Mass jab hopes a crucial test for Prayut A vial of AstraZeneca s Covid-19 vaccine with Gen Prayut s name on it. Chanat Katanyu
Despite reassurances from Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul that the mass Covid-19 vaccinations for people over 60 and those suffering from seven non-communicable underlying diseases across the country will proceed as scheduled on June 7, scepticism remains strong among many about whether this administration can still be trusted after repeated blunders in the handling of the pandemic.
From the failure to postpone the Songkran long holidays and reluctance to impose travel restrictions which caused the Thong Lor cluster to spread nationwide, to putting all the eggs in one basket by betting on just the locally produced AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine supplemented by Chinese-made Sinovac vaccine.