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Municipality keen to buy Covid vaccines with its own money

A screenshot from a video shows people lining up for Covid-19 screening before entering a market in Khon Kaen province on Monday. (Video by Chakrapan Natanri)

KHON KAEN: The Nakhon Khon Kaen Municipality is consdering buying Covid-19 vaccines for its population of 110,000 using its own reserve fund, but first needs approval from the government, Mayor Teerasak Theekhayuphan said on Monday.

Mr Teerasak said administrators and council members floated the idea to save the government’s central budget, after the government said it was in a position to buy vaccines for only about 30 million people, just under half of the population.

The idea had been discussed between local administrations throughout the country as the Covid-19 situation was getting more serious everyday, he said. Quick action was needed to…

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