The long-awaited Moderna mRNA vaccine has lastly arrived in Thailand, with the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation receiving 560,200 doses yesterday. The doses, which make up the primary batch of orders, arrived on a Lufthansa flight and will now undergo quality checks earlier than being distributed.
The Bangkok Post stories that 77% of the doses will go to non-public hospitals, who’ve already taken bookings and deposit funds from eager recipients. Sunaiyana Kitkasetpaisan from ZP Therapeutics, a division of Zuellig Pharma, official distributor in Thailand, says she’s delighted the shipment arrived as scheduled. The company has already submitted paperwork to the Thai Food and Drug Administration in relation to further imports from a plant in the US. Authority of the primary batch was hampered by ongoing problems acquiring doses from a plant in Europe.
It’s understood the GPO has positioned orders for over eight.6 million Moderna doses on behalf of personal hospitals. 1.9 million doses might be delivered by the tip of this 12 months, with the rest expected during the first quarter of 2022. After 77% of yesterday’s cargo is distributed to non-public hospitals, the rest will be allocated to state companies. The Thai Red Cross has positioned an order for 1 million doses and can obtain 20% of yesterday’s delivery.
The president of the Thai Private Hospital Association, Chalerm Harnpanich, says these who’ve already registered and paid a deposit for Moderna should verify with their hospital if they’re eligible to obtain a dose from the primary shipment. He adds that folks who’ve already received 2 doses of Sinovac and an AstraZeneca booster can postpone their appointment or transfer their allocation to another person. Meanwhile, Chulabhorn Hospital has urged people who’ve reserved and paid for Moderna as a booster not to miss their appointment as any unused doses might be discarded.
Trials of the Moderna mRNA vaccine show that it’s over 94% effective at protecting recipients in opposition to critical sickness, hospitalisation, or death from Covid-19.
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