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Revealed Thailand began production ‘Vaccine against COVID’ and production capacity of 200 million doses per year prepared for FDA approval.
On January 3, Dr. Supakit Sirilak, Director-General of the Department of Medical Sciences And Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Driving the COVID-19 Vaccine for Thai People, announced at the Ministry of Public Health (Ministry of Public Health) that in order to give people confidence in the Thai government, the Ministry of Public Health cooperated with many parties that At the right time, Thailand will be vaccinated against Coronavirus 2019 or COVID-19 no later than most countries.
Dr. Supakit said that There is information out of the social world, and many parties do not have complete information. It made the public confused and unsure We’ve been working on this since mid-2020, but we haven’t figured out which vaccines are there yet. To have a chance to succeed Data are prepared, targeted, there are mechanisms for the vaccination Which the goal has not changed We will also vaccinate the Thai people by the state and it is free for at least 50% of the population, which is nearly 70 million doses of the vaccine. 1.Cost on hand Astra Seneca negotiations The technology of the University of Oxford Currently, we have contracted 26 million doses. It is in production in Thailand. Expected at the end of May this Should have injected to Thai people On the pressure, we didn’t stop there. Another 20% of the negotiations with COVAX were negotiated, but the goals were adjusted due to difficulties. Because the situation changed, and another 10 percent made an agreement with the company that thought it had a chance to produce the vaccine successfully.
At the same time, Dr. Supakit reiterated that although there were 26 million doses, there were still questions about whether it was late in May or not, insisting that he was not silent. There have been several negotiations with Pfizer, Modern Vaccine, China. And may be able to purchase additional items from AstraZeneca Which will increase to reach the target
“The good news that happened a few days ago is Sinovac Biotech will be bringing the 200,000 doses of the vaccine to Thailand at the end of February. At the end of March another 8 hundred thousand doses and at the end of April 1 million doses, totaling 2 million doses. “ Dr. Supakit said.
Dr. Songpol Dee Chongkit Managing Director Siam Biso Co., Ltd. said that Siam BioScience. Received knowledge and technology from AstraZeneca Company From October 7, 2020 by preparing the site, factory, materials, equipment, equipment, machinery It is currently in the testing phase of the production of good quality vaccines. There is a standard equivalent to the central standard. Which is the same standard as global manufacturing plants under AstraZeneca There are approximately 200 million doses per year or 15-20 million doses per month. There will be a test in 5 production cycles, each production cycle 14 days apart, using 120 days (4 months) per cycle, 60 days for production and another 60 days for quality analysis.
Dr. Songpon said The first round of production was on December 16. The second production is in progress. However, when the production is completed 5 rounds, the results will be submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval. However, the most important thing in vaccine production is quality and reliability. To make people confident in efficiency and safety This is as planned and progress will be reported periodically.
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– Deputy government spokesman confirms this February ‘vaccine against COVID’ the first lot to Thailand for sure 2 hundred thousand doses
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