The quarantine authorities are holding a video conference with Moderna, a COVID-19 vaccine company, to discuss cooperation measures such as R&D.

It plans to continue development cooperation not only with related companies but also with US research institutes.

KWON Jun-wook, Vice Head of Central Disease Control Headquarters explained this at a regular briefing on the 'COVID-19 Outbreak in Korea' held today (26th).

Previously, the NIID held a short video conference with the president of Moderna at 10 pm on the 25th. They exchanged and discussed each other's proposals on cooperation, research and development, and production of vaccines.

He said, "We plan to proc