Covid UPDATE Saturday: 3,052 new infections and 24 Covid-related deaths

Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin announced that under Section 33 of the Social Security Act, over 9 million employees will receive a Covid-19 vaccine and don’t need to register on the Mor Prom Line account. PM Prayut Chan-o-cha posted on Facebook Wednesday that these 9.2 million workers would receive priority vaccines as at-risk essential workers. Insured employees that have to work on-site in their workplaces will begin receiving vaccines on June 7 in Bangkok.

Employers were instructed by the Social Security Office to survey their staff and report how many wanted to be vaccinated. Of 3.7 million workers, 63%, about 2.38 million employees, wanted the vaccine. The SSO is calling on employers and business owners to be proactive in registering their staff and keeping them informed when the jabs are ready.

The Labour Ministry is aiming to administer 50,000 jabs every day for 2 months…