Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul became the first person in the country who got the first shot of vaccine against coronavirus on Sunday morning when Thailand rolled out Covid-19 vaccination.
The event, which began at 7.30am, was chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. It was held at the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute on Tivanon Road in Nonthaburi.
The person who gave Mr Anutin the first Covid-19 shot in the arm was Dr Yong Yong Poovorawan, a medical professor in pediatric hepatology at the Faculty of Medicine of Chulalongkorn University.
The vaccine given to Mr Anutin is the Chinese-made CoronaVac developed by Sinovac Life Sciences, which can be used on people aged 18-59.
Mr Anutin said on Saturday tha Gen Prayut could not get the first shot at the discretion of doctors. Gen Prayut is 66.
He explained that AstraZeneca vaccine, which…