Thailand to procure more Covid-19 vaccines amid third wave infections


Closed bars are seen at the Ratchada Railway Night Market, as the country will close schools, bars and massage parlors, and ban alcohol sales in restaurants for at least two weeks starting from Sunday, after a jump in the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases, in Bangkok, Thailand, April 17, 2021. - Reuters

BANGKOK, April 18 (Bernama): Thailand is in the process of procuring more Covid-19 vaccines as the country deals with a third wave of infections.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs deputy spokesman Natapanu Nopakun said the authorities plan to procure Covid-19 vaccines from the United States and Russia in order to inoculate 50 per cent of its population by the end of this year.

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