UK minister checks out production of AstraZeneca vaccines in Bangkok


From left: James Teague, country president for AstraZeneca (Thailand); Dr Nakorn Premsri, director of National Vaccine Institute (Thailand); Dr Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Department of Disease Control; Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul; UK Minister for Asia Amanda Milling; UK Ambassador to Thailand Mark Gooding; Nualphan Lamsam honorary director of Corporate Communications at Siam Bioscience; and Siam Bioscience managing director Dr Songpon Deechongkit.

BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Thailand’s Siam Bioscience, the only maker of AstraZeneca (AZ) Covid-19 vaccines in South-East Asia, welcomed UK Minister for Asia Amanda Milling on Monday (Jan 17) morning.

Milling was at the manufacturing facility in Bangkok with Public Health Minister to observe the production of the vaccines, AstraZeneca (Thailand) said.

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