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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 quotations and terms and conditions,” the former general told reporters, adding that he hoped delivery ...

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 government's 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 government's reassurances otherwise. While allowing the private sector to import 10 million additional doses of vaccines is welcome, a h...

(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 also are under way for more Sinovac vaccine, which are yet to be approved by Chinese government, said...

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, tighter measures were introduced from Sunday, including the closure of schools for two weeks. Bars hav...

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 for quality inspection. Once the samples are approved by the labs, they will be sent to AstraZeneca...