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COVID-19 vaccination in South Korea

COVID-19 vaccination in South Korea is an ongoing immunization campaign against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), in response to the ongoing pandemic in the country.

COVID-19 vaccination in South Korea
South Korea. Percentage with total doses given as of 9 November 2023.[1]
Date26 February 2021 (2021-02-26) – 13 April 2023 (2023-04-13)
LocationSouth Korea
CauseCOVID-19 pandemic in South Korea

Vaccination program

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Daily updates are provided by Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.[2]


Vaccines delivered per pharmaceutical company as of 17 November 2024 [refresh]

  Pfizer-BioNTech (11,488,000) (46.10%)
  Oxford-AstraZeneca (11,268,000) (45.22%)
  Moderna (1,151,000) (4.62%)
  Janssen (1,012,800) (4.06%)


As of 5 July 2021, due to vaccine shortages, the vaccination rate has been slowed down since 20 June. The vaccination rate remains 29% for more than two weeks.[3] According to JoongAng Ilbo, as of 5 July, the remaining amount of the COVID-19 vaccine is 1.8 million doses, including 1.4 million from Pfizer.[4]

On 6 July 2021, it is reported that South Korea has signed a deal with Israel to borrow 700,000 expiring doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine. South Korea will return the same amount of vaccines to Israel around September or October of this year.[4][5]

On 29 November 2021, President Moon Jae-in urged the rapid administration of booster shots against COVID-19, in response to an increased number of severe cases and deaths following the easing of anti-virus rules.[6]

Background

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On 10 February 2021, South Korea granted its first approval of a COVID-19 vaccine to Oxford–AstraZeneca, allowing the two-shot regimen to be administered to all adults, including the elderly. The approval came with a warning, however, that consideration is needed when administering the vaccine to individuals over 65 years of age due to limited data from that demographic in clinical trials.[7][8]

On 14 April 2021, The additional 250,000 doses of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines arrived in the country.[9]

On 3 June 2021, the United States donated one million doses of Johnson & Johnson's vaccine to South Korea. The United States initially announced to donate 550,000 doses to South Korean troops working in close contact with American forces.[10][11]

On 19 August 2021, Romania decided to donate 450,000 expiring Moderna vaccines to South Korea.[12]

Vaccines on order

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Vaccine dose Progress Doses ordered Manufacturer Remarks
Oxford-AstraZeneca Approved for use 20 million   SK Bioscience -
up to 2.6 million   SK Bioscience
  Catalent 		COVAX
Pfizer–BioNTech Approved for use 96 million   Pfizer -
up to 0.4 million   Pfizer COVAX
0.7 million   Pfizer Vaccine swap from Israel[13]
1 million   Pfizer Vaccine swap from Romania
Janssen Approved for use 6 million   Emergent BioSolutions -
1.4 million An offer from the United States[14]
Moderna Approved for use 40 million   Lonza
  Samsung Biologics 		-
0.4 million   Lonza An offer from Romania
Novavax Approved for use 40 million   SK Bioscience -
Sputnik V Pre-review None   Hankook Korus Pharm -
SKYCovione Approved for use 10 million   SK Bioscience -

Timetable

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Vaccine Manufacturer Submitted EUA Approval Deployment
  Oxford-AstraZeneca   SK Bioscience 4 January 2021 None 10 February 2021[15] 26 February 2021[16]
  Catalent 4 January 2021 12 May 2021 21 May 2021 14 May 2021
  Pfizer–BioNTech   Pfizer 25 January 2021 3 February 2021[17] 5 March 2021[18] 27 February 2021[19]
  Janssen   Emergent BioSolutions 27 February 2021 None 7 April 2021[20] 10 June 2021[21]
  Moderna   Lonza 12 April 2021 None 21 May 2021[22] 17 June 2021[23]
  Samsung Biologics Pending Pending Pending Pending
Novavax   SK Bioscience Pending Pending Pending Pending

Production

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AstraZeneca signed a deal with South Korea's SK Bioscience to manufacture its vaccine products. The collaboration calls for the SK Bioscience to manufacture AZD1222 for local and global markets.[24] The World Health Organization approved AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use on February. The initial approval covers doses produced by AstraZeneca and South Korea's SK Bioscience.[25]

South Korea's Korus Pharm has formed a consortium to produce Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine. the consortium will produce 500 million doses of the vaccine.[26] However, The Sputnik V doses manufactured in South Korea are not for domestic use.[27] The vaccine is to be exported to Russia and UAE.[28]

Novavax will license out its NVX-CoV2373 vaccine technology to SK Bioscience for contract manufacturing purposes. SK Bioscience will manufacture 40 million doses of Novavax vaccines.[29]

Vaccines in trial stage

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On 9 November 2023, SK Bioscience submitted investigational new drug for GBP510 COVID-19 vaccine candidate to Korea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, for Phase III clinical trial. SK Bioscience plans its Phase III trial in form of comparative effectiveness clinical trial, targeting 4,000 people in South Korea.

Vaccine Type (technology) Phase I Phase II Phase III
INO-4800 DNA   Completed   Completed In progress
GX-19 (GX-19N) DNA   Completed In progress In progress
EuCorVac-19 Subunit   Completed In progress   Not Yet
GBP510 Subunit   Completed   Completed In progress
AdCLD-CoV19 Viral vector   Completed In progress   Not Yet
GLS-5310 DNA   Completed In progress   Not Yet
NBP2001 Subunit   Completed   Not Yet   Not Yet
EG-COVID mRNA In progress In progress   Not Yet
IN-B009 Subunit In progress   Not Yet   Not Yet

References

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