Government plans to prioritise inoculating the elderly shifted after a major outbreak of Covid-19 in Bangkok in April
Bangkok — Just two weeks before her long-awaited vaccine appointment in Bangkok, Anyamanee Puttaraksa’s 62-year-old mother became feverish. Three days later, her mother tested positive for Covid-19. Four hours afterwards, she died.
Neighbouring Malaysia had fully vaccinated at least 82% of its senior citizens by Aug. 22, according to government data, compared with 45.6% of its total population to date. In Indonesia, only 17% of the elderly have been fully vaccinated, but that is still higher than the 13% for the total population.
“The higher death toll now is a direct result of the failure to prioritise the elderly earlier,” said Chris Potranandana, co-founder of Zendai, a volunteer group helping the old and the poor access Covid tests and treatment. But younger and working-age groups in the capital ended up being able to access vaccination centres more easily than senior citizens, resulting in lower inoculation rates for the elderly, Chawetsan said.
Another chunk of vaccines went to the tourist island of Phuket, where a government plan to vaccinate all adults has allowed it to resume limited international tourism. Chawetsan said early registration numbers were also low because of vaccine hesitancy among the elderly.
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