Thai private hospitals reserve Covid-19 vaccines ahead of approval; 369 cases reported on Monday (Jan 18)


BANGKOK, Jan 18 (Reuters): Two private hospitals in Thailand have ordered millions of doses of coronavirus vaccines ahead of regulatory approval, adding to government orders of vaccines as the South-East Asian country tackles a second wave of the virus.

"We ordered one million doses of the Sinovac vaccine with an option to buy nine million more," Boon Vanasin, the chairman of Thonburi Healthcare Group Pcl, told Reuters.

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