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‘Spring Sprout’ campaign sees Chinese vaccination drive start in Thailand
‘Spring Sprout’ campaign sees Chinese vaccination drive start in Thailand
THAILAND: As part of China’s global campaign to vaccinate its overseas citizens, Chinese nationals based in Thailand started receiving the first round of COVID-19 shots yesterday (May 20).
Friday 21 May 2021, 10:20AM
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha inspects a vial of the Coronavac COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine, developed by China’s Sinovac, beside Yang Xin, Chargé d’Affaires of the Chinese embassy in February. Photo: AFP.
So far Thailand has received 6 million doses of Coronavac, the Chinese-manufactured COVID-19 vaccine from Sinovac. A delivery of 1.5 million doses was received yesterday and a further 3 million are expected to arrive next month, explained a report by Associated Press.
Chinese volunteer helps Chinese getting registered to vaccination and leading them to the room to test blood pressure at Bangrak Vaccination and Health Center in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 20. (AP Photo)
BANGKOK Chinese citizens living in Thailand began being vaccinated on Thursday as part of China’s global campaign to inoculate its nationals living and working abroad.
China recently donated 500,000 vaccine doses, and Thailand agreed in turn to inoculate Chinese nationals as it slowly rolls out shots for its own citizens to contain a coronavirus surge that has sickened tens of thousands in the past two months.
Yang Xin, minister counsellor at the Chinese Embassy, said Beijing’s “Spring Sprout” program would benefit tens of thousands of Chinese in the country. An estimated 150,000 Chinese citizens live in Thailand.