FDA ready for key role

It is hoped the fight against against Covid-19 is entering its penultimate chapter as vaccines become available and countries begin inoculating their population.

However, Thailand — which recently was ranked as the fourth most proficient country in the world in its handling of the pandemic — has recently run into some hurdles.

While neighboring countries like Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia have vaccination programmes underway, Thailand is still waiting anxiously for an imported shipment of the Oxford/AstraZeneca formula from a plant in Italy, with its exact arrival date still far from certain. The European Union is reported to be about to implement a ban on the export of Covid-19 vaccines to external territories, which would…