Free tetanus-diptheria vaccine for Thais aged 20-50
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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has invited all Thais aged 20-50 to get a free tetanus-diphtheria vaccine shot at its public health service centres and hospitals until April 30.
BMA Health Office director Wanthanee Wattana described |diphtheria as a serious communicable respiratory disease with a high death rate.
He said 63 patients (10 of whom died) were found to have contracted the disease in upper Thailand in 2012 while 14 patients (four of whom died) were found nationwide in 2013.
