President Moon Jae-in redoubled his efforts to make Korea a global hub for Covid-19 vaccine production with an intense round vaccine diplomacy during his trip to the United States for the UN General Assembly.
A total of 1.53 million Covid-19 vaccine doses from Romania are arriving in Korea starting Thursday.
Korea will take 700,000 expiring doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine from Israel and send an identical number later this year, health authorities said Tuesday.
Korea is discussing a loan deal with the United States to procure Covid-19 vaccines, Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong announced Tuesday.
Korea JoongAng Daily Sitemap