The prime minister's wish may not be granted, however, after health experts announced that priority will be decided according to age. The government has also purchased 26 million doses from AstraZeneca, a British-Swedish pharmaceutical company. The government has come in for criticism for lagging behind its Southeast Asian neighbours Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia and Singapore, which have already had shipments of the vaccine. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said he is ready to be the first Thai to be vaccinated against Covid-19 with the China-made vaccine. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha confirms he is ready to receive a Covid-19 vaccine jab, at Government House in Bangkok on Monday.

Source: Bangkok Post February 23, 2021 02:37 UTC