Thailand’s prosecution of a popular opposition figure may be sabotaging plans to bring a European-developed vaccine to its people.
A planned news conference on the authorization of the AstraZeneca vaccine was canceled today, Matichon reported Friday evening, among rumors it is reconsidering arrangements for the vaccine to be produced by a royally owned company after Thai officials said Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit would be tried for insulting the king.
Sec-Gen Distat Hotrakitya of the Prime Minister’s Office reportedly called the head of the National Vaccine Institute today to ask why its news conference with AstraZeneca representatives had been called off.
Matichon reported that the director, Nakorn Phemsri, told associates it was over AstraZeneca’s concerns that it was being dragged into Thai politics after the announcement Thanathorn, former head of the…
