Thailand expects up to 20 million doses of Pfizer vaccine from July

0
190

 

Thailand’s health minister said on Friday he expects the Southeast Asian country to receive 10 to 20 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during the second half of this year.

Thailand so far has received a total of 3.5 million doses of a vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech and expects delivery of an additional 2.5 million doses this month.

“Pfizer is coming,” health minister Anutin Charnvirankul posted on his Facebook page.

“We expect to receive 10 to 20 million doses,” he wrote.

A separate statement from his party said, if conditions were met, supplies would arrive over the third and fourth quarters of the year.

Thailand has been rushing to …

Keep on reading: Thailand expects up to 20 million doses of Pfizer vaccine from July