All administrative procedures for AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, scheduled for vaccination on the 26th, have been completed. The final step was approved by the MFDS.

The MFDS announced that it had national lot release of 787,000 people (1,574,000 doses) of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine applied on the 29th of last month on Wednesday.

This approval was carried out quickly in 20 days, the national lot release usually takes 2-3 months and it is expected to be used for the first domestic COVID-19 vaccine vaccination from February.

National lot release is a system in which the country checks the quality of vaccines once more before distribution to the market by comprehensively