rooster59 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 AstraZeneca vaccine will be ready for use in mid-March The first batch of 117,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, which have already arrived in Thailand from South Korea, will have to go through a quality control reconfirmation process before they can be used, tentatively in the middle of March, according to the AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company. Officials of the company and the Thai Public Health Ministry have been working together to speed up the reconfirmation process, to make sure that the 117,600 doses of vaccine are up to the highest standard and can be administered as quickly as possible. According to the company, the AstraZeneca vaccine has gone through quality control tests 60 times, from production through to actual vaccinations, and has been approved for use in more than 50 countries. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/astrazeneca-vaccine-will-be-ready-for-use-in-mid-march/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2021-02-28 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mtls2005 Posted February 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2021 Two weeks. Over/under on how much falls off the back of a truck? 3 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Moonlover Posted February 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2021 So now we know why the PM had his nationwide debut jab delayed. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4MyEgo Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 So there's a chance he can still get it, not the jab ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post zzzzz Posted February 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2021 117,600 doses 65 million people. yea thats going to make a big dent in vaccinating the population...LOL 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PatOngo Posted February 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2021 17 minutes ago, Moonlover said: So now we know why the PM had his nationwide debut jab delayed. He was smart enough to reject the Chinese gunk! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Moonlover Posted February 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2021 4 minutes ago, PatOngo said: 21 minutes ago, Moonlover said: So now we know why the PM had his nationwide debut jab delayed. 4 minutes ago, PatOngo said: He was smart enough to reject the Chinese gunk! No that's not the reason. Sinovac has only been approved for those between 18 and 59 years. The PM is 66. 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PatOngo Posted February 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2021 1 minute ago, Moonlover said: No that's not the reason. Sinovac has only been approved for those between 18 and 59 years. The PM is 66. So that would mean none of the political dinosaurs will not be subject to the moonshine? 3 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 17 minutes ago, PatOngo said: So that would mean none of the political dinosaurs will not be subject to the moonshine? Most convenient eh? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post internationalism Posted February 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2021 that is very strange timeline. sinovac arrived on the very same day, wednesday, and was approved on saturday. Now already rolling to hospitals. originally they planned to start vax on thursday. the previous set date was for valentine day. looks, like they are in habit of delaying every step. that is, certainly, blame on health minister, who can't organise a vax program on such small scale. one can wonder how are they going to organise 10mln per month within near future. also what is the real motive for some 20 day delay. I don't buy their official story that paperwork was missing. That is not the trail how large international company, like astrazeneca, operates. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bkk Brian Posted February 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2021 So Prayut was to have the jab today was the promise, without even checking if the quality process had been cleared. Typical untrustworthy announcements. Welcome to Thailand and their vaccination plan 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post colinneil Posted February 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2021 Just now, Bkk Brian said: Welcome to Thailand and their vaccination plan Vaccination plan? U avin a laff? They aint got any plan, just make things up as they go along, i.e. Say what they think the public should hear, truth or not, that dont matter. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
law ling Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Just thinking out loud: with vaccines being in short supply, shouldn't they first test proposed recipients to see if the person already has antibodies - and only give the vax to those not presently having antibodies? (assuming antibody tests are not in short supply) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ftpjtm Posted February 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Moonlover said: No that's not the reason. Sinovac has only been approved for those between 18 and 59 years. The PM is 66. Indonesia approved Sinovac for persons up to age 70. Coincidence that those in charge exempted most of themselves from taking Sinovac? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-07/indonesia-approves-china-s-sinovac-vaccine-for-use-on-elderly 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlover Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 1 hour ago, PatOngo said: 1 hour ago, Moonlover said: No that's not the reason. Sinovac has only been approved for those between 18 and 59 years. The PM is 66. 1 hour ago, PatOngo said: So that would mean none of the political dinosaurs will not be subject to the moonshine? Don't speak too soon. It hasn't been cleared for the 60 plus group-------YET! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RotBenz8888 Posted February 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2021 26 minutes ago, law ling said: Just thinking out loud: with vaccines being in short supply, shouldn't they first test proposed recipients to see if the person already has antibodies - and only give the vax to those not presently having antibodies? (assuming antibody tests are not in short supply) Might just reveil something very unexpected????.. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 4 hours ago, rooster59 said: The first batch of 117,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, which have already arrived in Thailand from South Korea, will have to go through a quality control reconfirmation process before they can be used, tentatively in the middle of March, according to the AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company. And yet the Chinese gear that only turned up a few days ago is being bigged up as already OK'd and ready to roll according to another thread on the vacc' subject .. how can this be or would they be the words of a cynic .. