Anutin insists AZ lift local jab target from 3 million
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published : 18 Jul 2021 at 06:00 Anutin: AZ must do more
Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul admits he received a letter from the AstraZeneca company saying it has the capacity to supply Thailand with just three million doses of its vaccine a month.
However, Mr Anutin insisted he wrote back to say the country needed at least 10 million doses a month to combat surging daily infections.
The company s letter was dated June 25 and Mr Anutin s reply was made five days later.
In an interview with Isranews Agency, which obtained the leaked letter, Mr Anutin said he argued the country needed a much larger quantity. He advocated for at least 10 million doses a month for the national vaccination campaign.
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Covid-19 Cases Increase Again In Mecklenburg County, Delta Variant Discovered In 5 Cases
July 17, 2021
CHARLOTTE A new warning from Mecklenburg County health leaders. The highly contagious Delta Variant is now showing up across Mecklenburg County. This comes as the number of people getting infected with Covid-19 is rising again.
Mecklenburg County health leaders are also concerned after an outbreak of the Delta Variant at a local shelter.
“All of our numbers are going in the wrong direction,” says Public Health Director, Gibbie Harris.
“Unfortunately, our 7 day average of cases was just reported this morning at 92, that’s an increase since the 14 day average of 74, so our number of cases is going up,” she says.
Fate of 100m-dose vaccination hangs in the air bangkokpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bangkokpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.