Shot in the arm: A health worker receiving a dose of Sinovac Biotech’s CoronaVac vaccine at the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute in Nonthaburi, Thailand. — Bloomberg
When a plane carrying Thailand’s first batch of Covid-19 vaccines from China’s Sinovac landed at an airport in Bangkok, people waiting on the tarmac cheered and applauded.
“Thank you to China for delivering the first batch of vaccines this month and the following batches in the subsequent months, ” said Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, when he welcomed the vaccines’ arrival at the airport on Wednesday.
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