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Thailand considering limits on AstraZeneca vaccine exports By Reuters   July 15, 2021 | 09:08 am GMT+7 Vials labelled "Astra Zeneca Covid-19 Coronavirus Vaccine" and a syringe are seen in front of a displayed AstraZeneca logo, in this illustration photo taken March 14, 2021. Photo by Reuters/Dado Ruvic. Thailand is considering imposing limits on exports of locally manufactured AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines to fight its own crisis, a move likely to impact neighbors and stir concerns of vaccine protectionism. Any attempt to regulate exports could further slow vaccine rollout to Malaysia,...

KUALA LUMPUR: Anyone who has received full doses of Covid-19 vaccines authorised by member countries are allowed entry, says the European Union (EU). The clarification came following reports that the EU Digital Covid Certificate only recognised vaccines approved by the bloc. It added that member states have also lifted travel restrictions on those who received Covid-19 vaccines that are yet to be approved by the EU, as long as the manufacturers have gone through the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Emergency Use Listing process. “Entry to the EU is, in principle, allowed for fully vaccin...

6 07 2021 As the complaints about the regime’s cocked-up vaccine rollout mount, we can only say that regular readers will probably have noted these failures months ago. The criticisms go back to last year when questions were raised as to why the regime “decided” to back the king’s inexperienced and relatively tiny company Siam Bioscience as a manufacturing hub for AstraZeneca in the region. Many felt this was yet another deal for the monarchy, to make it look good, and now it has backfired. Siam Bioscience and the monarchy have not gained the propaganda value expected, ...

Thai virus surge prompts concern over ICUs, vaccine supply CHALIDA EKVITTAYAVECHNUKUL, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 6 1of6A health worker prepares equipment in a field hospital for COVID-19 patients at the 11th Army Region base in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, July 2, 2021. As Thailand faces growing numbers of COVID-19 cases and related deaths during a devastating third wave of the coronavirus, there are concerns that it will face a shortage of hospital beds, intensive care units and ventilators for seriously ill patients.Sakchai Lalit/APShow MoreShow Less 2of6A health work...

The number of patients in ICUs and on ventilators has risen nationwide over the past two weeks. The government’s Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration said 39% of the new cases reported were in Bangkok, 25% in neighbouring provinces and 36% in the other 71 provinces. Center deputy spokesperson Apisamai Srirangsan said Bangkok authorities must urgently set up isolation stations to separate infected people in their local communities and add beds for treatment of serious cases. Since the beginning of the year, critics have said that the government of prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has...