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Hoteliers urge state to utilise decree to speed up vaccines

Hoteliers are pressing the government to speed up the sluggish Covid-19 vaccination programme by using an emergency decree to put the entry process in the fast track and setting July as the earliest date to reopen.

William Heinecke, founder and chairman of Minor International (MINT), said the government had already missed the opportunity to secure a Covax vaccine-sharing scheme earlier, while having limited vaccine resources of Sinovac and AstraZeneca. While there was a plan for the latter to be manufactured in Thailand, it has not yet started.

In order to enable a quicker move, the Food and Drug Administration has to quickly approve more vaccines at reasonable prices.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha should deploy the power under the emergency decree to allow companies to import vaccines and administer them to the public.

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