After getting cold feet last week and sending a troubling vote of vaccine no-confidence, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha this morning got the symbolic shot that has become a rite of passage for leaders worldwide.
Prayuth got the first of two doses of AstraZeneca vaccine at the Government House along with members of his cabinet though Thailand’s vaccine supply is still months away from reaching the public.
Prayuth received a checkup before the vaccination. He weighed in at 83.1 kilograms with a normal blood pressure of 157/88. Reporters were not allowed in to witness the session, fueling conspiracy theories that it would be staged, spurring Prayuth to raise a vaccine bottle and proclaim, “This is genuine.”
It came four days after Prayuth canceled his vaccination at the last minute, citing concerns that AstraZeneca could cause life-threatening blood clots.…
