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Pata calls for urgent vaccination strategy

Pata calls for urgent vaccination strategy

Current jab progress stands at only 0.82%

A closed restaurant due to the coronavirus disease outbreak, is seen next to the Chao Phraya river with a view of Wat Arun temple, one of the city’s top tourist spots, in Bangkok, in March last year. (Reuters photo)

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (Pata) is calling for an urgent mass inoculation programme in Thailand and pushing the government to adopt digital vaccination certificates that are recognised by the international community.

“The vaccination rate needs to be at least 10 times faster than the current rate,” said Mario Hardy, Pata’s chief executive.

As of Monday, Thailand had inoculated only 0.82% of its 69.8 million population, ranking eighth out of 10…

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