7 A doctor prepares to inject the Sinovac vaccine to health personnel at Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute on Sunday. (Photo by Apichart Jinakul)
A majority of people are satisfied with relief measures taken by the government to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, but say there are too many conditions attached, according to an opinion survey by the Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, or Suan Dusit Poll.
The poll was conducted online on Feb 23-26 on 1,087 people throughout the country to compile their opinions on the pandemic relief measures.
In terms of satisfaction, 68.26% of respondents were satisfied 50.60% moderately and 17.66% highly. On the other side 19.69% said they were fairly dissatisfied with the measures and 12.25% completely dissatisfied.
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Thailand has ordered millions of doses
of COVID-19 vaccines from
AstraZeneca
and Sinovac Biotech. However, misinformation about safety concerns may hinder the country’s
planned mass immunization campaign.
Thailand
has rolled out plans to produce millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines
domestically, in addition to purchasing some doses from AstraZeneca and
Sinovac. Though the Thai government has
not confirmed when its mass inoculation
program will begin, it’s now working to address public concerns about vaccine
side effects stemming in part to misinformation spread largely online.
Thai
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha warned in mid-January that all COVID-19 vaccines will
have to meet safety and efficacy standards before they are rolled out for mass