Bangkok: BMA could spend up to 10 billion baht to vaccinate 5 million residents

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Bangkok: BMA could spend up to 10 billion baht to vaccinate 5 million residents

 

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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration suggested yesterday that they could spend as much as 10 billion baht on vaccinating 5 million of the capital's residents for Covid-19. 

 

Spokesman Pongsakon Kwanmuang said that like the government's vaccination plan, money was no object. 

 

It all depends on what vaccine is best. The capital's health teams are busy determining that. 

 

He said all Thais would get a vaccination and put the number eligible in Bangkok as 5 million. Funds between 1 billion and ten billion have been earmarked. 

 

Health care workers would receive jabs first.

 

He said the Covid situation in Bangkok was improving but was still not safe. There had been 14 cases. 

 

10,090 tests had been carried out. 

 

Measures taken like only home eating after 9pm were proving effective. 

 

A review of the situation would take place at the end of the month. 

 

Source: Naew Na

 

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[Shuya]

The trust from the provinces, cities and communities into the competence of the central government is really high I see.  

[natway09]

Why BMA ?

Is this not the responsibility of Central Government ?

[khunjeff]

1 hour ago, natway09 said:

Why BMA ?

Is this not the responsibility of Central Government ?

 

The PM has given individual localities the authority to handle it themselves if they so choose. I'll admit that I don't quite understand the reasoning behind that, or whether it means the funding would come from a different source.

[billd766]

That comes to 2,000 baht per injection.

[Mr Meeseeks]

Expensive considering the AZ Oxford vaccine is 60thb a shot.

[khunPer]

11 hours ago, webfact said:

It all depends on what vaccine is best.

Might also be depending of which vaccine that is available; the news yesterday mentioned that a small number of countries, something like 10, already have pre-ordered 90 percent of the available vaccine production.

[Nout]

2 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Expensive considering the AZ Oxford vaccine is 60thb a shot.

Yes. The population of Bangkok should fly to the Oxford lab and grab a dose at cost price

[Nout]

31 minutes ago, khunPer said:

Might also be depending of which vaccine that is available; the news yesterday mentioned that a small number of countries, something like 10, already have pre-ordered 90 percent of the available vaccine production.

Production is expedentially increasing and will continue to do so.

[Susco]

5 minutes ago, Nout said:

2 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Expensive considering the AZ Oxford vaccine is 60thb a shot.

Yes. The population of Bangkok should fly to the Oxford lab and grab a dose at cost price

 

The Oxford vaccine is produced in Thailand, no need to fly anywhere.

 

Sorry to contradict your drivel

[sammieuk1]

For 2 doses of the Oxford it should be closer to 1.2 billion the other 8.8 billion must be with the usual disbarments wink wink ???? 

[khunPer]

2 hours ago, Nout said:

Production is expedentially increasing and will continue to do so.

Today's news says that Pfizer cannot deliver what promised next week, so European orders have ben cut.

 

However, the mentioned small number of countries have ordered vaccines from various manufacturers, also yet not approved ones, and they have a higher number of vaccines in order than population, when including the non-approved vaccines.

[Kaset mal]

A  coincidence  that they are considering  charging  bht 300 per tourist  on entry  to Thailand in recent  news .

Farang  pay again 

[hotchilli]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

BMA could spend up to 10 billion baht to vaccinate 5 million residents

Could... speaks volumes?

[FritsSikkink]

14 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Expensive considering the AZ Oxford vaccine is 60thb a shot.

Try to buy it somewhere in the world for 60 thb then

[FritsSikkink]

9 hours ago, Kaset mal said:

A  coincidence  that they are considering  charging  bht 300 per tourist  on entry  to Thailand in recent  news .

Farang  pay again 

I don't get anything free in your country too.

[Mr Meeseeks]

12 hours ago, Nout said:

Yes. The population of Bangkok should fly to the Oxford lab and grab a dose at cost price

Why should they do that when the Thai Govt. is paying 60thb per dose and having them delivered to Thailand and then manufactured here?

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

11 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

Try to buy it somewhere in the world for 60 thb then

Why would I want to buy it? I pay social security and income tax in Thailand I will wait and get it free from a Thai govt. hospital.

 

Cheers. ????

[FritsSikkink]

44 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

I pay social security and income tax in Thailand I will wait and get it free from a Thai govt. hospital.

 

Cheers. ????

Me too but I won't take the Chinese version which isn't through phase 3 yet.

[lesmac]

On 1/15/2021 at 9:14 PM, Mr Meeseeks said:

Expensive considering the AZ Oxford vaccine is 60thb a shot.

yes 80 B for shot and 1940 into a very large brown

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[billd766]

On 1/16/2021 at 11:43 AM, FritsSikkink said:

Try to buy it somewhere in the world for 60 thb then

You can only buy perhaps a million doses at a time.

 

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/17/covid-vaccines-how-much-they-cost-whos-bought-them-and-how-theyre-stored.html

 

PUBLISHED TUE, NOV 17 20204:49 AM ESTUPDATED WED, NOV 18 202011:40 AM EST

 

 

[Justgrazing]

On 1/15/2021 at 4:07 AM, webfact said:

 

It all depends on what vaccine is best. The capital's health teams are busy determining that. 

 

The blindfolded Coke v Pepsi 

" I can't believe it's not Astravac " type of test maybe ..