Govt defends Covid vaccine strategy after Thanathorn attack

The government has defended its Covid-19 vaccine strategy after former Future Forward leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit said it was too slow in procuring sufficient shots and inoculating the population.

Thailand will have enough shots to cover 50% of its nearly 70 million population this year and talks continue to secure additional doses, Supakit Sirilak, director general of medical science department at the Health Ministry, said at a briefing in Bangkok on Tuesday.

Authorities are preparing to rollout vaccines from next month which “isn’t much of a delay,” he said.

“We are evaluating information from all the vaccine manufacturers to…