1.5 million more Sinovac vaccines arrive in Bangkok

[Thaiger]

This morning officials from the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation received another 1.5 million Sinovac vaccines from China for a total of 6 million jabs so far. The containers arrived at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport at about 5:35 am, marking the 8th delivery from Sinovac since Thailand made a deal to secure vaccines from the Chinese manufacturer. The GPO managing director confirmed the delivery of the jabs which will now make their way through Thailand’s verification and distribution process. The vaccines were already transferred from the airport to a warehouse distribution centre operated by DKSH Co. where the GPO will examine and confirm the shipment […]

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[King Cotton]

1.5M Sinovac, eh . . . the cheap one that not a single soul in my community wants sticking in their arm? What you might call a lack of trust and more-than-likely not just on a village-wide scale but a nationwide one, judging by the snail-like uptake of this vaccine roll-out.

But it's something more for the GPO people to have a song and dance about as they celebrate its arrival at Swampy.