A health worker prepares a shot WLDof the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for people at the Central Vaccination Center in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, July 22, 2021. - AP
BANGKOK, July 24 (Reuters): AstraZeneca Plc is "scouring" its global supply chain to try and boost Covid-19 vaccine supplies to Thailand and South-East Asia, its representative for the country said on Saturday, amidst speculations of local production shortfalls.
The comments come after leaked letters https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/leaked-letters-show-astrazeneca-vaccine-commitment-not-thailand-claimed-2021-07-19 showed last week that the drugmaker had offered to supply 5-6 million vaccine doses a month to Thailand, contradicting assertions by Thai officials that the government is owed 10 million a month and 61 million doses by end-2021.
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