Shooting messengers won't solve crisisDES minister Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn on May 21 talks about the arrest of 18 social media users accused of disseminating fake news on Covid-19. Pattarapong ChatpattarasillThailand is doing better than other countries in curbing the Covid-19 pandemic. But the government led by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha can handle the situation effectively, and you all can trust his dream team. A much-criticised government Covid measure is its vaccine policy -- all that heavy leaning on the AstraZeneca brand and failing to join Covid-19 Vaccine Global Access (Covax). The government failed to do so, arguing that Covid-19 vaccine development was in an early stage, and it did not want to take risks with the programme.

Source: Bangkok Post August 01, 2021 23:48 UTC