Thailand plans to buy at least 200 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines for use next year as booster shots and dealing with variants of the virus.
Deputy Public Health Minister Sathit Pitutecha said health authorities are in talks with the AstraZeneca vaccine supplier, adding that Pfizer and Sputnik V vaccines are also on the shopping list.
According to Mr Sathit, Thailand will have procured about 124 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines by the end of this year including 43.3 million doses of AstraZeneca and 30 million doses of Pfizer from this month through to December.
The ministry plans to inoculate 100% of vulnerable groups by the end of October.
The groups comprise the elderly, people living with seven underlying illnesses and pregnant women.
"Thailand will have enough vaccines to inoculate people and we will speed up the vaccination of vulnerable groups," he said.
