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Thailand Approves AstraZeneca Vaccine Amid Second Virus Wave
- Approval is Thailand’s first for novel coronavirus vaccines
- Sinovac shots expected to get Thailand’s nod next month
Chinatown in Bangkok.
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Thailand approved AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, paving the way for the country to begin inoculating its 67 million people amid a resurgence in the coronavirus cases.
Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration granted the approval for the vaccine on Thursday, Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said by phone. AstraZeneca is the first coronavirus vaccine developer to win approval in Thailand, which also has ordered shots developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd.