Thailand's health minister said the country has signed a purchase order for 20 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech to be delivered before the end of this year, Reuters reports.

Details of the deal, delivery timeframe and the vaccine's approval by the Food and Drug Administration would be worked out in about a month, Thai Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said.

A vial labelled with the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine. — Reuters
A vial labelled with the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine. — Reuters

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