Thailand received its first batch of 1.5 million doses of Pfizer (PFE.N) COVID-19 vaccines donated by the U.S. government on Friday, as the Southeast Asian country battles its biggest COVID-19 outbreak to date.
People queue at the Central Vaccination Center as Thailand begins offering first doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to at-risk groups amid the coronavirus outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand, July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File PhotoCOVID-19 vaccines donated by the U.S. government on Friday, as the Southeast Asian country battles its biggest COVID-19 outbreak to date.
Since April, Thailand has been tackling a surge in infections driven by the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, pushing hospitals in the capital Bangkok to the brink. The country's COVID-19 task force reported 17,345 new cases and 117 new deaths on Friday, "Our government noticed how quickly the Delta variant has been spreading in this country and the severe conditions that are being faced right now by your health workers," U.S. Charge d'Affaires in Thailand Michael Heath told a news conference.
The United States will send another one million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in addition to the batch that was received on Friday, he added.
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