FDA vows ‘safety first’
As Thailand’s vaccination drive looms, the government moves to allay fears about the Chinese vaccine it plans to use
The Public Health Ministry has confirmed that people in four high-risk groups — including the elderly and frontline medical workers — will be the first to be inoculated against Covid-19 when Sinovac’s vaccine arrives in Thailand next month.
Director-general of the Disease Control Department, Opas Kankawinpong, said on Sunday the vaccination programme will be managed in a prudent manner, taking into account the experiences of other countries in deciding which part of the population should be inoculated first.
Among those who will receive the first doses are frontline medical and/or public health workers; sufferers of congenital diseases who are obese; senior citizens aged 60…
