Thai Prime Minister Mocked Online for Sinovac Vaccine Photo Opp

Netizens didn’t hold back criticism of  Thailand’s Prime Minister after he was seen photographed holding Sinovac vaccine bottles, which are highly sensitive to temperature. The pictures were taken during a welcome ceremony to receive the vaccines from China.

However, deputy government spokeswoman Traisuree Taisaranakul said Thursday morning that the Sinovac vaccine bottles were merely a “mock-up”, to allow the media to snap pictures of the ceremony.

After the short ceremony, the Sinovac vaccine was immediately taken to the Government Pharmaceutical Organizations Sripetch Building, DKSH (Thailand), for cold storage to await distribution to the first batch of people after the covid-19 vaccine is certified safe under the rules of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration.

The first provinces to start giving the Sinovac vaccine jab will be Samut Sakhon, Chiang Mai and…