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BANGKOK - Thailand said on Monday it would start its coronavirus inoculation programme next month by administering 50,000 doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine to high-risk groups, as it faces accusations of being too slow to secure vaccines. “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 Straits Times Geopolitics, domestic sentiment shape regions vaccine race A man preparing to spray disinfectant around Klong Toey fresh market, after it was temporarily shut down due to several vendors testing positive for Covid-19, in Bangkok on Jan 14.PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Tan Hui Yee Indochina Bureau Chief In Bangkok PublishedJan 25, 2021, 5:00 am SGT https://str.sg/JKTY They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Or share via: Sign up or log i...

Health workers on the frontline first in queue for vaccination 4 published : 24 Jan 2021 at 04:00 4 The first 50,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine expected to arrive in Thailand early next month will be administered to frontline healthcare workers in Samut Sakhon, Mae Sot district of Tak and in the southern border provinces, a communicable diseases expert revealed on Saturday. Dr Tawee Chotpitayasunondh, president of the Paediatric Infectious Disease Society of Thailand...

Thailand Approves AstraZeneca: Southeast Asia Vaccine Tracker Bloomberg 1/23/2021 Claire Jiao and Ian Sayson (Bloomberg) -- AstraZeneca Plc’s vaccine won approval from Thailand, becoming the third company to clear regulatory requirements for use in Southeast Asia. Thousands of people in Singapore and Indonesia have already received the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE and Sinovac Biotech Ltd. vaccines, and their neighbors are signing more deals to procure supplies. China is also givi...

Transparency demand: Thanathorn speaking to the media after the Digital Ministry filed a criminal complaint against him for defaming the monarchy. — Reuters PROGRESSIVE Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit posted on Facebook that the government’s reaction to his statement on Monday on Covid-19 vaccine transparency only increased his doubt that a royally owned company had received special treatment in the country’s vaccination plans. On Monday, Thanathorn went on Facebook Live to ...

Share Key Thai opposition figure faces lese majeste charge Thu, 21 January 2021 A Thai billionaire opposition figure was accused on January 20 of defaming the monarchy, a day after a court sentenced a former civil servant to more than 40 years in jail for lese majeste crimes. Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, founder of the now-dissolved Future Forward Party, was accused of contravening Thailand’s strict royal defamation laws by posting a video on January 18 criticising the government’s vaccin...

Advertisement On Wednesday,the news broke that Thai authorities were lodging a lese-majeste complaint against the prominent opposition politician Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit. The charge comes amid an alarming uptick in cases of royal defamation in Thailand, as the government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha seeks to quash a youthful protest campaign that has broken a longstanding taboo by criticizing the Thai monarchy. Just this week, the Bangkok Criminal Court sentenced Anchan Preelert, a...

3 Min Read BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand’s prime minister said on Tuesday his country had ordered an additional 35 million doses of the AstraZeneca Plc COVID-19 vaccine, bringing its total vaccine pipeline to 63 million doses. Chief nurse nurse Sam Foster holds a vial of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford, Britain January 4, 2021. Steve Parsons/Pool via REUTERS After managing to largely contain community spread of the virus for months, a clus...

2021/01/21 20:11 Former leader of the dissolved Future Forward Party Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit speaks during a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Jan... Former leader of the dissolved Future Forward Party Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit speaks during a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. Thanathorn was charged with defaming Thailand’s monarchy by questioning the government’s procurement of COVID-19 vaccines is standing...

A banned Thai opposition politician, who is facing a criminal complaint of defaming the monarchy, on Thursday defended his criticism of the government's coronavirus vaccine strategy that relies on a company owned by King Maha Vajiralongkorn. Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit this week accused the government of mishandling the vaccine campaign, saying it was too reliant on Siam Bioscience and will be slow to protect the public because of its failure to negotiate multiple deals. The Thai compan...