‘Tourism provinces’ not included in first roll out of COVID-19 vaccine in Thailand

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‘Tourism provinces’ not included in first roll out of COVID-19 vaccine in Thailand

 

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A spokesman for the CCSA Covid authority claimed that tourism provinces figured greatly in plans for vaccination.

 

Yet this came after they were virtually ignored in the first round of vaccination.

 

Yesterday it was confirmed that in the initial rollout from February to April only ten provinces would get a look in.

 

Phuket and Surat Thai - where Koh Samui is suffering greatly - were not in the plans at all. Neither was Krabi.

 

Rayong, Chonburi (Pattaya province), Trat (Koh Chang) and Chantaburi were included. But in these provinces only medical personnel and those treating and in close contact with Covid people would be vaccinated.

 

Only in three provinces including Bangkok - admittedly a tourist center - would people with chronic heath conditions and over 60s get a jab.

 

The others were Tak in the north west and Samut Sakhon - both areas of outbreaks but hardly tourism centers. 

 

Yet yesterday Apisamai Srirangsan of the CCSA responding to questions from the Thai press said:

 

"Tourism provinces are part of the (vaccination) plan for sure"

 

"The CCSA," she further claimed, "gives importance to tourism as a key (economic) driver of the country".

 

In the light of her comments tourism businesses in the south as well as the eastern seaboard and Chiang Mai are likely to be asking:

 

If we're so important why will we have to wait until June?

 

Dr Apisamai said that medical personnel will be jabbed from February to May (not April as previously stated in the media) and only from June to December will a wider rollout be mounted. 

 

 

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[RichardColeman]

5 minutes ago, webfact said:

If we're so important why will we have to wait until June?

Three words ? Chaotic vaccine purchasing 

[Geoffggi]

28 minutes ago, webfact said:

Yesterday it was confirmed that in the initial rollout from February to April only ten provinces would get a look in.

No problem it's only the Chinese jab, people will realise some things are worth waiting for ...................LOL

[GeorgeCross]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

If we're so important why will we have to wait until June?

 

hi-so's first na khrap.

 

 

[internationalism]

tourism industry is not important, at this time.

there won't be many international tourists for many years, and locals don't bring new strains.

first of all - all health workers, including private health care.

everybody else can wait or get private (when they are allowed to import)

 

[mr_lob]

Tourism provinces breathe a collective sigh of relief that the Chinese vaccine will remain in BKK...

[Mike Rodik]

first the RICH, than the hospital / care people

 

if any left...

[hotchilli]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

f we're so important why will we have to wait until June?

Health workers are more important than bar managers... is it so hard to figure out.

You'll get yours later in the year along with everyone else.

[ChakaKhan]

19 hours ago, GeorgeCross said:

 

hi-so's first na khrap.

 

 

Diseased falang to the back of the line!.....(pushes us with a stick)..and cannot make fish waffle--for thai people only!!

  20 baht!

[ChakaKhan]

8 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

You'll get yours later in the year along with everyone else.

Welcome Teerak!....How long u stay thailaaaan???

[Sametboy2019]

Tourism provinces’ not included in first roll out of COVID-19 vaccine in Thailand

Rayong, Chonburi (Pattaya province), Trat (Koh Chang) and Chantaburi were included. But in these provinces only medical personnel and those treating and in close contact with Covid people would be vaccinated.

 

All three are Tourism provinces. 

 

 

[hotchilli]

12 minutes ago, ChakaKhan said:

Welcome Teerak!....How long u stay thailaaaan???

Never been to Nana Plaza... but I think I got a whiff of it one day when I had to go to Trendy building...

Got off BTS just up the road.

[ChakaKhan]

8 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Never been to Nana Plaza... but I think I got a whiff of it one day when I had to go to Trendy building...

Got off BTS just up the road.

Nor have I, as soon as I hit swampy Im waiting for next flight up north to CNX...sorry ladies ????

[foreverlomsak]

21 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Three words ? Chaotic vaccine purchasing 

or not done yet?

[madmen]

I look at her face and see no farang friendless there. 

[djayz]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

If we're so important why will we have to wait until June?

Not Bangkok. 

[Lapun]

OK, so the govt decided to vaccinate the health care workers & other at risk people in 10 of the 15 Provinces with the most cases. And people are complaining?

 

Surat Thani has had 11 cases in the 2nd wave. Phuket has had 3. Samut Sakhon has had 15,665. It's not about the rich. It's about Covid control.

 

Or so I would like to think.