Bangkok to vaccinate business employees with Sinovac-AZ cocktail from Nov 9


A health worker administering a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine in a mobile vaccination bus in Wat Thep Nari, Bangkok. - Bloomberg

BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will start vaccinating employees of businesses and establishments who have direct contact with customers with a Sinovac-AstraZeneca vaccine cocktail from Nov 9 onward.

“The move aims to increase employees’ immunity and make the businesses and establishments safe for tourists after the province has been reopened to vaccinated visitors since Nov 1,” said Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang on Thursday.

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