A Thai health official said today, Tuesday, that Johnson & Johnson is seeking Thailand's approval for the Corona vaccine, the application makes Johnson's J & J single-dose vaccine the third Corona vaccine to apply for registration with the Thai Food and Drug Authority (FDA) after requests from AztraZeneca And China Sinovac Biotech.
Last month, the Food and Drug Administration in Thailand granted a one-year emergency approval to import AstraZeneca.
Surachuki Tangoywat, Deputy Secretary General of the Thai Food and Drug Authority, said that J&J started the application process for its vaccine late last month, but the timing of any approval will depend on when the company submits all the required documents, adding, "We can go ahead with approval within 30 minutes." Days after submitting all documents. "
And the Thai health authorities added, earlier, that the first 50 thousand doses of the imported vaccine from AztraZeneca and 200 thousand doses of Chinese Sinovac will arrive in February, although the Sinovac vaccine did not provide all the documents required to obtain approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Thai.
The government said it is on the right track for mass vaccination starting in June, using 61 million doses of the home-made AstraZeneca vaccine, backed by a limited supply of the imported AstraZeneca vaccine and two million doses of the Sinovac coronavirus vaccine that will be administered earlier.
Thailand reported 836 new cases of coronavirus today, Tuesday, including a 26-day-old baby, the youngest patient ever, said the government's Coronavirus Task Force.
The country also reported two new deaths, bringing the total number of cases to 20,454 injuries and 79 deaths.
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