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Thailand set to start Covid-19 vaccinations Feb 14

A healthcare worker holds a vial of the AstraZeneca/Oxford coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine at FioCruz Institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Saturday. (Reuters photo)

The government plans to begin Thailand’s national vaccine rollout from Feb 14, starting with healthcare and front-line workers, according to the Public Health Ministry.

As vaccine availability remains limited, target groups with higher infection risks will be administered the shots during the first of a three-phased rollout plan, permanent secretary of public health Kiattiphum Wongrajit said on Monday.

“We will start with medical personnel and high-risk individuals and areas,” senior health official Sopon Mekton, told reporters.

Health workers in Samut Sakhon province, the epicentre of the latest outbreak, would be the first to be…

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