Anutin gets first Covid jab

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…