Local residents also queued to get the vaccine from the private hospital located in the Northern province bordering Myanmar. The rush followed a report that 26 people had died in Myanmar after contracting the deadly flu strain. About 400 people in Myanmar are believed to have been infected with H1N1. There was also a report that a Thai man in Tak had died from the flu. Hospital staff said demand for the vaccine was so high that they had begun to run out of stock,

Source: The Nation Bangkok August 19, 2017 09:56 UTC