The Department of Disease Control will import another 30 million Pfizer vaccines with the Thai Cabinet approving the deal right now. Nest egg will double the amount mRNA vaccines Thailand has obtained from Pfizer for a total of 60 million doses.
The deal additionally authorizes the DDC to signal and confirm the third modification to the Manufacturing and Supply Agreement that Thailand has with Pfizer that will modify the import deal to obtain the latest generation of Pfizer vaccine, according to a government spokesperson.
The new era of vaccines might be prioritised first for children, although a model new report states that 90% of schoolchildren between 12 and 18 have now received a minimal of 1 vaccine. The 30 million Pfizer vaccines are anticipated to be spaced out in shipments in the first, second, and third quarters of 2022.
Meanwhile, Moderna vaccine shipments have been continuing to be obtained and new offers inked. Zuellig Pharma Thailand announced a brand new shipment of 1.4 million extra Moderna mRNA vaccines, and a long-delayed donation of 1 million Moderna vaccines have lastly arrived from the US. The shipment was the second half of a 2.5 million vaccine donation from the US, with 1.5 million arriving in July. The second shipment was delayed with a clumsy change the place the US mentioned they had been waiting for Thailand to formally accept the vaccines, and the Thai authorities mentioned they never obtained a proper offer of donation so that they hadn’t responded.
PM Prayut Chan-o-cha formally obtained the cargo Monday in a ceremony at Government House in Bangkok attended by Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul and US Charge d’affaires Michael Heath. The American consultant stated the second batch of Moderna vaccines reaffirms the pleasant relations between the 2 international locations and the assist of the US to Thailand to struggle the Covid-19 pandemic. He noted that the US has supplied tens of tens of millions of dollars in Covid-19 assistance to Thailand.
SOURCE: Thai PBS World