Thailand launches vaccine passport, inoculation drive for hotel staff

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Thailand launches vaccine passport, inoculation drive for hotel staff

By Suchat Sritama

 

Hospitality workers in five tourist hotspots across Thailand included in first round of national vaccine drive

 

Thailand inches one step closer to reopening its international borders with the launch of a coronavirus vaccine passport on Thursday, and the continued rollout of the national vaccination drive, with plans to inoculate staff at 58 alternative local quarantine (ALQ) hotels within Q3.

 

Of the vaccination plan, the tourism sector will receive 50,000 doses of Sinovac vaccines, out of a total 200,000 doses that had been shipped to the country in February. The sector expects to receive a second batch of five million doses, out of 26 million doses scheduled to arrive by end-June.

 

These vaccines will be administered to 13,000 employees at 58 ALQ hotels in five major tourist cities – Phuket, Surat Thani, Chon Buri, Chiang Mai and Krabi (the first batch excludes Krabi).

 

Full story: https://www.ttgasia.com/2021/03/05/thailand-launches-vaccine-passport-inoculation-drive-for-hotel-staff/

 

 

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[sirineou]

Yea well, what about the vaccine passport that was "launch on Thursday" what do you do with it?  or is it just decorative? 

[ThailandRyan]

1 hour ago, sirineou said:

Yea well, what about the vaccine passport that was "launch on Thursday" what do you do with it?  or is it just decorative? 

You wear it around your neck on a gold chain like bling.  Look at me, I am vaccinated 

[scorecard]

2 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

You wear it around your neck on a gold chain like bling.  Look at me, I am vaccinated 

Sure but ensure it's a thick clunky gold chain for best effect (never mind the vaccine aspect).

[internationalism]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Of the vaccination plan, the tourism sector will receive 50,000 doses of Sinovac vaccines, out of a total 200,000 doses that had been shipped to the country in February. The sector expects to receive a second batch of five million doses, out of 26 million doses scheduled to arrive by end-June.

 

These vaccines will be administered to 13,000 employees at 58 ALQ hotels in five major tourist cities – Phuket, Surat Thani, Chon Buri, Chiang Mai and Krabi (the first batch excludes Krabi).

it wasn't launched yet, still under consideration.

those 13k hospitality workers (and later during this year 2.5mln) are not going to travel anywhere abroad, it's a misnomer. It's just a certificate of vaccination, like you can get vax book when taking any vax.

That name also reinforces thai state propaganda, that foreigners pose danger to local population. Now it's the other way round, as practically there is no vax in thailand till end of june, and many travellers had already one, hundreds of millions around the world.

 

I do understand, that news comes from travel magazine, which try to be optimistic. Based on thai health minister musings, who contradicts himself every day and likes to be in the spotlight of mass media.

Thailand won't have their own travel passport for incoming travellers. It might be one issued under WHO or air travel organisation IATA. Possibly European Union will also have one earlier, to speed up travel and tourism within it's borders. Those are mulled already for sometime and would be valid internationally.

 

Thai travelling abroad would need rather internationally issued and recognised pass. One problem being such country passports are easier to forge, difficult to check on national database. Probably they won't have biometric chip and no pix.

 

What is beyond believe that tourism sector, which is pretty much not existing now, gets 25% of available vax. They are not different from any other sectors.

That priority is wrong. Only the health workers should get it now  

 

[Surelynot]

Got the hotel, got the rooms ready, got transport to and from, got the staff, got the staff vaccinated.........damn....can't think........there's something missing......

[WHansen]

PM: "Thailand not broke from COVID-19 measures"

 

PM: Thailand so broke from COVID-19 measures, we will now say and do anything to get tourists back-except spend money on vaccinating Thailand