Covid vaccine progress needs investmentIn normal times, a vaccine is a health product that works its way to protect a person from a disease. There are also several health research organisations under the Public Health Ministry including the Health System Research Institute and Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program which enable knowledge sharing among scholars. The government also founded the National Vaccine Institute in 2012, with an ambition to make Thailand a leader in vaccine development and manufacturing in Southeast Asia. Chula Specialist Vaccine Research Centre, under Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Medicine, started a Covid-19 vaccine research project last year with a 300 million baht grant from the government. The grant has been delivered in instalments making it difficult for researchers to make quick progress in vaccine development.

Source: Bangkok Post January 10, 2021 23:26 UTC