Modern will supply South Korea with 40 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine

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PHOTO FILE: Michelle Chester, DNP, Director, Employee Health Services, Northwell Presents Modern Coronavirus Disease Vaccine (COVID-19) at North Island Health Long Island Jewish Valley Stream Hospital in New York, USA, December 21, 2020. REUTERS / Eduardo Munoz / Bazin

(Reuters) – Moderna Inc. confirmed on Thursday that it would supply 40 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to the South Korean government, with deliveries starting in May.

The vaccine, which is authorized for emergency use in the United States and Canada, is not currently approved in South Korea.

The company said it will work with regulators to get approval before the vaccine is distributed.

Report by Dania Nadeem in Bengaluru; Edited by Sriraj Kalluvila

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