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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jong-koo Han = AstraZeneca, which received approval for urgent use of a vaccine for novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) from the UK government, was given 2 million doses per week to the UK by the middle of this month (1 dose is one dose) Will supply the vaccine.
British Daily The Times and Reuters reported on the 1st (local time) that AstraZeneca will supply 2 million doses of vaccine to the UK by next week, starting with 2 million doses per week by the third week of this month.
These prompt measures are expected to help prevent the spread of Corona 19 in the UK, The Times said.
Earlier, the UK approved the urgent use of the Corona 19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and the multinational pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca for the first time in the world on the 30th of last month.
The UK government plans to start vaccinating AstraZeneca from the 4th.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered 100 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine.
Earlier, the UK launched the world’s first vaccination of Pfizer and Bioentech at the beginning of last month.
In the UK, the number of new corona 19 confirmed cases is the highest at 50,000 people for 4 consecutive days, and the corona mutant virus is spreading.
The number of new confirmed patients on that day was 53,285, and an additional 613 people died.
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