Laos to get 1.4 million doses of Covid vaccine in coming weeks

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN): China and the United Kingdom will provide Laos with more than 1.4 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines in coming weekS, the National Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention and Control said on Tuesday (July 27).

The government of China will provide one million doses of its Sinopharm vaccine next week, while the UK government will provide 415,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine in the next few weeks, Director General of the Department of Hygiene and Health Promotion, Dr Phonepaseuth Ounaphome, told the daily press briefing.