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Bangkok Post
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Push to overcome vaccine delays

A student receives a dose of human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine to prevent cervical cancer, at Prachaniwet School in Bangkok in 2016. (Bangkok Post File Photo: Pattanapong Hirunard)

Authorities are working to speed up the rollout of childhood immunisation programmes that have been delayed by Covid-19 for three years.

The national committee on vaccines has expressed concern over the delay, especially as over one million girls missed out on being vaccinated against cervical cancer, said Dr Tares Krassanairawiwong, chief of the Department of Disease Control.

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