Thailand on track to use Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine, despite trial data showing 50.4% efficiency,


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- by admin BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Thailand on Wednesday (Jan 13) said it was still on track to receive and administer a coronavirus vaccine by China’s Sinovac Biotech starting next month, despite data from a Brazil trial that showed 50.4 per cent efficiency, health officials said. “There is no impact on our plan right now,” Supakit Sirilak, director-general of Medical Science Department, told a briefing when asked about Brazil’s data. “We are asking for information directly from Sinovac, so we are waiting for their response to get all the facts,” he said. Thailand, which has reported a total of 10,991...