Thailand grants emergency use approval for Moderna Covid-19 vaccine - official

Reuters

13 May, 2021, 06:15 pm

Last modified: 13 May, 2021, 06:16 pm

Thailand grants emergency use approval for Moderna Covid-19 vaccine - official

The vaccine is the fourth coronavirus vaccine approved so far in Thailand

Reuters

13 May, 2021, 06:15 pm

Last modified: 13 May, 2021, 06:16 pm

FILE PHOTO: An employee shows the Moderna coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine at Northwell Health's Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital in New York, US, December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

FILE PHOTO: An employee shows the Moderna coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine at Northwell Health's Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital in New York, US, December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Thailand's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given emergency use authorisation for the Covid-19 vaccine of Moderna Inc, an FDA official told Reuters on Thursday.

The vaccine is the fourth coronavirus vaccine approved so far in Thailand.

Its use is valid for one year from May 13, Paisan Dankhu, the Secretary-General of the Food and Drug Administration, told Reuters

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