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Thailand to receive 61 mln vaccine doses, Cambodia to vaccinate 10 mln people

Thailand will receive 61 million vaccine doses from AstraZeneca by the end of this year, raising the number of doses it has procured to 120 million, a Government spokesperson has said.
Thailand to receive 61 mln vaccine doses, Cambodia to vaccinate 10 mln people ảnh 1Vaccinating people in Bangkok (Photo:Xinhua/VNA)
Bangkok (VNA) - Thailand will receive 61 million vaccine doses fromAstraZeneca by the end of this year, raising the number of doses it hasprocured to 120 million, a Government spokesperson has said.

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha had an online meetingwith AstraZeneca’s chief executive officer Pascal Claude Roland Soriot on August23, during which the company promised to deliver 61 million doses of thevaccine by December-end.

With this commitment, Thailand has surpassed the originalgoal of buying vaccines to inject 50 million people by the end of 2021.

The Southeast Asian nation on August 24 reported additional17,165 new COVID-19 cases and 226 more deaths, raising the total numbers to1,083,951 and 9,788, respectively.

Meanwhile, the Khmer Times reported on August 24 thatCambodia would complete its initial goal of vaccinating 10 million peopleagainst COVID-19 in the next two days.

Since the vaccination drive started on February 10 to August23, the total number vaccinated, including adolescents aged between 12 and 17, has reached 9,851,896, of whom over 7.96 million have been fully vaccinated.

On the day, the country’s Health Ministry announced 466 newinfections and 13 more fatalities, bringing the national counts to over 90,000cases and 1,821 deaths./.

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