BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): The Public Health Ministry has stepped up negotiations with British vaccine company AstraZeneca to import the first lot of its anti-Covid-19 vaccines this month and is also asking the Thai Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to consider importing and registering China’s Sinovac vaccine faster.
Ministry permanent secretary Dr Kiattaphum Wongrajit said on Wednesday (Feb3) that Thailand aimed to procure the first lot of 50,000 AstraZeneca vaccines by Feb 14 despite the European Union limiting exports amid delivery disputes and a shortage of doses.
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