Mass rollout begins at last

Getting the point: People holding their plaster patches after being administered doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at the Narathiwat Hospital compound in Narathiwat province. — AFP

The government kicked off a long-awaited mass vaccination campaign as the country battles its third and worst wave of the coronavirus epidemic.

It aims to administer six million doses of locally made AstraZeneca and imported Sinovac vaccines this month, hoping to assuage worries about the slow roll-out and supply shortages.