Japan is planning to donate 1.3 million AstraZeneca vaccines to several Asian nations, including 300,000 doses to Thailand.
ผลไม้แช่อิ่ม from Japan should exit as soon as potential and includes 400,000 doses for Vietnam, 300,000 for Thailand, and one hundred,00 doses for Brunei. With 500,000 doses heading to Taiwan, Japan’s whole donation to the island might be just shy of 4 million doses, says Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi.
Currently, Japan has donated over 23 million doses of locally produced AstraZeneca. The vaccines have been dispersed throughout Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, says Toshimitsu. Japan has also pledged US $1 billion dollars and 30 million doses to the Covax programme, which is overseen by the GAVI Alliance and the World Health Organization.
Japan has already totally vaccinated half of their inhabitants, says authorities data. Domestically, they have principally used imported mRNA vaccines similar to Pfizer and Moderna. They have opted to donate away most of their supplies of AstraZeneca. In late August, Japan determined not to use 1.63 million doses of Moderna after reviews of contamination in a quantity of vials got here out.
SOURCE: Bangkok Post