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Combining the number of vaccines that have received urgent approval, such as the Pfizer vaccine and the modder or vaccine from the American pharmaceutical company, there are 400 million doses, which can be adapted to 200 million people. In the first half of next year, a large number of Americans who are in the age range for vaccination will be open to vaccination.
The US Department of Defense issued a press release on the 23rd (local time) and said: “The Trump administration will purchase an additional 100 million doses of Corona 19 vaccine from Pfizer through the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Department of Defense “.
“Under the agreement, Pfizer will provide at least 70 million servings by June 30 of next year, and by the end of July, the serving will be 100 million servings.”
According to AP and Reuters, Pfizer announced the same.
According to the New York Times (NYT), the Trump administration has already signed a contract to supply 100 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine for the first quarter of next year. Up to these 100 million additional doses, the Pfizer vaccine alone is 200 million doses.
In the case of the Moderna or Vaccine vaccine, you plan to receive 100 million doses each in the first and second trimesters.
Considering that the Pfizer-Modern vaccine must be administered twice, with a total of 400 million doses, the number of vaccines for 200 million people has been secured.
The Pfizer vaccines are available for people over the age of 16 and for the Modena vaccines for people over the age of 18.
Health and Welfare Minister Alix Aza said today: “This additional purchase will give the American people even more confidence that we will have enough supplies to vaccinate as many Americans as we want by June 2021.”
The amount paid by the US government to Pfizer through this additional purchase agreement is $ 1.95 billion (KRW 2.15 billion). Until last time, the total was $ 4 billion (4.4 trillion won), Reuters reported.
“With an additional 100 million servings, the US will be able to protect more people and hopefully end this devastating pandemic sooner,” said Albert Bulla, CEO of Pfizer.
The NYT and Associated Press reported that the day before, the Trump administration was closing in on an additional purchase contract in exchange for mobilizing the Defense Goods Production Act (DPA) to help Pfizer acquire nine more specialty products for manufacturing. of vaccines. . DPA was established during the Korean War.
The news agency cited statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and reported that more than 600,000 Americans had been vaccinated by the 21st.
Pfizer developed a vaccine together with Bioentech, Germany, and vaccination began on day 14 after emergency approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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