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Advertisement Thailand is planning to order a large shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said yesterday, as his government attempts to fight off accusations that it has sleepwalked through into the midst of a potentially devastating third wave. Prayuth told reporters that the National Vaccine Institute is negotiating with Pfizer over the price and other conditions for the supply of 5 million to 10 million doses. “We’re still waiting for quota...

Minimising risks of vaccine inequality 17 published : 22 Apr 2021 at 04:00 17 In this file photo, a healthcare worker prepares a syringe with a dose of Covid-19 vaccine as part of the governments inoculation programme. (Photo by Pattarapong Chatpattarasill) That Thailand is in the midst of a fast-spreading third wave of Covid-19 infections while public vaccine procurement and rollout remain uncertain is indisputable, despite the governments reassurances otherwise. W...

(Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP) Thailand will have procured up to 61 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of this year, which should be sufficient to cope with the pandemic, said Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha today (Tuesday), as he revealed the timeline for vaccine procurements. 317,000 doses of the Sinovac vaccine from China were received in February, 800,000 doses in March and a million doses in April, with another batch of a million doses scheduled for delivery in May. Negotiations a...

Last modified on Mon 19 Apr 2021 14.31 EDT After managing to control the coronavirus for much of 2020, Thailand is battling a fresh outbreak of Covid-19, with officials setting up thousands of beds in field hospitals and warning the public to stay at home. A cluster of Covid cases emerged in Bangkok’s nightlife venues last month, just before the Songkran new year holiday, when many Thais travel across the country to celebrate with their families. Following record daily increases last week, ti...

Siam Bioscience confident of delivering vaccine jabs on time 11 published : 18 Apr 2021 at 05:00 11 Siam Bioscience Co, the local biotechnology firm contracted to manufacture the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in Thailand, said it is confident that it will be able to deliver the vaccines on time once they have passed the required checks. The company is in the process of sending samples of the vaccines it produced to several laboratories in Europe and the United States...

Thai government uses the lèse-majesté law to target opposition: critic 3 minutes read By Ramon Abarca Bangkok, Apr 13 (EFE).- The crime of lèse-majesté has become the Thai government’s most effective weapon to quash the opposition and any attempt at criticism. Charismatic politician Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit is the most prominent figure to be accused of insulting the king after having questioned the country’s vaccination program, which could land him in prison. “I think it’s c...

Authorities defend vaccine policy Authorities defend vaccine policy Anutin says private sector is not being impeded, while government will only buy as many as we can administer published : 10 Apr 2021 at 20:42 3 A woman from a high-risk group receives a Covid-19 vaccine at a BMA health centre in Wattana district of Bangkok, on Wednesday. (Photo by Somchai Poomlard) Authorities insist they have never stopped the private s...

Covid-19: Moderna Begins Testing Its Vaccine in Children Last Updated March 21, 2021, 10:46 a.m. ETMarch 21, 2021, 10:46 a.m. ET Europe’s drug regulator is pushing back on fears about the AstraZeneca vaccine. And more than a dozen countries have suspended the use of the vaccine, although Australia, Britain and Thailand are moving ahead with it. Brittany Siguenza, 5, watching her mother receive a dose of the Moderna vaccine in Revere, Mass., on Friday.Credit...CJ Gunther/EPA, via Shutterstock...

Europe’s drug regulator is pushing back on fears about the AstraZeneca vaccine. And more than a dozen countries have suspended the use of the vaccine, although Australia, Britain and Thailand are moving ahead with it.

Thailands Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as more countries suspended use of the product.