The Department of Disease Control in Thailand has come under fire for plans to stretch vials of AstraZeneca to get more Covid-19 vaccines out of each vial. While the official recommendation is to produce 10 vaccines out of each AstraZeneca vial, the DDC argues that there’s enough material inside to produce up to 12 shots. The government has been receiving increased criticism ever since Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced the plan. The director-general of the DDC explained that the plan to squeeze two extra Covid-19 shots out of each vial follows World Health Organization guidelines. […]
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