Coronavirus vaccines are hard to get in Thailand, so the wealthy are heading on overseas jab tours

Wealthy Thai people are flying overseas for their COVID-19 shots, saying they do not want to delay getting vaccinated and do not trust the vaccines on offer in Thailand.

Their choice to spend thousands of dollars getting the jab abroad comes as people across the rest of the country try to navigate what some have described as a “chaotic” vaccination program rollout.

After a slow start and a confusing registration process, thousands of appointments had to be postponed because doses had not arrived in time.

At the same time, Thailand is in the middle of its third and most severe wave of the virus, with more than 3,000 new infections reported every day,…