Thai hospital tycoon who promised Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine says deal now unlikely

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BANGKOK: The chair of Thailand's Thonburi Healthcare Group (THG) said on Wednesday (Aug 4) that a deal to import 20 million doses of the ...

People receive doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Central Vaccination Center inside Bang Sue Grand Station in Bangkok on Jun 21, 2021. BANGKOK: The chair of Thailand's Thonburi Healthcare Group said on Wednesday that a deal to import 20 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine was unlikely to happen, despite his earlier claims that a deal was close.

Boon did not say with which importer his group had been working. THG shares fell 8.13 per cent on Wednesday along a benchmark decline of 0.35 per cent. Thailand has since late April been faced with a surge in COVID-19 infections, driven by the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus.

 

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