Pfizer and Moderna Vaccine Second Shipment Departed from Romania...970,000 Doses (Update)

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Hyun-woo] The second shipment of 970,000 doses of Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines secured through vaccine cooperation with Romania has departed for South Korea.

On the 7th (local time), the Korean Embassy in Romania announced that a transport plane carrying 526,500 doses of Pfizer vaccine and 450,000 doses of Moderna vaccine departed from Romania to Incheon Airport that night.

The Pfizer vaccine is the second shipment of the 1,053,000 doses that the Korean government agreed to purchase from Romania, with the first shipment having been imported into the country earlier on the 3rd. The Moderna vaccine quantity is known to have been secured through mutual donation of vaccines and medical devices between the Korean government and Romania.

The transport plane carrying the vaccines is scheduled to arrive at Incheon Airport around 3 p.m. on the 8th (Korean time). Upon arrival of this vaccine shipment, the import of a total of 1,503,000 doses secured through vaccine cooperation between the Korean government and Romania will be completed.

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