The Public Health Ministry on Thursday revealed more details of the government's vaccine roll-out, predicting that more than 1.9 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines will be administered to more than 960,000 people in 10 provinces by April.
Thailand announced plans on Thursday to inoculate 1 million of its most vulnerable people against COVID-19 by May and start mass vaccinations in June, with the aim of administering 10 doses a month.
UK reports 28,507 new cases of Covid-19 – latest updates
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UK reports 28,507 new cases
The United Kingdom has recorded 28,507 new Covid-19 cases and 489 deaths within 28 days of a positive test for the virus, according to official data.
Thursday s data had shown 35,383 new coronavirus infections - including around 11,000 previously unreported cases from Wales - and 532 deaths.
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Thailand reports local COVID-19 infections as measures to restart tourism begin
Medical personnel perform a nasal swab test on a local resident of a community in Bangkok on Apr 28, 2020. (File photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha)
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BANGKOK: Thailand has four new local coronavirus infections, health officials said on Friday (Dec 18), just as the country has started reopening for tourists after months of keeping the virus at bay.
A 67-year-old woman who sells shrimp in the Samut Sakhon province was confirmed to have the infection, senior health official Sopon Iamsirithaworn told a news conference, adding that three of her family members later also tested positive.