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View all search resultsThailand rolls out coronavirus vaccination campaign
Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul became the first person in the country to be vaccinated against the virus that causes COVID-19.
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Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha holds vials of the CoronaVac Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine, developed by China's Sinovac firm, as a shipment of it arrived in Bangkok on February 24, 2021.
(Agence France Presse/Lillian SUWANRUMPHA )
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hailand began inoculating its people against the novel coronavirus on Sunday, with five Cabinet ministers being among the first to get the jab.
Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul became the first person in the country to be vaccinated against the virus that causes COVID-19.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha oversaw the vaccination drive at the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute in Nonthaburi, a city located northwest of Bangkok.
Prayut, 66, could not get the first shot at the discretion of doctors because the vaccine being used, made by China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd., is offered only to those aged 18-59.
At the event, Prayut thanked all volunteers receiving the vaccine on the first day. He urged fellow Thais to join the vaccination drive so that people will have immunity and that normalcy in the country can be restored soon.
Frontline medical staff will start being vaccinated on Monday.
Last Wednesday, Thailand received the first shipment of 200,000 Sinovac doses and 117,000 doses of the vaccine developed by Britain's AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford.
More vaccines purchased from China and Britain will also come to the country.
Thailand has ordered 2 million Sinovac doses and 61 million AstraZeneca does, and will also produce its own vaccine under collaboration with a British firm.
The country of some 66 million people has reported almost 26,000 infection cases with 83 deaths as of Sunday.
