COVID Vaccine Not Blamed for Death
A patient’s death after COVID-19 vaccination did not result from the inoculation, according to the health minister.
A patient’s death after COVID-19 vaccination did not result from the inoculation, according to the health minister.
The second lot covering 800,000 doses of Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine was set to arrive in Thailand on March 25, said Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.
Five people, given a Covid –19 vaccine reported some side-effects, said Opas Karnkavinpong, Director-General of the Disease Control Department. None was serious.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha allowed the private sector to import COVID-19 vaccines on the condition that they prove vaccine safety with the Food and Drug Administration.
The cabinet acknowledged a plan to procure 63 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for Thai people within this year.
The government will sign a contract for the purchase of a Covid-19 vaccine with the English-Swedish producer, AstraZeneca Co. today.
The Cabinet set aside the six- billion-baht budget for reservation and procurement of the prospective Covid -19 vaccine, according to the government’s Thaikoofah Facebook page.