Crush at Thai vaccination centre sparks Covid-19 fears

The Bang Sue Vaccination Centre in Bangkok's Chatuchak district was packed all day on July 27, 2021. - The Nation

BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN/Reuters): Overcrowding at Bangkok's main vaccination centre on Tuesday (July 27) sparked fears of coronavirus cluster outbreaks, after people from other provinces rushed in to get injected before a walk-in measure is scrapped.

Thailand has been seeing a worrying trend of more than 10,000 daily cases of infection for over a week. On Wednesday, it reported a daily record of 16,533 new infections, bringing the country's total accumulated cases to 543,361.