A choice in Covid-19 vaccines is being touted by health experts as a way to help protect against virus variants. Such experts are calling on the Thai government to include a variety of brands in its national vaccination drive after the South African variant was discovered in the South last Saturday. The B.1.351 variant is thought to be the most resistant to current vaccines.
Dr. Yong, the head of the Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology at Chulalongkorn University says learning from Europe and the US means that vaccines must be administered quickly to the masses. Yong noted that only about 2% of Thais have received vaccine shots, warning that 70% of the population should be inoculated within the next 4 months to combat the spread of the virus effectively.
“Blanket vaccinations must be launched to cover as many people as possible, using the AstraZeneca vaccine which is…
