Thailand plans to vaccinate 6 mln residents by end of June
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BANGKOK, June 10 (Xinhua) -- Thailand has planned to have 6 million of its population vaccinated against the COVID-19 by the end of June, the country's COVID-19 task force said Thursday.
As of Wednesday, the Southeast Asian country has administered over 5.44 million doses of vaccines, including 3.96 million doses for the first shot and 1.48 million doses for the second shot, Center for the COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) spokesperson Apisamai Srirangsan said at a daily briefing.
Thailand kicked off a mass inoculation drive on June 7, aiming to vaccinate about 70 percent of its nearly 70 million population by the end of the year.
The vaccine rollout acceleration came as the country strove to curb its worst wave of the coronavirus outbreak so far, which since early April has seen a more than sixfold jump in case tally as well as a surge in death toll.
On Thursday, Thailand reported 2,310 new confirmed cases and 43 more fatalities from the pandemic. Its total case tally has risen to 187,538 with 1,375 deaths, according to the CCSA. Enditem
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