Ready for your COVID-19 jab? Thailand’s inoculation plan explained

 

 

Thailand’s COVID-19 inoculation programme will likely kick off on Sunday, with top government figures receiving the first jabs to boost public confidence. The vaccine brings hope that the country’s year-long virus nightmare may soon be over.

 

If the vaccine rollout proves a success, the government will regain public faith, the economy will rebound, and life will finally – albeit slowly – get back to normal.

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha is due to be the first person in Thailand to get a COVID-19 shot, with Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul next in queue. They will receive their jabs at Nonthaburi’s Bamrasnadura Infectious Disease Institute, which has laid down a model vaccination procedure for other medical facilities to adopt.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/ready-for-your-covid-19-jab-thailands-inoculation-plan-explained/

 

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9 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

If the vaccine rollout proves a success..

I have to admit that compared to my home country of America, Thailand has done an outstanding job with the pandemic. I truly hope that the vaccine rollout will be a success. 

 

Sure to be a huge success for every general in the land. as for the government regaining faith impossible ????

54 minutes ago, George Bowman said:

I have to admit that compared to my home country of America, Thailand has done an outstanding job with the pandemic. I truly hope that the vaccine rollout will be a success. 

 

 

You think Thailand is doing a better job with its vaccine rollout????

21 minutes ago, John Drake said:

1 hour ago, George Bowman said:

I have to admit that compared to my home country of America, Thailand has done an outstanding job with the pandemic. I truly hope that the vaccine rollout will be a success. 

 

 

21 minutes ago, John Drake said:

 

You think Thailand is doing a better job with its vaccine rollout????

Thailand was placed 4th in the world for its handling of Covid 19 and when one considers that 6 of the top 10 are island nations with no pesky land borders, that is a very credible performance indeed.

 

Of course the country is going to lag behind the developed countries in its vaccination program. It lacks the infrastructure and experience to come up with its own vaccine so it has no choice but to rely on others. 

 

But I'm very confident that once the programme gets rolling, it will be handled as professionally and efficiently as has the irradiation programme been to date. And here of course, with so few cases, there isn't the urgency anyway. They can take their time and do it right.

 

I am currently living in rural Thailand, a place which I regard as just about the safest place to be in the world right now.

1 minute ago, Moonlover said:

Of course the country is going to lag behind the developed countries in its vaccination program.

 

As well as Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia, and every other country in the region. 

8 minutes ago, John Drake said:

10 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

Of course the country is going to lag behind the developed countries in its vaccination program.

 

8 minutes ago, John Drake said:

 

As well as Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia, and every other country in the region. 

Actually it applies to the majority of countries in the world and many are much worse of than the countries of SEA. Go take a swing round Africa.

2 hours ago, rooster59 said:

your COVID-19 jab? Thailand’s inoculation plan explained ........

I suspect at least 2 years in the future.

2 hours ago, George Bowman said:

I have to admit that compared to my home country of America, Thailand has done an outstanding job with the pandemic. I truly hope that the vaccine rollout will be a success. 

 

Centralized public health systems have a much easier task regarding vaccinations, and the Thai people don't follow the mantra of freedom at any cost~face saving does work in certain instances.  Don't forget the denier that was president through most of the pandemic~he said don't worry, and said that if you wear masks, you are not on his side

A vaccine not an inoculation! 

44 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

 

Actually it applies to the majority of countries in the world and many are much worse of than the countries of SEA. Go take a swing round Africa.

 

Are you suggesting it would be more appropriate for Thailand to be in the African Union than ASEAN?

PM's vaccination postponed but no reason given for delay

https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30403113?

2 hours ago, John Drake said:

 

You think Thailand is doing a better job with its vaccine rollout????

That is not what they said. Thailand has done a great job with regards to the pandemic. The US is a case book example of a failure. As are many other countries. UK being one.

2 hours ago, John Drake said:

 

You think Thailand is doing a better job with its vaccine rollout????

Do you have a problem with comprehension?

This is what was said:

"I have to admit that compared to my home country of America, Thailand has done an outstanding job with the pandemic." 

7 minutes ago, sandyf said:

Do you have a problem with comprehension?

This is what was said:

"I have to admit that compared to my home country of America, Thailand has done an outstanding job with the pandemic." 

Included the testing???

2 hours ago, Moonlover said:

Of course the country is going to lag behind the developed countries in its vaccination program

You mean developed countries like Ghana, that due to joining Covax (which Thailand refused to do) has started vaccinating already. 

3 hours ago, George Bowman said:

I have to admit that compared to my home country of America, Thailand has done an outstanding job with the pandemic. I truly hope that the vaccine rollout will be a success. 

 

I have to admit that I've never heard of a country called America. 

1 hour ago, arick said:

A vaccine not an inoculation! 

