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<p>BANGKOK&nbsp;- Thailand's mass immunisation strategy against the coronavirus will now include administering a shot of AstraZeneca's&nbsp;viral vector vaccine after one dose of Sinovac's vaccine, its health minister said on Monday (July 12),</p>

<p>The move aims to increase protection against highly transmissible variants, Anutin Charnvirakul told reporters.</p>
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A medical worker prepares a syringe with a dose of China's Sinovac coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine at the Central Vaccination Center, inside the Bang Sue Grand Station, in Bangkok, Thailand, May 24, 2021.

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BANGKOK - Thailand's mass immunisation strategy against the coronavirus will now include administering a shot of AstraZeneca's viral vector vaccine after one dose of Sinovac's vaccine, its health minister said on Monday (July 12), The move aims to increase protection against highly transmissible variants, Anutin Charnvirakul told reporters.



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