ThaSalaPaul

Well this thread appears to have turned into something of a bun fight ????

56 minutes ago, Farmerslife said:

The US made their donation with no specification on how it was to be allocated. It was the Thai government that decided to set aside 150,000 doses for the expat community. 

Their first priority has been to administer 'booster' shots to frontline medical staff. A number of reports in the press have suggested that there may be insufficient stock to fulfil this objective. Nakhon Ratchasima, for example, had 100,000 medical staff register for this booster inoculation but have only been allocated 15,800 doses by the central administration. If this over-subscription is repeated throughout the country then there is an almighty shortfall.

It hasn't been talked about yet but the allocation for the expat community could well come under the spotlight. It remains to be seen whether the Government will continue to honour this promise.

All we can do is hope but, if it ends up being used to protect frontline medical staff then I, for one, can't take issue with that. 

  

I second that sentiment entirely

I just called the number given in the Radio Thailand broadcast (02-572-8442) for the Department of Consular Affairs. The long and the short of it is that they have no information. It seems that they are merely acting as a conduit to MOPH. The foreign residents info is passed on to MOPH, and that's as far as it goes for MFA (Consular Affairs Dept). 

Essentially it just comes down to us all being asked to be patient. 

Ok, so one thing of note from the announcement made by MFA on Radio Thailand just moments ago, was that the email notification of an appointment will NOT be coming from the expatvac.consular.go.th website but will instead be coming from either The Ministry of Public Health OR from the hospital that will administer the vaccination. Khun Tanee Sangrat also gave out a couple of phone numbers

The Department of Disease Control: 1442

The Consular Affairs Department    : 02-572-8442 (I was trying to open up Notepad to jot this down so not sure if it was the Consular Affairs Dept or Ministry of Public Health) 

4 minutes ago, Chris.B said:

What is the link please?

 

@SangratTanee is making an announcement on Radio 88 FM re foreign vaccinations tomorrow morning at 8:05am

For some reason the link to the tweet isn't working...try again

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1425668517341319175/photo/1

Just seen this on Twitter.... will be worth tuning in