[사회]Full-fledged vaccination from July…Modern and introduced quantity is key

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Looking at the corona 19 vaccination plan announced by the government, a significant number of the general public will actually be vaccinated from July this year.

Therefore, 20 million modders or vaccines to be introduced from the second quarter are expected to be the key to collective immunity, but it is not clear whether the introduction will succeed.

Reporter Park Hong-gu on the report.

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The government’s plans to immunize 1.3 million people in the first quarter, 9 million people in the second quarter, and 33.25 million people in the third quarter are aligned with the timing of the vaccine introduction.

The first and second quarters are expected to be filled with AstraZeneca and Kovacs.

However, the problem is that we cannot guarantee that we will be able to get the vaccine needed for the third quarter vaccination on time.

This is because the contract was signed to introduce 20 million modders and 6 million Janssen from the second quarter, but it is unclear whether it will be implemented.

[정은경 / 질병관리청장 : 코로나19 백신인 경우에는 여러 종류의 백신을 수급해야 되고 또 전 세계적인 수급 불안정의 상황 속에서 백신수급 관리를 해야 되는 어려움이 있는 게 사실입니다.]

Overseas vaccine supply conditions continue to deteriorate.

Following the US President Biden’s announcement that it will purchase an additional 100 million doses of each of Pfizer and Moderna products, which paid the cost of developing the vaccine, the European Union and the EU have stepped up to block exports of vaccines outside the country.

Moreover, it is more difficult to expect a stable supply because Modena is an mRNA method different from the existing vaccine and does not have its own production facilities.

[백순영 / 가톨릭 의대 명예교수 : 모더나나 화이자는 새로운 방식이기 때문에 일반적으로 백신 만들던 공장에서, 어디다 맡겨서 만들지 못하기 때문에 물량을 마음대로 늘리지 못해서 수급이 모자라는 거에요.]

The government said that it is making efforts to secure a dedicated team with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the like to minimize the uncertainty in the supply and demand of vaccines and to obtain a stable vaccine supply.

However, in the worst case, the government’s concerns are deepening in that vaccination may be stopped because the vaccine is not supplied.

This is YTN Park Hong-gu.

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