/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/RAX34RTZZ5PWXMSULCJQ2XH6JE.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1 "Thailand’s first AstraZeneca vaccine exports to Philippines delayed, government adviser says")
A vial labelled with the AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Delivery to the Philippines of the first batches of a promised 17 million doses of Thai-made AstraZeneca (AZN.L) vaccines has been delayed by several weeks and reduced in size, a Philippine presidential adviser said on Tuesday.
The delay raises questions about AstraZeneca’s vaccine distribution plan in Southeast Asia, which depends on 200 million doses made in Thailand by Siam Bioscience, a company owned by the country’s king…
