Campaign to vaccinate schoolkids makes progress

There, there: A nurse comforting a teenager as she receives her vaccine dose at the Vachira Hospital in Bangkok. — Bloomberg

HEALTH officials in the Thai capital have made headway in their effort to vaccinate children against the coronavirus, giving shots of the Pfizer vaccine to students aged 12 to 18 with underlying diseases.

Vaccinations for that age bracket were first offered last month through hospitals, but now are arranged by schools.