Criticism has been raised that the 1,053,000 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine that the government received from Romania last month were not stored in transport boxes that were officially authorized by its manufacturer, Pfizer.

Pfizer’s vaccines require ultra-low-temperature storage for quality maintenance and should be stored in Pfizer’s custom shipping box that ensures cold chain storage. However, the criticism is that the government used private boxes, which could have compromised the quality of the vaccines.

On the 7th, National Assembly member Jong Hean Baek of the People Power Party raised the issue based on the data submitted by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.