secured 26 million doses from AstraZeneca to be produced by Siam Bioscience and 2 million doses from China's Sinovac, the report said. It has also reserved 35 million doses from AstraZeneca, it added.Termpittayapaisith also said that tourism is expected to recover by the end of the year, rather than mid-year as earlier predicted. The Thai economy relies heavily on tourism for growth, but foreign tourist arrivals came to an almost complete stop during the pandemic.to 6.
By comparison, Thailand had a record 39.8 million tourists in all of 2019, according to Reuters. Tourist spending accounted for about 11% of Thai GDP that year, the report said.MLADEN ANTONOV | AFP | Getty Images "We are focused on domestic consumption as well, so you can see that the economic package … promoting more spending on grassroots economy," Termpittayapaisith said, adding that it's targeted at compensating for the decline in revenue from international tourism.
Good luck getting the Thais to take the Chinese vaccine. They do not trust China.
It's suprising Asian countries who dealt with COVID so much better than the West have been much slower with their vaccinating program than the West, or maybe they know having dealt with SARS 18 years ago that vaccines alone isn't the answer?
It's suprising Asian countries who dealt with COVID so much better than the West have been much slower with their vaccinating program than the West, or maybe they know having dealt with SARS 18 years ago that vaccines alone isn't the answer?
It very good if every country can do so.
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