PM pushes for more Covid-19 vaccine deals
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed the Public Health Ministry to negotiate deals for Covid-19 vaccines with other pharmaceutical firms, government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri said on Thursday.
He said the PM's aim is for at least 50 per cent of the population inoculated against the virus next year.
On November 27, the ministry and AstraZeneca signed an agreement for the purchase of 26 million doses, which should be delivered in the first half of 2021.
Thailand has recently been hit with a new wave of infections.
