Caption In this handout photo from Thailand's Ministry of Justice taken and released on May 22, 2021, inmates look on during a Covid-19 vaccine drive at Minburi Remand Prison in Bangkok, amid a surge in cases of the virus in Thai prisons. - AFP
BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin announced the vaccine rollout in Thailand’s overcrowded prisons on Thursday, where more than 22, 000 inmates have tested positive for Covid-19 during the latest wave.
Somsak urged the ministry’s Department of Corrections to distribute vaccines to prisons nationwide to ensure that all officials and inmates receive jabs.
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