Workers cleaning the road outside shrimp market in Samut Sakhon, South of Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Jan 25, 2021. - AP
BANGKOK, Jan 25 (Reuters): Thailand said on Monday it would start its coronavirus inoculation programme next month by administering the AstraZeneca vaccine to high-risk groups, as it faces accusations of being too slow to secure vaccines.
Health workers in Samut Sakhon province, the epicentre of the latest outbreak, where more than 900 infections were reported on Monday, would be the first to be inoculated with the initial delivery of 50,000 doses.
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