DDC justifies plan to get 2 extra doses per AstraZeneca vial

[Thaiger]

The Department of Disease Control in Thailand has come under fire for plans to stretch vials of AstraZeneca to get more Covid-19 vaccines out of each vial. While the official recommendation is to produce 10 vaccines out of each AstraZeneca vial, the DDC argues that there’s enough material inside to produce up to 12 shots. The government has been receiving increased criticism ever since Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced the plan. The director-general of the DDC explained that the plan to squeeze two extra Covid-19 shots out of each vial follows World Health Organization guidelines. […]

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[King Cotton]

' . . . the DDC argues that there’s enough material inside to produce up to 12 shots . . .'

Yep, that's Thailand's DDC through and through . . . a bloody disgrace!

I wonder how many other 'health' authorities have been debating how many lives to save, per each of their hard-bought vaccines?

[AussieBob]

Unbelievable - amazing Thailand Government employed people. The DDC will be told to shut up and hopefully they will.  The last thing needed is to scare the Thai people any more than they already are about getting a vaccine.