Thai PM wants Covid-19 vaccinations to become top priority

File picture of Prayut receiving the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine in Bangkok on March 16, 2021. - AFP

BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha said he proposed to a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday (May 11) that Covid-19 vaccinations should become a national agenda in which the government would prioritise procurement and distribution of vaccines, and he would therefore like to urge people to register to get the all-important jab.

So far, about 1.6 million people aged 60 and above and those with seven types of underlying health conditions have signed up for vaccinations. Of this number, more than 500,000 are in Bangkok and over 200,000 in the northern province of Lampang.