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Thailand will receive the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines from China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd. next month, .
Thailand will receive the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines from China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd. next month, .
enabling the country to begin inoculating people with the highest risk of infection in the midst of a revival of the coronavirus outbreak. According to the Health Ministry, the Southeast Asian nation will receive the Chinese vaccine in three batches,
with the first 200,000 doses arriving in February, 800,000 in March, and another 1 million in April. Local production of vaccines produced by AstraZeneca Plc has also begun in Thailand under a technology transfer agreement, which is expected to be ready for delivery in May,
the ministry said. By the end of 2021, the government of Prayuth has set a goal of inoculating 50 percent of its population, or around 33 million individuals, with vaccines from different sources, including the Covax program funded by the World Health Organization.
It’s also negotiating with other vaccine developers for additional supplies, according to the health ministry.
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