BANGKOK, March 15 (TNA) – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha reportedly planned a special program featuring the inoculation of himself and volunteering cabinet ministers with AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine.
The program was set to happen before the cabinet meeting at Santi Maitri Building in the compound of Government House at 8.30am tomorrow (March 16). Gen Prayut and the cabinet ministers who voluntarily wanted COVID-19 vaccination would receive injections finally after their inoculation had been put off recently.
Journalists would not be allowed to directly cover the event which would instead be live broadcast via the Facebook page of Government House. Prof Dr Yong Poovorawan, head of the Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology at Chulalongkorn University, will inject the vaccine into the prime minister who will then elaborate on the vaccination procedures.
Later the prime minister will hold a talk program with Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Prof Dr Yong to discuss the government’s COVID-19 vaccination plan also on the Facebook page of Government House. (TNA)
