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The Bangkok Post
The Bangkok Post
Songkran boost for seniors Govt sets 70% target for third Covid shot The Ministry of Public Health is aiming to administer a third booster shot to 70% of the country’s elderly population ahead of the Thai New Year holiday next month, as they face a greater risk of infection and death from the coronavirus. Wicharn Pawan, director of the general communicable diseases division under the Department of Disease Control (DDC), said Covid-19 infections and deaths sharply increased after last year’s Songkran festival due to the limited vaccine rollout at the time. “The ministry won’t be taking any chan…