Government Direct Contract Pfizer Vaccine 136,000 Doses Scheduled to Arrive Tomorrow

On the afternoon of the 7th, 94,000 doses out of 1 million Pfizer vaccine doses secured through a vaccine mutual supply agreement with the United Kingdom arrived at Incheon International Airport and are being transported.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyungsoo] The COVID-19 vaccines directly contracted by our government with the U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer will be additionally delivered.

According to the COVID-19 Vaccination Response Promotion Team (Promotion Team) on the 12th, 136,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine will arrive at Incheon Airport by air at around 11:30 a.m. on the 13th.

The vaccines arriving this time are part of the 66 million doses from the direct contract. Among the vaccines secured through the contract with Pfizer, a total of 7,002,000 doses were delivered in the first half of the year. During the third quarter of this year, 28,963,000 doses were delivered.

Additionally, the government signed a mutual donation agreement with the UK government on the 22nd of last month, separate from the direct contract. One million doses of Pfizer vaccine are being imported.

The Pfizer vaccines secured in cooperation with the UK arrived sequentially with 94,000 doses on the 7th and 468,000 doses on the 8th.

So far, the total amount of COVID-19 vaccines supplied domestically, including Pfizer vaccines, is 80.36 million doses.

The vaccines secured through contracts with individual pharmaceutical companies and international organizations or through international cooperation include five types?Moderna, Pfizer, AstraZeneca (AZ), Janssen, and Novavax?totaling 195.34 million doses.

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