Thailand COVID-19

The country's health authorities are relying heavily on the local production of AstraZeneca vaccines.

Around 82 percent of Thailand's confirmed COVID-19 infections have occurred since April.

Around 16 percent of those infected in the latest outbreak have been prison inmates.

Recent Thai COVID-19 outbreaks highlight the dangers posed by Asia's overcrowded and unsanitary prisons.

After containing COVID-19 for most of 2020, the Thai government is coming under increasing pressure for its slow response to the latest outbreak.

As the disease ravages India, several Southeast Asian nations are also weathering record outbreaks.

The outbreak comes after a year in which the Southeast Asian nation mostly evaded the coronavirus.

The order is an admission that the government's vaccine procurement efforts have fallen far short of the mark.

The new outbreak threatens to undermine Thailand's economic recovery before it has even begun.

Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit had criticized a COVID-19 vaccine procurement deal involving a company owned by the Thai king.

Coming after months of successful containment, the outbreak in Thailand suggests the fragility of victories over COVID-19.

The COVID-19 outbreak puts a spotlight on Thailand’s large floating population of migrant workers from Myanmar.