I thank you for this post.  Though I will concede that everyday conversations usually use the words "vaccination" and "inoculation" as interchangeable, unlike those of use that make a medical, scientific or denotative distinction.

No point in being in the first 5 for handling covid and then last 5 in vaccine roll out - just makes you mediocre and could end up with your vaccine roll out destroying your economy more than the outbreak

4 hours ago, George Bowman said:

I have to admit that compared to my home country of America, Thailand has done an outstanding job with the pandemic. I truly hope that the vaccine rollout will be a success. 

 

they were better holding the virusnat bay...but as far as the vaccine rollout goes, Thailand is left in the dust...not to mention the use of Sinovac is a joke

1 hour ago, Captain_Bob said:

PM's vaccination postponed but no reason given for delay

https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30403113?

Great start to the vaccine plan. Apparently they need some extra documents from Astrazeneca. This does not stop Anutin from getting the Chinese rubbish though so plan still good yeh? 

1 minute ago, Bkk Brian said:

Great start to the vaccine plan. Apparently they need some extra documents from Astrazeneca. This does not stop Anutin from getting the Chinese rubbish though so plan still good yeh? 

Maybe  because they didn't keep it cold and so it's compromised and have to wait for new supply.

 

2 hours ago, Moonlover said:

 

Actually it applies to the majority of countries in the world and many are much worse of than the countries of SEA. Go take a swing round Africa.

Africa behind the west but well in front of Thailand.

 

COVAX announces 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine licensed to Serum Institute of India have arrived in Accra, Ghana; further deliveries to Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire are expected this week.

 

Final first round of allocations for doses of AstraZeneca/Oxford and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, to the majority of countries and economies participating in the COVAX Facility, anticipated to be published in coming days https://www.who.int/news/item/24-02-2021-covid-19-vaccine-doses-shipped-by-the-covax-facility-head-to-ghana-marking-beginning-of-global-rollout

56 minutes ago, Wiggy said:

You mean developed countries like Ghana, that due to joining Covax (which Thailand refused to do) has started vaccinating already. 

 

56 minutes ago, Wiggy said:

You mean developed countries like Ghana, that due to joining Covax (which Thailand refused to do) has started vaccinating already. 

What an example to choose!

 

Ghana Covid cases per million   2,622    Deaths per million  19

Thailand Covid cases per million  370.    Deaths per million    1

 

In other words, if you can't cope with the pandemic, reach for the free vaccines!

 

And that's exactly what Covax is for. To help countries who cannot help themselves.

 

1 hour ago, sandyf said:

Do you have a problem with comprehension?

This is what was said:

"I have to admit that compared to my home country of America, Thailand has done an outstanding job with the pandemic." 

Why do you think that is? I'm sure there's a reason but I doubt many of us will have much of a clue about what it is.

 

If you look at infection rates and map them you can see that most of 'mainland' South East Asia has got by without a massive widespread number of infections, this has been very clear and well known to those watching the numbers (everyone) since last summer.

 

The further away from South East Asia you go, the worse the results are.

 

Why is that? There is an answer.....

 

Well, you may opt to to wait and see. The Chinese exported 300 million jabs while, at the same time, imported 100 million jabs from Germany. 

I - for one - am confused and rather wait for the first results and reports and am willing to put back all activities which are for the vaccinated only. 

The headline says "Ready for your Covid 19 Jab? Thailand's innoculation plan explained" Think there's a lot more explanation required???

 What's the proposed roll-out of inoculations? Thai populace? When? Expats? When? What will be cost? ETC, etc???

 

1 hour ago, stigar said:

Included the testing???

Why the problem with sticking to the point that was made?

Not by me by the way.

23 minutes ago, ukrules said:

Why do you think that is? I'm sure there's a reason but I doubt many of us will have much of a clue about what it is.

 

If you look at infection rates and map them you can see that most of 'mainland' South East Asia has got by without a massive widespread number of infections, this has been very clear and well known to those watching the numbers (everyone) since last summer.

 

The further away from South East Asia you go, the worse the results are.

 

Why is that? There is an answer.....

 

Why the problem with sticking to the point that was made?

You either agree that Thailand has done an outstanding job, or you don't, little to be gained going off at a tangent.

14 minutes ago, Sydebolle said:

Well, you may opt to to wait and see. The Chinese exported 300 million jabs while, at the same time, imported 100 million jabs from Germany. 

Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co., which in March made an agreement with BioNTech to develop and market the mRNA shot in China, will make an advance payment of 250 million euros ($300 million) for an initial 50 million doses. The German vaccine maker will supply no fewer than 100 million doses for China by the end of 2021, Fosun said in a statement filed with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Wednesday.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-16/china-secures-100-million-doses-of-biontech-shot-to-boost-supply