All residents, native and foreign-born alike, will be eligible at the same time to receive free vaccinations, the nation’s pandemic response team said today, contradicting recent statements attributed to the Health Ministry.
The only priority will be given to groups most at risk or in need and not citizenship status, COVID-19 task force spokesperson Pensom Lertsithichai said today on the heels of reports the ministry said foreigners would have to wait at the back of the line.
Pensom said the campaign is still in its first phase of vaccinating frontline workers, medical personnel, the elderly, people with underlying conditions and communities with high risk of exposure. She said some foreigners who fit those conditions have already been vaccinated, such as migrant workers and health volunteers.
As for yesterday’s reports that Thai nationals would have first…
