Thailand to purchase 2m doses of Chinese vaccine
The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a budget of Bt1.3 billion to procure 2 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine made by China’s Sinovac.
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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said the first 200,000 doses should arrive in Thailand in February, followed by another 800,000 in late March and 1 million by late April.
The government has also signed an agreement for an additional 35 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, which are due to arrive in May or June. Thailand had already ordered 26 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
"The total doses of Covid-19 vaccine ordered will be enough to inoculate 60 million people, who will receive two doses per person," said Prayut.
All of the Covid-19 vaccines ordered must be approved by Thai and international health authorities, he said.