Thailand welcomes first batch of Sinovac vaccines


BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): The first batch – 200,000 doses – of China's Sinovac vaccine arrived in Thailand at precisely 10.05am, with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on hand to receive them at Suvarnabhumi Airport.

The anti-Covid-19 vaccines departed Beijing at 05.50am local time, arriving on Cargo Flight TG 675 at Suvarnabhumi Airport at 10.05am.

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