Govt defends its purchase, use of Sinovac to fight Delta strainThe government has defended the use of the Sinovac vaccine and its plan to purchase 12 million more doses to combat the Delta variant of Covid-19 after the most recent study of those who received two doses of Sinovac showed satisfying results. The public called for the government to instead procure mRNA vaccines which many believe are better than Sinovac. "We need to provide vaccines to as many people as possible. We are going to order 12 million more doses of Sinovac to combine with the limited amount of AstraZeneca," he told the press conference. Taweesap Siraprapasiri, the ministry's expert, said that the ministry has just finished its study of Covid-19 vaccines' efficacy on 3,901 medical staff countrywide.

Source: Bangkok Post August 17, 2021 23:37 UTC