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Thailand signs deal with AstraZeneca for Covid vaccine

Thailand signs deal with AstraZeneca for Covid vaccine

Agreement covers local production but more global trials needed as initial results questioned

National Vaccine Institute director Nakorn Premsri (left), joins Disease Control Department director-general Opas Kankawinphong (centre) and AstraZeneca Thailand president James Teak at a signing ceremony for the Covid-19 vaccine at Government House on Friday. (Government House photo)

Thailand has signed an advance agreement with AstraZeneca to secure a supply of its Covid-19 vaccine and for local production with technology from the British-Swedish firm.

The agreement comes amid reports that AstraZeneca is preparing to conduct new global trials, after critics questioned aspects of an earlier trial that…

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