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A debate over Covid-19 vaccines between a minister and a former MP on an audio-chat application has revived questions about the transparency of Thailand’s vaccination plan.

Thailand’s Prime Minister cancels AstraZeneca vaccination as country delays drug rollout From journalist Vee Intarakatug in Bangkok Empty chairs are seen at Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, where Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha abruptly canceled plans to publicly get the AstraZeneca vaccine on March 12. Vachira Vachira/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha canceled plans to publicly get the AstraZeneca vaccine on Friday due to reports that peop...

Follow RT on In a bid to revive its tourism industry, Thailand has announced it is slashing its mandatory Covid quarantine period for foreigners who can show proof of vaccination from 14 to seven days. Health minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Monday that the new rules will begin in April. Tourists who haven’t had a Covid vaccine, and test negative for the virus will now face just 10 days of quarantine, he added. Two weeks ago, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha hinted that his govern...

What was the fuss all about regarding who would take the first Covid-19 shot?

Jabs rollout on course, Prayut wont be first 57 Sinovac first, AstraZeneca can be used in second week of March published : 27 Feb 2021 at 18:04 57 Bangkok Governor Assawin Kwanmuang observes a demonstration of Covid-19 vaccine injection at Bang Khun Thian Geriatric Hospital in Bangkok on Saturday. Vaccinations will begin in high-risk areas nationwide on Sunday. (Photo by Apichart Jinakul) Thailand will roll out Covid-19 vaccination on Sunday...

Prayut to get jab Sunday, Anutin to follow Prayut to get jab Sunday, Anutin to follow THAILAND: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will get the first shot of COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca on Sunday (Feb 28) while Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul will receive the vaccine from Sinovac. Friday 26 February 2021, 09:57AM Quick shot in the arm: Nurses rehearse the COVID-19 vaccine administration process at Bang Khunthian Hospital for the Elderly before the inocul...

Here’s a look at major developments: SOUTH KOREA South Korea’s top infectious disease experts warned that vaccines will not bring the disease to a quick end and called for continued vigilance in social distancing and mask wearing as the country prepares to give its first shots on Friday. Jeong Eun-kyeong, director of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, said Wednesday it would take a “considerably long time” before the mass vaccination campaign brings the virus under cont...

Many nations in the Asia-Pacific region are rolling out the first shots for COVID-19 this week. Here's a look at major developments: SOUTH KOREA South Korea’s top infectious disease experts warned that vaccines will not bring the disease to a quick end and called for continued vigilance in social distancing and mask wearing as the…

ACCRA, Ghana — Ghana has become the first country in the world to receive vaccines acquired through the U.N.-backed COVAX initiative, with a delivery Wednesday of 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India. The vaccines shots, delivered by UNICEF, arrived at Accra’s Kotoka International Airport and are part of the first wave of COVID-19 vaccines that COVAX is sending to several low- and middle-income countries. Ghana is among 92 low-and middle-income cou...

Many nations in the Asia-Pacific region are rolling out the first shots for COVID-19 this week.Here's a look at major developments:SOUTH KOREASouth Kore...