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Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on February 23 gave emergency use authorisation for the COVID-19 vaccine of China’s Sinovac Biotech.

The authorisation came just days before Thailand is set to receive the first 200,000 of two million doses of Sinovac’s CoronaVac, its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines, which will be given primarily to health workers.

Spokesman for the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration Taweesilp Visanuyothin said that the inoculation programme will be divided into two phases.

The first 200,000 doses set to be delivered on February 24 will be delivered to 13 provinces with the highest infection rates, the greatest economic significance, or both.

The provinces with the highest infection rates are Samut Sakhon (a COVID-19 maximum and strict control zone) and eight provinces designated as COVID-19 control zones: Bangkok (western), Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan, Tak (Mae Sot district), Nakhon Pathom, Samut Songkhram and Ratchaburi.

Meanwhile, the four provinces of economic significance are Chon Buri, Phuket, Surat Thani (including Koh Samui) and Chiang Mai.

Additional 800,000 doses are expected in March and 1 million in April, he said.

AstraZeneca will deliver 26 million doses from June to August, and 35 million doses from September to December.

As of February 23, Thailand recorded 95 new infections, bringing the total COVID-19 cases in the nation to 25,599./.

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The Hanoitimes – The donors are also those living in an affected country where the infection toll is tenfold Vietnam’s.

In the spirit of supporting Vietnam’s fight against the coronavirus, Vietnamese people in Thailand have donated money, showing their love to the homeland.

Leaders of the Association of Vietnamese in Thailand for the 2019-2021 term. Photo: Thanh Nien

Individuals, businesses, and people from the Thai-Vietnam Business Association and the Vietnamese Associations across Thailand have devoted to the donation that is around 860,000 baht (US$30,000).

The aid came from the Vietnamese Thai communities and the Overseas Vietnamese communities in the provinces of Nong Khai, Udon Thani, Nakhon Phanom, Khon Kaen, Mukdahan, Chiengmai, Sakon Nakhon, Bangkok, Loei, Phuket, Chaiyaphum, Chanthaburi, Nongkhai, Amnat Chaoren, Nakhon Ratchasima, Bueng Kan, Nong Bua Lamphu, and Kalasin.

Trinh Cao Son, chairman of the Association of Vietnamese in Thailand, who is dedicated to building up to the friendship between the two nations. Photo: VOV

Trinh Cao Son, chairman of the Association of Vietnamese in Thailand, handed over the aid to Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Nguyen Hai Bang, who represented the government and people of Vietnam, thanked the donation that is full of love for the people in the homeland as the donors are also affected by the pandemic in Thailand.

At the time of writing, Thailand has confirmed 2,826 infections and 49 deaths caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Association of Vietnamese People in Thailand has contributed to bringing together the Vietnamese community living in Thailand and tightening friendship between the two countries.

Currently, the association has more than 100,000 members and 26 units and 13 units of entrepreneurs across Thailand. Nakhon Phanom is home to the majority of overseas Vietnamese people in Thailand.