AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, which starts vaccination on the 26th, received lot release from the MFDS.

As a result, it is delivered from the factory and administered at each inoculation site. The lot-released vaccine is expected to be effective until June, and the KCDA plans to complete the vaccination until May.

On the 17th, the MFDS approved lot release for 5 serial numbers of AstraZeneca Korea's COVID-19 vaccine. The total amount is about 1,574,000 doses, and considering that the vaccine is given twice, it is for 787,000 people in total.

All of the contracts between AstraZeneca and the government, which will be inoculated in the first quarter, have been lot released.