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Ministry confirms revising criteria for administering Covid booster dose
The Ministry of Public Health recently confirmed it had changed the formula for administering booster doses of the Covid-19 booster vaccines.There have been discussions on social media on whether the ministry had actually changed the formula. The Anti-Fake News Centre Thailand investigated this issue on ...
The Nation Reporter
Firms want govt to give jab tax relief
The government is being encouraged to allow companies to have the cost of providing Covid-19 vaccines to their employees deducted from their corporate tax, as an indirect economic stimulus.On average the cost of importing a Covid-19 vaccine per employee is 2,000 baht, or about 2 ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccines made by Siam Bioscience pass quality testing in Europe and U.S.
AstraZeneca announced today that the samples from test batches of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Siam Bioscience had passed quality testing at AstraZeneca’s designated laboratories in Europe and in the U.S.Mr. James Teague, Country President, AstraZeneca (Thailand) Ltd., said: “We have seen significant and promising ...
NNT Reporter
Authorities defend vaccine policy
Authorities insist they have never stopped the private sector from importing Covid-19 vaccines as criticism persists, even after they confirmed that up to 10 million doses could be ordered.Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Saturday that the government fully supported plans by the private ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
A look at the vaccine situation across ASEAN
The following is a brief look at what other ASEAN countries outside of Thailand are doing to secure Covid-19 vaccines. Nine out of the ten ASEAN members are waiting to secure covid vaccines from the World Health Organization (WHO)’s COVAX Facility. The WHO announced last ...
