The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) plans to start its Covid-19 vaccine rollout in Bang Khae on Wednesday.

BMA governor Aswin Kwanmuang said on Tuesday the vaccinations would be administered at local hospitals and at Bang Khae market.

The BMA planned to inoculate about 6,000 people in the district, at the rate of 500-600 a day, starting with market vendors and people close to them, he said.

Anyone considering themselves at risk because they had come into contact with infected people at the Bang Khae markets can request vaccination at local hospitals, said Pol Gen Aswin.

Dr Somsak Akasilp, director-general of the Department of Medical Services, said the vaccinations would be for people who had tested negative for Covid-19 and those who had tested positive but were asymptomatic.

Those with symptoms would not be vaccinated, he said.

Bangkok logged 100 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, 69% of the country's new cases.

The Department of Disease Control said the new cases in the capital were linked to markets in Bang Khae district.

Six local markets have been ordered shut until at least tomorrow while they are being thoroughly disinfected.