South Korean President Moon Jae-in met with Pascal Soriot, CEO of AstraZeneca, to ask for the company’s continuous support in supplying COVID-19 vaccines to Korea in the second half of this year. AstraZeneca responded positively to the request and replied that it hopes to continue a long-standing relationship with SK Bioscience as one of its top CMO partners.

Also, the Korean government had announced its plan to increase contributions to the Gavi COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC) by 20 times to actively contribute to the inclusive recovery of the international community suffering from COVID-19.

The COVID-19 Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (CDSCHQ, Prime Mini