US, UK donating more vaccine to Thailand
published : 29 Jul 2021 at 12:47
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
The United States will give Thailand another 1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine, according to a Thai-born US senator.
Tammy Duckworth announced the planned donation, on top of the previously announced 1.5 milion doses, but she did not mention the timeframe or type of vaccine.
"We will be sending no less than 1.5 million doses of the Covid vaccine. In fact, the goal is 2.5 million, but the first shipment is 1.5 (million)," the Bangkok-born senator said on Tuesday.
The US administration has already donated 1.5 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Thailand, and the shipment is due to be delivered on Friday.
Ms Duckworth said the shipment and the extra 1 million doses reflected the long-standing friendship between the two countries.
The UK Foreign Office will deliver 415,000 donated doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Thailand next month, the embassy announced on its Twitter account on Thursday.
It is part of the 9-million-plus doses the UK government is donating to other countries and to the Covax programme.
Vocabulary
- administration: government - รัฐบาล
- donate: to give something such as money or goods to an organisation, especially to a temple, charity, school, political party, etc. - บริจาค
- donation: money or goods that you give to an organisation, especially one that helps people - เงินหรือสิ่งของบริจาค
- embassy: a building where a group of officials work who represent their government in a foreign country - สถานทูต
- long-standing: that has existed or lasted for a long time - นาน,ยาวนาน
- senator: a member of the Senate - วุฒิสมาชิก
