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Thailand to buy another 35m doses of COVID-19 vaccine from other companies - Thai PBS World Tonight [21st April 2021]

21 Sept 06:10 Key points summarised by AI

Thailand will procure an additional 35 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from 2-3 new companies, supplementing the existing 65 million from Sinovac and AstraZeneca.
The private sector, led by the Board of Trade, will fund 10-15 million of these new doses for their employees, with a government directive to administer all available vaccines by the end of the year.

Yesterday 15:38 Key points summarised by AI

Thai MP Suchada Zhang Thaensap faces intense scrutiny over her husband’s substantial 1.84 billion baht wealth, with opposition lawmakers alleging connections to international scam networks.
A significant portion of her husband, Taiyang Zhang's, declared assets includes a 1.44 billion baht loan to the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency hedge fund Three Arrows Capital, which still owes him 1.34 billion baht.
Opposition MP Rangsiman Rome accused Suchada's husband of links to online scam networks and gambling sites, prompting Suchada to vehemently deny the claims, demand evidence, and file a defamation complaint.
Taiyang Zhang's background includes co-founding Ren Protocol, later sold to Alameda Research (linked to the FTX collapse), and some of his former associates have been convicted in crypto company failures.
Suchada, a former actress and first-time MP, maintains her husband's innocence, while her party leaders have distanced themselves from the allegations, deeming it a private matter.