The Korean government has secured 1,503,000 doses of Pfizer and Modena’s COVID-19 vaccines from Romania and will bring the vaccines to Korea in two shipments this week and next week.

The swap was made in line with cooperation for preventive measures against the pandemic that was discussed between the two countries from last month to exchange vaccines with medical supplies.

Presided by Vice Head 2 Hae-Cheol Jeon, The COVID-19 Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (Head: Prime Minister Boo-Kyum Kim) today reported on the progress made for the ‘KOR-RO vaccine cooperation’ to central ministries and 17 metropolitan councils at the Central Government Complex’s virtual