AstraZeneca says working with Southeast Asian nations on vaccine deliveries

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AstraZeneca says it is working closely with Southeast Asia governments to ensure its COVID-19 vaccine is supplied “as quickly as possible”, after reported delays in deliveries of orders from a Thai plant owned by the country’s powerful king. | Reuters

It did not respond further to questions on the Thai plant’s current and anticipated future production levels.

Questions about Siam Bioscience meeting production targets are sensitive because King Maha Vajiralongkorn is its sole owner. Insulting Thailand’s monarchy is a crime punishable by up to 15 years in prison. Malaysia had been due to receive 610,000 doses from Thailand in June and 1.6 million later this year, but its Science Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said on Wednesday “we are expecting some delay.”

 

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