snoop1130 Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Thailand to start first coronavirus vaccinations this week FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker takes a nasal swab sample from a migrant worker during proactive testing at their work place, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will start vaccinating priority groups including health workers against COVID-19 by the end of this week, its prime minister said on Tuesday, a day ahead of the arrival of the country's first coronavirus vaccines. Thailand will receive the first 200,000 of two million doses of Sinovac Biotech's CoronaVac on Wednesday. The Chinese vaccine was given emergency use authorisation on Monday. "We will start injecting the target groups within three days after the vaccines arrive," Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said in a Facebook post. The Sinovac vaccines will be given to priority groups in 13 provinces, the COVID-19 taskforce said. More than half of the 200,000 doses will be earmarked for Samut Sakhon, the epicentre of Thailand's latest outbreak, and the capital, Bangkok. Prayuth said 800,000 more doses will arrive in March and the remaining one million in April, some of which will be used for the second inoculations for priority groups. Prayuth also said that 26 million doses of vaccines on order from AstraZeneca, which has authorised a Thai firm to manufacture its vaccine, will be ready around May to June. Thailand has also reserved a further 35 million doses from AstraZeneca. Thailand will also receive 117,000 imported doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Wednesday, health minister Anutin Charnvirakul told reporters. Those were part of the 150,000 "early doses" he had previously said AstraZeneca would provide from another Asian country. Authorities have received some documents from Johnson & Johnson's Janssen and have been contacted by Moderna and Pfizer, all with a view to registering their COVID-19 vaccines, according to Prayuth. Thailand is aiming to administer 10 million doses a month from June when its mass vaccination campaign is in full swing. -- © Copyright Reuters 2021-02-23 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RotBenz8888 Posted February 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2021 4 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: Authorities have received some documents from Johnson & Johnson's Janssen and have been contacted by Moderna and Pfizer, all with a view to registering their COVID-19 vaccines, according to Prayuth. Received some documents...... Sounds promising???? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BangkokReady Posted February 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2021 So if they're rolling out on of the cheapest and least effective vaccines, what was their reasoning for not being part of Covax? They just didn't want to do it because it is for "poor countries"? It seems like "no choice of vaccine" is a fairly lame excuse, given where their choice has gotten them. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phuketshrew Posted February 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, BangkokReady said: So if they're rolling out on of the cheapest and least effective vaccines, what was their reasoning for not being part of Covax? They just didn't want to do it because it is for "poor countries"? Too transparent with little opportunity for graft. 3 1 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Justgrazing Posted February 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2021 23 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: Thailand is aiming to administer 10 million doses a month from June when its mass vaccination campaign is in full swing Given the crock up they've made in procurement they've got more chance of Anutin sharing a joint with the Pope than meeting that .. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jimbo2014 Posted February 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2021 1 hour ago, BangkokReady said: So if they're rolling out on of the cheapest and least effective vaccines, what was their reasoning for not being part of Covax? They just didn't want to do it because it is for "poor countries"? It seems like "no choice of vaccine" is a fairly lame excuse, given where their choice has gotten them. Nah - its the helpless masses that get the junk Sinovac. The big shots get the proven and safe. https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2073147/anutin-prayut-to-get-astrazeneca-shot?fbclid=IwAR0247ITqb443615FEoB7paomdYJrSZZg_qnomh2G1FJL7G2LdQU5vissW8 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraday Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 2 hours ago, snoop1130 said: Thailand will also receive 117,000 imported doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Wednesday, health minister Anutin Charnvirakul told reporters. Why didn't he mention this in his grand announcement about Dinovac on Monday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solinvictus Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 My guess is the Sputnik vaccine is better than all of these. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4MyEgo Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 "The rest of the vaccine for Thais in 2021 will be AstraZeneca made locally by Siam Bioscience, available from June to August (26 million) and September to December (35 million)". Yeh, no thanks, I will wait for either my preferred choice, the Johnson and Johnson one, if that's nowhere in sight, it will have to be the Moderna or Pfizer, just hope the latter doesn't give me a Bonner, as I wouldn't want to give the nurses the wrong impression. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagfinnur Traustason Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 12 hours ago, snoop1130 said: Thailand will start vaccinating priority groups including health workers against COVID-19 by the end of this week Again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newnative Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Maybe we should all tune back in come June--this is all just a complete waste of time. Maybe a waste of time in June, too. Wake me when the 63 million doses arrive--it won't be our turn until then--if then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasmus5150 Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 22 hours ago, 4MyEgo said: just hope the latter doesn't give me a Bonner, as I wouldn't want to give the nurses the wrong impression Don't worry, nurses love a good "Bonner"..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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