DDC focus vaccines on 70% in Bangkok before provinces

[Thaiger]

The Department of Disease Control has set an ambitious goal to vaccinate at least 70% of Bangkok residents by July. The department will focus on the capital city and prioritise distribution of vaccines to other provinces based on how severe outbreaks are in the area. The DDC chief commented that the department will focus on Bangkok, speculating that if they can’t control the Covid-19 situation there in the capital city, they won’t be able to control it nationally. Local vaccine registration for each province will be launched June 14 and residents can sign up for their vaccine via health volunteers, […]

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56 minutes ago, Thaiger said:

70% of Bangkok residents by July

I take it that 'by July' means by July 1st, i.e. within 31 days from now. I doubt it, somehow, since we know that if this improbable target is failed, the DoDC will simply claim that they meant July 31st, i.e. within double that time-scale . . . they're very adept at playing with dates.

Why can't they be honest and straightforward enough, simply to state a date rather than an entire month?