A nurse shows a vial of CoronaVac vaccine made by Sinovac Biotech in Bangkok on March 1. (Photo by Pornprom Sattrabhaya)
Another 800,000 doses of Sinovac’s Covid-19 will arrive in Thailand on March 25, says Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.
Doses will be given to cabinet members aged below 60. Those older than that, including Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, will be given the AstraZeneca vaccine, according to the minister.
Mr Anutin said the prime minister had instructed all cabinet ministers to be vaccinated and he expected that they would receive their first jab on March 12 at hospitals, since they would have to be monitored for 30 minutes afterwards for side effects.
Four pharmaceutical firms have so far applied for approval to distribute Covid-19 vaccines in Thailand. Those of two companies…
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