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Local vaccine production due in mid-2021

A staff member works at Siam Bioscience Co. The company is likely to start producing Covid-19 vaccine mid next year. (Photo by Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)

Local Covid-19 vaccine production should start in the middle of next year and a decision will be made next month on the first recipient groups, health authorities said on Tuesday.

Nakhon Premsri, director of the National Vaccine Institute, said Thailand would receive production technology from the AstraZeneca-Oxford University alliance.

He said that Thailand participated in the alliance’s vaccine development project, which announced the average efficacy of 70% for their ongoing third-phase trial. The company was seeking vaccine registration with food and drug administration organisations of the United Kingdom and Europe, he said.

Dr Nakhon also said…

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