Sorry for slow vaccine supply
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Govt will make U-turn to join Covax
published : 22 Jul 2021 at 04:00
34 A doctor prepares medication to be delivered to Covid-19 patients under home isolation in Kannayao district of Bangkok on Wednesday. The programme allows those with mild symptoms to stay at home, in order to help ease workloads at hospitals. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)
The National Vaccine Institute (NVI) has apologised for slow Covid-19 vaccine procurement and says it is prepared to hold talks to join the Covax global vaccine sharing scheme.
The apology came after the government weathered heavy criticism over its failure to procure enough vaccines as infection numbers continued to soar, with a record 13,002 new cases reported on Wednesday.
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Govt bid to curb jab exports
published : 19 Jul 2021 at 04:30
A ministerial regulation is being drafted to restrict the export of AstraZeneca s Covid-19 vaccine to ensure enough doses will be available for domestic use, says Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.
Mr Anutin yesterday said he had assigned National Vaccine Institute s director, Nakorn Premsri, to speed up the drafting of the regulation.
The curb is intended to ease the domestic shortage of vaccines amid the rising number of local infections. The regulation will be forwarded to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration for approval.
The secretary-general of the Food and Drug Administration, Paisarn Dunkum, also will meet Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers whose jabs have been approved for use in Thailand to discuss ways to increase vaccine orders.