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8.3% of Thailand’s population receive first vaccine dose, 3.3% fully vaccinated

14 Sept 18:31 Key points summarised by AI

Thailand has administered over 7.67 million vaccine doses, with 8.3% of its population receiving a first dose and only 3.3% being fully vaccinated.
Vaccination rates vary significantly across provinces; Phuket leads with 63.33% first doses, while Bangkok lags at 22.55%.
Medical personnel show high vaccination rates (90.5% fully vaccinated), but vulnerable groups like the elderly and those with non-communicable diseases have notably low full vaccination rates (0.4% and 2.1% respectively), partly due to dose spacing.
Thailand ranks 3rd in ASEAN by total vaccine doses administered but 7th in terms of vaccinated population ratio, behind leaders like Singapore.

Yesterday 15:38 Key points summarised by AI

Thai MP Suchada Zhang Thaensap faces intense scrutiny over her husband’s substantial 1.84 billion baht wealth, with opposition lawmakers alleging connections to international scam networks.
A significant portion of her husband, Taiyang Zhang's, declared assets includes a 1.44 billion baht loan to the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency hedge fund Three Arrows Capital, which still owes him 1.34 billion baht.
Opposition MP Rangsiman Rome accused Suchada's husband of links to online scam networks and gambling sites, prompting Suchada to vehemently deny the claims, demand evidence, and file a defamation complaint.
Taiyang Zhang's background includes co-founding Ren Protocol, later sold to Alameda Research (linked to the FTX collapse), and some of his former associates have been convicted in crypto company failures.
Suchada, a former actress and first-time MP, maintains her husband's innocence, while her party leaders have distanced themselves from the allegations, deeming it a private matter.