Phuket officials target island mass vaccination by Oct 1

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Phuket officials target island mass vaccination by Oct 1
By The Phuket News

Vachira Phuket Hospital Director Dr Chalermpong Sukontapon speaks to the press at the mass vaccination launch last week. Photo: PPHO / file

PHUKET: Phuket officials will file a request to receive enough doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to ensure that 432,000 people in Phuket have been vaccinated for COVID-19 by Oct 1.

Vachira Phuket Hospital Director Dr Chalermpong Sukontapon announced the news during a press conference this morning (Mar 10).

Dr Chalermpong sits on the Phuket Communicable Disease Committee, which oversees all matters relating to COVID-19 in Phuket.

Full story:  https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-officials-target-island-mass-vaccination-by-oct-1-79291.php

 

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[Valentine]

Why 432,000? Is that the official population? Even though many have left there could still be twice that number on the island.