Thailand starts long-awaited COVID-19 vaccination drive

BANGKOK: Thailand kicked off a long-awaited mass vaccination campaign on Monday as the country battles its third and worst wave of the COVID-19 epidemic.

A person receives the first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Bangkok, Thailand on Jun 7, 2021. But the government has come under fire from opposition politicians who accuse it of complacency and an over-reliance on the locally-made AstraZeneca doses. "My feeling is that no matter what, we will need to go outside of home for the littlest things, so getting the vaccine gives us a sense of relief," said Praepawee Lertpongkijja, 38, at a Bangkok vaccination centre.The government has been scrambling to source more vaccines as concerns emerged about the production capacity of royal-owned Siam Bioscience, the Thai company making the AstraZeneca vaccine locally, after the Philippines said its order had been reduced and delayed.

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