Cabinet earmarks Bt11.3 billion for projects to curb new wave of Covid

[snoop1130]

Cabinet earmarks Bt11.3 billion for projects to curb new wave of Covid

By The Nation

 

Deputy government spokesperson Ratchada Thanadirek

 

The Cabinet on Tuesday approved Bt11.3 billion for 10 projects to curb the new round of Covid-19 infections, deputy government spokesperson Ratchada Thanadirek said.

 

The Bt11.3 billion is part of the Bt45 billion the government had earmarked to fight the outbreak from the Bt1 trillion borrowing under the emergency decree

 

The 10 projects are divided into three groups, the first of which will be granted Bt4.33 billion. The first group, focusing on curbing the outbreak, will cover five projects. The first project, costing Bt1.57 billion, will cover one million village public health volunteers who will work on preventing and monitoring infections from January to March. This project comes under the Department of Health Service Support.

 

The Department of Disease Control will be given Bt419 million for the second project, involving preparation for emergencies, and Bt503 million for the procurement of medical equipment and medicine.

 

The fourth project will see Bt1.81 billion allocated to the National Vaccine Institute to accelerate Thailand’s access to vaccines, while Bt24 million will be given to Chiang Mai University to develop a Level 3 biosafety lab.

 

The second group will get Bt6.96 billion for three projects.

 

The first project, which will be granted Bt2.037 billion, will see the Public Health Ministry upgrading public health systems in different regions of the country. The ministry will also be allocated Bt1.92 billion to supply medication and equipment to its public health units.

 

A budget of Bt2.99 billion will be allocated to the National Health Security Office to provide services.

 

The third group will focus on two projects worth a total of Bt27.2 million, including the acquisition of screening equipment for the Department of Health Service Support.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30400435

 

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[Justgrazing]

Could call it Project Group going on the number of times they've been trotted out above ..  

 

[herfiehandbag]

How many doses of vaccine would ThB 11.3 billion buy?

[bluesofa]

1 hour ago, herfiehandbag said:

How many doses of vaccine would ThB 11.3 billion buy?

Both of them - allowing for the commission paid of course.

[Mango Bob]

Your first priority is to get a safe vaccine at once and stop playing games. Get A VACCINE AND GET IT NOW AND DO ALL THE PEOPLE IN THAILAND WITH THE OLDEST FIRST AND THE PM LAST.  Seen they are delaying to get the vaccine and find something cheaper so they can line the pockets of the elite and government.   The people first with a good quality vaccine and not some junk that will take 2 more years to prove it works.

[RichardColeman]

I see this as an attempt to buy more military and sea faring hardware under the guise of controlling migrants !

[sammieuk1]

The amounts of money they are talking about is for what province? it surely can't be for the whole country or your all doomed ????

[PatOngo]

3 hours ago, herfiehandbag said:

How many doses of vaccine would ThB 11.3 billion buy?

Irrelevant! Ask......................How many pockets will it line!

[PatOngo]

8 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

The amounts of money they are talking about is for what province? it surely can't be for the whole country or your all doomed ????

It's for the filthy snouts at the trough!

[Venom]

....????

[Bender Rodriguez]

60 people died in 10 months out of 65.000.000 people

 

but everybody needs a new type of vaccine that was never used before, rushed to production 

 

and because so many people daily are dying ???  

 

my home country has 6 x less people with 20.000 deaths on the counter

 

mostly old & chronic sick people

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Cabinet on Tuesday approved Bt11.3 billion for 10 projects to curb the new round of Covid-19 infections

How many vaccines could that buy?

[Disparate Dan]

13 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

How many vaccines could that buy?

per dose:

Pfizer-Biontech       EUR12

Oxford                              1.78

J&J                                   8.50

Sanofi/GSK                      7.56

Moderna                          12

as revealed last week by a health minister in Europe - much to the anger of Big Pharma.

Edited December 30, 2020 by Disparate Dan

[newnative]

Why 1.57 Billion with a B for 'village volunteers'?