Thailand makes big progress in developing vaccine

Bangkok: The Thai Ministry of Public Health told the media that medical authorities had made progress in developing a vaccine for COVID-19 after laboratory trials of a prototype proved successful.

The Thai research team injected laboratory mice with a prototype DNA vaccine and then tested their blood to check whether the mice had developed antibodies, said Dr Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Department of Medical Sciences at the Ministry of Public Health.