humanitarian basis." The Romanian Ministry of Health also stated that vaccine transportation would be confirmed depending on our government's situation.

Meanwhile, after Moderna reduced the amount of vaccines to be supplied to Korea this month (8.5 million doses) to less than half due to internal circumstances, our government dispatched a delegation to Moderna headquarters to express strong regret.

Moderna is expected to announce the specific quantity and schedule plan for domestic supply between the 22nd and 23rd.

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