BANGKOK, Jan 31 (TNA) – COVID-19 vaccination started for children aged 5-11 years at the Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health and parents brought their children there for the inoculation.

 

The vaccinated children are those who suffer seven kinds of illnesses and thus will be vulnerable to severe symptoms or even fatality if they are infected with COVID-19. Their illnesses are obesity, chronic respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, chronic kidney diseases, cancer with weak immunity, genetic disorders and Down’s syndrome.

 

Inspecting the vaccination, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said there were about 5.8 million children aged 5-11 in the country and about 900,000 of them had the seven illnesses.

 

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19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Inspecting the vaccination, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said there were about 5.8 million children aged 5-11 in the country and about 900,000 of them had the seven illnesses.

So 15.5% of Thai children have upwards of 7 serious illnesses or diseases?

Wow!  ????