Thailand is in talks with Sinovac Biotech to purchase an additional five million doses of the CoronaVac vaccine. On Saturday, 800.000 doses were received from China. The last extra delivery is intended for more medical personnel and risk groups.
Photo of the day: Start of vaccination medical staff in Thailand
A nurse injects the CoronaVac vaccine developed by the Chinese Sinovac. It is the first batch of coronavirus vaccines that arrived in the country on Wednesday. It will be administered to frontline medical staff at a hospital in Nonthaburi on February 28, 2021.
Thailand expects delivery of 2 million doses of the Chinese CoronaVac between now and April
Now that China has approved the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Sinovac, Thailand thinks it will relaunch the stalled vaccination program.