Thailand on track to distribute locally made Covid-19 vaccines in June


People visiting a festive installation of illuminated pagodas and mythical animals erected outside a shopping mall to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year in Bangkok on Jan 29, 2021. - AFP

BANGKOK, Jan 30 (Reuters): Thailand's plan to produce the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine locally is on track to be ready to begin mass inoculations in June, with a capacity to make up to 18 million doses per month, a senior official has announced.

It was still unclear how many would go to Thai citizens and how many would be exported to other Southeast Asian countries under a deal with AstraZeneca that has come under fire from opposition critics for being too slow and lacking transparency.

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