Thailand to limit locally-manufactured AstraZeneca vax exports
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Photo taken on March 12, 2021 shows AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines at a hospital in Caceres province in Spain. (Photo by Gustavo Valiente/Xinhua/IANS). Image Source: IANS News
Bangkok, July 15 : Thailand plans to set a limit on its exports of locally-manufactured AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines to meet domestic demand as the country is struggling to contain a months-long resurgence, a senior official said,
The Disease Control Department and the National Vaccine Institute (NVI) have agreed to impose a quota on the exports of AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured in Thailand by Siam Bioscience Co., Xinhua news agency quoted NVI Director Nakorn Premsri as saying at a press conference on WEdnesday.