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Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Wednesday that it had approved two Covid-19 vaccines for children.

The national campaign to get at least 60 per cent of children vaccinated before schools reopen next week kicked off in Greater Bangkok on Sunday.

The Covid-19 vaccine named Myancopharm produced in Myanmar is now available for everyone including children aged 5 and pregnant women.

Thailand’s first mRNA vaccine has been certified safe after BioNet-Asia launched domestic production of doses, government spokesperson Rachada Dhnadirek announced on Saturday.

China began clinical trials for a vaccine designed specifically against the Omicron variant in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Sunday, making it the first vaccine of its kind to enter human trials in the world against the highly transmissible COVID-19 strain.

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Tuesday that his ministry was considering replacing the current Thailand Pass system with a vaccine passport for screening foreign arrivals.

Children under 5 who catch Covid-19 are at higher risk of developing severe symptoms leading to death than older children and adults, leading virologist Dr Yong Poovorawan said on Tuesday.

A consignment of 200,000 doses of the India-made Covovax vaccine was handed to Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Thursday under the Quad Vaccine Partnership.

The Food and Drug Administration of Thailand has approved an extension to the shelf-life for Covid-19 vaccine AstraZeneca to nine months with immediate effect.

A new comprehensive Israeli study has found that a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose triples the protection against severe illness in people aged 60 and over, compared with three-dose protection, the Israeli Health Ministry said Tuesday.

The elderly aged 60 or above in Samut Prakan’s Phra Samut Chedi district who receive their third Covid-19 jab can stand a chance to win gold ornaments and cash worth more than 50,000 baht.

Top virologist Dr Yong Poovorawan has urged people to get at least three doses of Covid-19 vaccine to prevent severe illness from the ultra-infectious Omicron variant.