The World Health Organisation (WHO) invited H.E. Anutin Charnvirakul (อนุทิน ชาญวีรกูล), Thailand s Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Public Health, to speak about the Kingdom s remarkable success in controlling the spread of COVID19 at today s virtual press conference.
When Pattaya joins Bangkok, Chiang Mai and 12 other destinations in welcoming back fully vaccinated tourists without the need for quarantine next month, the town will finally return to full throttle.
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