Opposition Party, “Blue House’Consensus’ Moderna’ Attack”
Disease Administration “The temperature difference controversy is different from the facts… expression differences”
Modena vaccine. AP Yonhap News
On the 31st, the government confirmed a contract to secure 20 million vaccines for the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) of Modena, a US biotechnology company. The opposition and criticism of some media, saying, “The Blue House exaggerated it even though the vaccine supply was not confirmed,” became unclear after a day.
On this day, the government said, “We have completed a contract to purchase 40 million doses of Corona 19 vaccine from Modena.” It was concluded.”
Earlier, the Blue House said on the 29th that “President Moon agreed to supply twice the amount of supply previously discussed through a video call with Bancell’s CEO on the night of the 28th.”
Modena also said on the 29th (local time), “In order to support the Korean government’s goal of distributing the vaccine as soon as possible, discussions are underway to provide 40 million doses or more,” he said. “According to the terms of the proposed agreement, 2021 Distribution will begin in the second quarter of this year,” he confirmed by a press release.
However, because the expression “discussion for supply is in progress” was used in the press release of Modena, some media argued that “there is a temperature difference between the Blue House announcement and the official announcement of Modena.”
In the comments of the party’s spokesman, “the Korean government has agreed to supply 20 million units of Modena vaccine, but Modena announced that’confirmation of discussions with the Korean government to potentially supply vaccines'” “The president asked for an explanation.”
However, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Modena’s expression that’there is a discussion’ meant that while the outline of the agreement was completed, a discussion to confirm the details of the contract was in progress on the working line. The Agency for Disease Control and Prevention released explanatory data on the 30th and said, “The Blue House explanation that Modena’s official position agreed to supply the vaccine and the article that there is a temperature difference is different from the fact.”
In a briefing conducted before the final contract announcement was made on the 31st, Chung Eun-kyung, head of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said, “We have reached a certain agreement on expanding the quantity of modders and vaccines from the 20 million doses we initially reviewed to 40 million doses.” .
In addition, regarding the’temperature difference’ controversy, he explained, “I think that agreements and discussions are differences in expression, because contracts and contracts must be concluded in detail.”
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