December 29 Recently, the epidemic in South Korea has spread rapidly, but ordinary people are expected to be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus from February 2021, lag behind developed countries such as Britain and the United States.
In response, public opinion questioned that the government had not done a good job in ensuring vaccines, resulting in no vaccines to be taken.
On December 29, the South Korean presidential palace announced that Moon Jae-in had talked to the CEO of Monad Company of the United States and that South Korea would receive 20 million vaccines one quarter earlier.
According to a Yonhap report on the 29th, South Korea’s presidential palace Qingwatai said that Moon Jae-in talked on the phone yesterday (28th) with Stefanakner Bonsell, CEO of the American pharmaceutical company Modena, and the two sides reached an agreement on Modena to provide South Korea with a coronavirus vaccine for 20 million people.
Qingwatai said that Moon Jae-in and Bonsai also agreed to advance the delivery of the vaccine to the second quarter of 2021.
The South Korean government’s previous negotiations with Modena for a vaccine procurement volume of 10 million, which is scheduled to be introduced from the third quarter of 2021.
Bonsell said on the phone that he would strive to provide vaccines to South Korea as soon as possible. If South Korea wants, Modena can sign a relevant contract with South Korea within the year.
According to an earlier report on overseas.com, Moon Jae-in responded to questions about the vaccine on December 22. He said that the countries that develop and produce vaccines will start vaccination first, which is inevitable.
I believe that it will not be too late for the South Korean people to vaccinate. The government is seriously preparing. He also stressed that South Korea is still a model country in epidemic prevention.
