Airport staff receive a dose of the Covid-19 coronavirus CoronaVac vaccine, developed by China's Sinovac firm, at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok on April 28, 2021. - AFP
BANGKOK (Reuters): Long queues have returned to Thailand's unusually quiet international airport this week, after it converted its check-in area into an immunisation centre as part of efforts to speed up its Covid-19 vaccine rollout.
Cordons and suitcases were replaced with evenly-spaced chairs at check-in counters, where immigration and airport staff and cabin crew lined up to register for the vaccines, of which more than 1,000 will be administered each day.
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