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Anutin urges elderly to get jabbed

Anutin urges elderly to get jabbed

2.1 million lacking adequate protection

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, left, inspects Covid-19 vaccination for elderly people in Pakkret district, Nonthaburi, on March 15. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)

Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is calling on some 2.1 million elderly citizens who have yet to complete their Covid-19 vaccinations to do so before Songkran in April.

Mr Anutin said he has ordered the Department of Disease Control to liaise with the head of provincial public health offices to get these 2.1 million people adequately protected by April, as immunity takes some time to build up.

As such, he urged Thais to take their elderly relatives to get vaccinated…

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