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommers Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 As time passes my confidence in Astra Zeneca decreases. Their initial testing procedures were less than well organised, their production capabilities have been a shambles in Europe, the efficacy of their vaccine is not well substantiated in some categories, it is not effective against at least one of the emerging list of variants and now their paperwork is suspect. Astra Zeneca is traditionally not a vaccine company and Thailand has bet the shop on them along with Siam Bioscience which also has no experience in vaccines. This seems to be a high risk scenario which could easily become a nightmare so I am now of a mind to not have this vaccine if it is made available at my private hospital. It will be interesting to see what options I actually have! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Monster Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Maybe there is some kind of issue with how these Vaccines were acquired, and transported for them to undergo a full verification of Safety by AZ. Just saying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ukrules Posted February 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2021 5 hours ago, rooster59 said: the AstraZeneca vaccine has gone through quality control tests 60 times, from production through to actual vaccinations, and has been approved for use in more than 50 countries Thailands paperwork is number 1, nothing matters more than the paperwork in Thailand. The peasantry will have to sit idly waiting for the rubber stamp. I guess they're lucky this isn't urgent in any way 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcnx Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Isn’t this the vaccine that is not effective against the South African strain? Good luck with that, Thailand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedoc Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 6 hours ago, Moonlover said: No that's not the reason. Sinovac has only been approved for those between 18 and 59 years. The PM is 66. Anutin can have the Chinese Wuhan virus vaccine supplied from China. But he won’t he will get the dirty farrang vaccine. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 4 hours ago, ftpjtm said: Indonesia approved Sinovac for persons up to age 70. Coincidence that those in charge exempted most of themselves from taking Sinovac? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-07/indonesia-approves-china-s-sinovac-vaccine-for-use-on-elderly I would not take it. Not when there are vaccines with efficacy of up to 95% out there. Why subject yourself to the China junk? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bkk Brian Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 10 minutes ago, spidermike007 said: I would not take it. Not when there are vaccines with efficacy of up to 95% out there. Why subject yourself to the China junk? Anutin was supposed to have been injected with that rubbish today, shame, looks like he ducked out of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasabi Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Is there any danger in taking more than one vaccine? If Sinovac were my only choice it seems better than nothing. Then when I return to the USA later I could get a Moderna or Pfizer vaccine... assuming there is no problem having more than one. Why both? Well Sinovac seems better than nothing but the other 2 offer near complete protection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newnative Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 No, it won't 'be ready in March'. Not for you. Not for me. Not for that guy behind the tree. Maybe ready for the PM if he's ready. Dream on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaanben Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 10 hours ago, zzzzz said: 117,600 doses 65 million people. yea thats going to make a big dent in vaccinating the population...LOL 70 million... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 10 hours ago, internationalism said: that is very strange timeline. sinovac arrived on the very same day, wednesday, and was approved on saturday. Now already rolling to hospitals. originally they planned to start vax on thursday. the previous set date was for valentine day. looks, like they are in habit of delaying every step. that is, certainly, blame on health minister, who can't organise a vax program on such small scale. one can wonder how are they going to organise 10mln per month within near future. also what is the real motive for some 20 day delay. I don't buy their official story that paperwork was missing. That is not the trail how large international company, like astrazeneca, operates. Not really strange. They are delaying until the home made vaccine is available. That way, it is an income stream instead of a cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverlomsak Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 11 hours ago, rooster59 said: According to the company, the AstraZeneca vaccine has gone through quality control tests 60 times, from production through to actual vaccinations, and has been approved for use in more than 50 countries. Ah, but it's not the same version as Thailand are going to produce, (to the same Spec, etc.) therefore it may not be as good unless they can get samples to check against the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommysboy Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 8 hours ago, brommers said: As time passes my confidence in Astra Zeneca decreases. Their initial testing procedures were less than well organised, their production capabilities have been a shambles in Europe, the efficacy of their vaccine is not well substantiated in some categories, it is not effective against at least one of the emerging list of variants and now their paperwork is suspect. Astra Zeneca is traditionally not a vaccine company and Thailand has bet the shop on them along with Siam Bioscience which also has no experience in vaccines. This seems to be a high risk scenario which could easily become a nightmare so I am now of a mind to not have this vaccine if it is made available at my private hospital. It will be interesting to see what options I actually have! Sinovac will be available. But the AZ vaccine is spectacularly successful in the UK. Still, it's a free world. Believe what you will! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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