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The number of new confirmed corona 19 patients in Korea registered 1,000 people for three consecutive days. It is the first time that the number of patients exceeds the 1,000 mark on the third day since the first confirmed crown19 in Korea on January 20.
As such, the Corona 19 crisis has entered a serious phase, but the contract between the government and Modena for the introduction of the Corona 19 vaccine was finally postponed until January next year. It was announced that the contract with Pfizer and Janssen will be completed within this year, but it has yet to be confirmed, so there are concerns about delays in vaccination.
According to the Central Defense Countermeasures Headquarters (Bangdaebon) on the 18th, at 0 o’clock on the day, the number of new confirmed cases was 1062, which was around 1,000 for three consecutive days. The number of confirmed cases in the region averaged 934.4 per day, surpassing the first 900. Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun said on the day: “If upgraded to the third stage, 2 million commercial venues and facilities they will be closed or restricted. First of all, we believe that it is urgent to implement the current stage correctly. I am concentrating on increasing the level. ” According to the government, the number of multi-use facilities that are banned or restricted when upgraded to three stages is expected to reach 2.30 million.
With the increase in confirmed corona 19 cases, the medical system is already in crisis. The day before, 11 deaths occurred and the number of seriously ill patients increased by 4.
[정슬기 기자 / 윤지원 기자]Korea is ‘winter without vaccines’ … February-March next year at the earliest
Due to a breach of contract with Modena within the year
Failure to insure 44 million people this year
“Hiring with Pfizer within this year”
The national introduction contract target within this year for 44 million copies of the Corona 19 vaccine that the government originally proposed was unexplored. The contract for the introduction of the COVID-19 vaccine for 10 million people with Modena has been postponed until January next year, but he plans to conclude a contract for the introduction of the vaccine with Johnson & Johnson-Jansen and Pfizer within the year, but this is also uncertain. On the 8th, the government secured a total of 44 million vaccines, including 34 million through individual negotiations with 10 million people and 4 global pharmaceutical companies through the ‘CoVax Facility’, an international project for joint purchasing and distribution of vaccines. He has announced plans to present it sequentially beginning in March.
On the 18th, the Central Headquarters for Security and Disaster Countermeasures (Guión Central) held a joint information meeting with the related ministries and announced that it will be promptly vaccinated in accordance with the vaccination plan when the AstraZeneca vaccine is introduced, which has already signed a purchase contract, in February and March of next year. Currently, only AstraZenekawa has signed a purchase agreement between individual companies. The government said that “Jansen and Pfizer are in the process of signing a contract with the December target and Moderna in January next year.” Im In-taek, Health Industry Policy Director at the Ministry of Health and Welfare, said: “The contract with Janssen is expected to be completed in the next week as soon as possible” and said: “The contract with Pfizer it is currently in the final review stage (revision of the law). ”
In the case of 10 million people through the Cobax Facility, an international project for the joint purchase of vaccines, their rapid introduction is currently being negotiated. As the vaccine contract schedule is delayed, so is the timing of introduction. While domestic vaccines are lagging, the world has begun vaccinating one after another. The Russian government began a trial inoculation of 20,000 people, including doctors, soldiers and teachers, with the Corona 19 ‘Putnik V’ vaccine developed in the country in August, and has entered the world’s first large-scale vaccination for the population. in general from the 5th of this month. The UK was vaccinated against the Pfizer / Bioentech Corona 19 vaccine, starting with a 90-year-old grandmother on day 8. In the United States, Pfizer-Bioentech vaccines began to be vaccinated in every region from day 14. The European Union (EU) is also scheduled to be vaccinated from the 27th. China will vaccinate 50 million people before the Lunar New Year holidays in February next year, Hong’s South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on the 18th. Kong. Meanwhile, regarding criticism that Korea’s procurement of vaccines is slower than other major countries, Kim Tae-nyeon, leader of the Democratic Party, argued, “We should not simply compare Korea to countries that have hundreds thousands of confirmed cases due to quarantine. ”
On the 18th, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety requested a preliminary review of clinical and non-clinical data (Phase 1, Phase 2, and Phase 3) before Pfizer applied for a COVID-19 vaccine license, and on the same day AstraZeneca also applied for a COVID-19 vaccine license. It said it has requested an additional preliminary review of the quality data.
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