The number of COVID-19 vaccines granted National Lot Release in Korea has exceeded 40 million. The large-scale batches of Pfizer vaccines introduced in late July have accelerated the number of vaccines approved for lot release.

According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on the 22nd, 1.6 million doses (for 800 thousand people) Pfizer Korea’s ‘Cormirnaty inj. (tozinameran)’ were approved for National Lot Release on the 20th. The cumulative number of doses approved reached 41.263 million with the release, exceeding 40 million doses for the first time in 6 months since the first lot of COVID-19 vaccines were released on February 17th.

The National Lot Release system is the final qu