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Billboards pop up around Bangkok asking: Who’s getting that Pfizer?

As 1.5 million doses of Pfizer vaccines were unloaded at Suvarnabhumi Airport just before dawn, they were greeted by billboards which had cropped up around Bangkok with a single question: Who will get them?

Billboards erected at several spots around the capital city pushed an issue raised by a coalition of medical professionals who want an honest accounting of who will benefit from the U.S.-donated vaccines – and whether they will go to those most in need.

“Today Thailand got 1.5 million doses of Pfizer vaccines,” they read. “But no one knows how many of them will go to vulnerable groups.” “Who are you actually giving the Pfizer vaccines to?” read another.

Hours after several large pallets holding 1,503,450 doses of Pfizer’s much-sought vaccine were unloaded, medical professionals gathered at 11am outside the Health Ministry to deliver a petition…

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