Additional 1,393,000 Doses of Moderna Arrive

114 Million More Doses Arrived Than Initially Promised
1.36 Million Vaccinations Administered the Previous Day... Record High

On the 6th, 2,552,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine arrived at Incheon Airport via cargo plane. Including the doses that have been sequentially introduced since the 23rd of last month and the doses that arrived on this day, the total reached 6,759,000 doses. This corresponds to 96.4% of the 7.01 million doses that Moderna initially announced it would supply over two weeks. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Seo So-jeong] An additional 1,393,000 doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine from the U.S. pharmaceutical company will arrive on the 7th.

Kang Do-tae, the first chief coordinator of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, stated, "Today, approximately 1,393,000 doses of Moderna's vaccine are scheduled to arrive," adding, "Since August 23, about 8,152,000 doses of Moderna vaccine have been introduced." This amount is about 1,140,000 doses more than the 7,010,000 doses promised by Moderna to be supplied by the first week of September following the South Korean government's protest visit.

Coordinator Kang said, "As of yesterday, the number of people who have received the first dose of the vaccine has surpassed 30.74 million, which corresponds to 59.9% of the entire population and 69.6% of the adult population aged 18 and over." On the previous day alone, 1,364,815 vaccine doses were administered, setting a new record.

He added, "The government will make every effort to achieve a 70% first-dose vaccination rate before Chuseok by ensuring smooth vaccine imports, streamlining vaccine transportation systems, and managing safe vaccine distribution."

On the 8th, 3,428,000 doses of individually contracted Pfizer vaccines, 526,500 doses of Pfizer vaccines under the Korea-Romania vaccine cooperation, and 450,000 doses of Moderna vaccines are scheduled to arrive.

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