In a well-timed shipment, 300,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines have arrived in Bangkok at present, a donation from Japan. Today is the anniversary of a milestone for Thailand and Japan, as September 26 is the anniversary of the original establishment of diplomatic relations between the two international locations.
Today marks the 134th anniversary of the connection between Japan and Thailand, an ideal opportunity for a beneficiant donation from Japan of the AstraZeneca vaccines.
This is the third donation the Japanese authorities has made to assist Thailand in its battle against the Covid-19 pandemic. In July, Japanese officials made an enormous donation of 1.05 million AstraZeneca vaccines that they had requested be used to inoculate elderly individuals which may be at high threat in Bangkok.
At the start of this month, Japan made a second donation of 300,000 vaccines on September eight, along with 775 oxygen concentrators wanted to look after severe Covid-19 infections. Giveaway donated tools to help the cold chain system that keeps vaccines at very low temperatures throughout storage, transportation, and distribution.
Their donation of another 300,000 vaccines that arrived at present brings the total to 1.sixty five million AstraZeneca vaccines that the Japanese authorities has donated to assist Thailand inoculate its citizens to protect from Covid-19 over the previous few months.
Today’s donation is part of a string of vaccine donations from Japan to other Southeast Asian international locations with 500,000 doses to Taiwan, 400,000 doses for Vietnam, 300,000 for Thailand, and 100,00 doses for Brunei. In total, Japan has donated over 23 million vaccines of regionally produced AstraZeneca.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Thailand expressed thanks to its companions on its Twitter account.
“Thailand thanks #Japan for granting third lot of 300,000-dose #AstraZeneca vaccines which arrived in Thailand today as to commemorate the 134th Anniversary of 🇹🇭🇯🇵 Diplomatic Relations. In complete, Japan has already granted 1.65m-dose vaccines to 🇹🇭.” [sic]