A man is injected with a Covid-19 vaccine at a city centre. A slow vaccination rate dampens the kingdom’s inoculation drive as it is hit with a third wave. Bangkok Post photo
A delay in the Covid-19 vaccine purchase plan has unforgivably crippled Thailand’s efforts in handling the third wave of coronavirus outbreak that hit the country early this month.
It remains unclear if the Prayut Chan-o-cha government, particularly the Public Health Ministry, will be able to beat the virus as it did in the two previous outbreaks or when it can get the current outbreak under control. Currently, only 1.3% of the population have been vaccinated, too few to create herd immunity.
The country has seen a surge in infections, surpassing 1,000 for about a week, while virus transmission has covered every province.
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