BANGKOK – Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha warned Tuesday that his government will prosecute anyone who shares false information about coronavirus vaccines in social or mass media.The government already has the power to impose punishments under a state of emergency that was declared last March to deal with the health threat.Prayuth’s warning was an apparent reaction to charges that his government has done too little to acquire adequate supplies of vaccines.
The criticism took on a sharp political tinge after a popular politician aired such allegations in an internet broadcast Monday night.Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, former leader of the dissolved Future Forward Party, accused the government of acting too slowly to inoculate the.