Sanitiser gels to be handed to gas station customers

[webfact]

Sanitiser gels to be handed to gas station customers

By THE NATION

 

 

The Energy Ministry is working with private organisations to help alleviate effects of the Covid-19 coronovirus, Minister Sonthirat Sonthijirawong said on Thursday (March 5).

 

“After a meeting with more than 20 private partners, major oil vendors agreed to organise a campaign giving away hand sanitiser gels for customers at gas stations,” he said. “As for the Energy Ministry, we have prepared three measures to help the general public amid virus concerns.”

 

The measures are: 1) Propose to the Cabinet a motion to reduce the cost of fuel, LPG and electricity for a specific period to help reduce people’s cost of living. 2) Amend the law to allow the use of ethanol to produce alcohol hand gels, which could solve the product shortage problem. 3) Announce measures to prevent Covid-19 from spreading within agencies under the ministry.

 

 

Meanwhile, PTT president and chief executive officer Charnsilp Trinuchkarn said the company is ready to comply with the Energy Ministry’s measures and is already moving forward with the plan to produce its house-brand hand sanitary gels.

 

“We have assigned two of our subsidiaries, Thai Oil and IRPC, to handle production of the hand gel under the PTT-owned brand,” he said. “Thai Oil has started the manufacturing process while IRPC is awaiting approval from the Thai Food and Drug Administration and should be able to start soon.”

 

The first batch of hand gels should be ready for distribution by May-June at PTT gas stations and Amazon coffeeshops nationwide, he added.

 

“PTT Group is confident that we will overcome this obstacle together, and expect that the effect of Covid-19 will be resolved in a year,” Charnsilp said.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30383487

 

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[DrTuner]

And who's going to stop the gas station attendant from flogging those for profit? TiT.

[CraigInBangkok]

Theres not even enough gel for some of the stations on the airport link train line, so I don't see how they are going to magic up enough of it for all the gas stations 

[steve187]

12 minutes ago, CraigInBangkok said:

Theres not even enough gel for some of the stations on the airport link train line, so I don't see how they are going to magic up enough of it for all the gas stations 

read the op,  ptt will be ready in may or june

[CraigInBangkok]

19 minutes ago, steve187 said:

read the op,  ptt will be ready in may or june

I did see that, admittedly after I wrote my post but I thought the point still stands and also thats still atleast 2 months away and the world will either be in a huge mess by then or it will be mostly forgotten about 

[steve187]

1 minute ago, CraigInBangkok said:

I did see that, admittedly after I wrote my post but I thought the point still stands and also thats still atleast 2 months away and the world will either be in a huge mess by then or it will be most forgotten about 

i agree a bit late with the gel, which is in short supply along with masks and brains in the government officers  heads.

[khaowong1]

Even here where I live in Arizona, USA, hand sanitizers have disappeared off the market shelves.  You can buy them on e-bay for between 60 bucks a bottle to 100 bucks a bottle, same bottles that a month ago were going for 3 bucks a bottle. 

[Justgrazing]

17 hours ago, webfact said:

Amend the law to allow the use of ethanol to produce alcohol hand gels,

and failing that have a bottle of Lao Khao in the back pocket for swilling yo' mitts .. If it can survive that then all hope is lost ..