AstraZeneca Thailand Fails to Delivery Much Need Vaccines on Time

AstraZeneca Thailand is struggling to meet its monthly coronavirus vaccination target of 10 million doses as deliveries will be far less than expected because some vaccine supplies are allotted for export, a senior health official said on Friday.

AstraZeneca will deliver between 5 million and 6 million doses per month for local use starting this month because a portion of local production by Siam Bioscience, its contract manufacturer for Southeast Asia, will be shipped to other countries in the region, said Dr Nakorn Premsri, director of the National Vaccine Institute, citing a letter from the company.

AstraZeneca Thailand representatives didn’t immediately respond to a request for comments.

The government’s earlier target of administering 10 million doses per month starting in the third quarter relied solely on AstraZeneca shots. To meet that goal, the country…