Thailand plans to start human trials on two Covid-19 vaccines via nasal spray by the end of this year after promising results of experiment in mice, a Thai official has said.
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Antibody levels in people fully vaccinated with the Sinovac vaccine decline by half every 40 days, according to findings from a joint study between Thammasat University s faculty of medicine and the National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (Biotec).
The findings were revealed by Anan Jongkaewwattana, director of Veterinary Health Innovation and Management Research Group of Biotec.
Mr Anan wrote on Facebook that their study of 500 people, who received two doses of Sinovac, indicated that the level of antibodies drops by 50% every 40 days. The level of antibodies in people who received a second jab more than 60 days after the first was on average lower than that of those who got the second dose in less than 60 days, he said.
Government shifts stance on Sinovac
Government shifts stance on Sinovac
THAILAND: The Public Health Ministry has decided to start administering AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine as a second dose to those who had received a Sinovac jab for their first shot, in what is seen as a major shift in the government’s vaccination policy.
Tuesday 13 July 2021, 08:59AM
The road outside the Grand Palace is almost empty of traffic in the late evening, hours before the launch of the 9pm-4am curfew last night (July 12) as part of wider measures to limit the transmission of COVID-19 in the 10 hardest-hit provinces, including Bangkok. Photo: Pornprom Satrabhaya.
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