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35m more shots to be bought in 2021

35m more shots to be bought in 2021

Goal is to inoculate half of population

A medical worker shows a vial of Sinovac Biotech vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus at a healthcare centre in Yantai, in eastern China’s Shandong province on Tuesday. (Photo by STR / AFP)

The cabinet has approved plans to procure 35 million more doses of Covid-19 vaccines, adding to 28 million to be shipped in the first half, as part of its plan to inoculate at least half of the population.

Under current plans, China-based Sinovac Biotech will supply 2 million doses under a budget of 1.2 billion baht, according to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration Facebook.

They must be approved by the Food and Drugs Administrations of both China and Thailand. The Government…

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