COVID-19 Spreads Fast in Far South

BANGKOK, Oct 11 (TNA) - Southern border provinces face worse COVID-19 outbreaks than greater Bangkok and the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) urged local people to seek vaccinations because 60% of new fatalities in the far South never received a COVID-19 jab. CCSA’s assistant spokesperson Dr. Apisamai Srirangson said a small number of people in southern border provinces had been vaccinated against COVID-19. The COVID-19 infection rate was 22% in southern border provinces while the rate in greater Bangkok stood at 19%, she said. According to Dr. Apisamai, 41.9% of people in Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat and Songkhla on average received their first COVID-19 jab. The government plans to increase the coverage to more than 50% of general people and over 70% of people aged 60 years and over, those with 7 chronic diseases and women who have been pregnant for at least 12 weeks in the provinces within this month. The number of new daily COVID-19 fatalities was falling in the far South. Of them, 60% had not been vaccinated and 20% had not been registered in the Mor Prom system. Dr. Apisamai said there were enough vaccine doses for every area and people should quickly seek inoculations. (TNA)