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BANGKOK (NNT) - In response to a question on the timing of bringing the COVID-19 vaccine to the people who are not medical personnel or in priority groups, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Disease Control, Dr. Sophon Iamsirithavorn, has confirmed that the Ministry of Public Health will begin registration of the public in May, and inoculations will start in June.

 

Dr. Sophon said Thailand has received some two million doses of the Sinovac vaccine. They are being given to frontline medical workers and people who are at high risk of severe illness or death from COVID-19.

 

Members of the public will receive the AstraZeneca vaccine produced in Thailand, in June.

 

Between February 28th and April 19th, 555,396 doses were given to people in Thailand, with 485,957 of them receiving their first doses and 69,439 others receiving the second.

 

The ministry’s vaccination plan consists of two steps. The first is to inoculate medical and public health personnel in the public and private sectors as well as volunteers, and frontline workers, such as police, immigration and military officers; people with congenital diseases, people over 60 years old and residents in areas where transmission is occurring. In the second step, provincial committees on communicable diseases are to consider ways to distribute the vaccine to hospitals.

 

Concerning images of women working at entertainment venues in Thong Lor, Bangkok, receiving vaccinations, the Bangkok Communicable Disease Committee had an urgent meeting on April 5th to discuss the vaccination plan to address the Thong Lor cluster. The committee resolved that 6,000 doses will be given to disease control officials, workers at popular venues in Thong Lor, and those who have had close contact with potential COVID-19 carriers. The vaccinations will be given outside risk areas, such as at Bang Khae Market.

 

The doses are not being taken from the quota reserved for medical personnel and frontline workers. They are from the emergency quota, for urgent situations to curb the spread of the outbreak.

 

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12 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The doses are not being taken from the quota reserved for medical personnel and frontline workers. They are from the emergency quota, for urgent situations to curb the spread of the outbreak.

 

Oh, that's OK then.

 

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Why will Thailand use vaccine that is not proven as effective? It will undermine confidence in vaccines.  Yes, we know other vaccines not available and may also be less effective against new variants, but there are modifications and boosters in development. I think in 4-6 months, developed world will be offering booster to inoculated people, while countries like Thailand will still be struggling. Now is time for Thailand to say, help and to get in line, even if it  means it will be at back after Africa.

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5 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Members of the public will receive the AstraZeneca vaccine produced in Thailand, in June.

Hold on a mo'. If they want to open up Phuket on a trial basis, rolling out vaccines in June is going to delay un-quarantine tourists for at least 2-3 months. Which will have a roll on knock on effect for everything else. I think only an idiot would book up for the quarantine free Phuket holidays in July now.

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6 hours ago, EricTh said:

I am not going to take Astrazeneca as there are many reports of blood clots that has been confirmed as one of the side effects. Is that the only option for the public?

Don't forget. The AZ vaccine doesn't work very well at all against the South African variant. 

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The manufacturing plant here is new to producing vaccines.  Makes me a bit nervous, especially when established plants in the US, making the J&J jab, just dumped 15MM doses due to a mixup.

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20 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

The manufacturing plant here is new to producing vaccines.  Makes me a bit nervous, especially when established plants in the US, making the J&J jab, just dumped 15MM doses due to a mixup.

Please replace bit with very. The words <deleted> up and brewery come to mind for some reason!

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12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Between February 28th and April 19th, 555,396 doses were given to people in Thailand, with 485,957 of them receiving their first doses and 69,439 others receiving the second.

????‍♂️

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13 hours ago, EricTh said:

I am not going to take Astrazeneca as there are many reports of blood clots that has been confirmed as one of the side effects. Is that the only option for the public?

There may be 'many reports' (and that is part of the problem, over-hyping of this by the media) but there are a tiny, tiny number of cases.

 

Also, if you're not going to take the AstraZeneca vaccine, which one are you going to take? There are similar reports of exactly the same kind of rare blood clotting condition (thrombocytopenia) with the Pfizer, Moderna and now Johnson & Johnson jabs.

 

Thrombocytopenia with Pfizer and Moderna vaccines

 

EMA initiates review of J&J’s Covid-19 vaccine over blood clot reports

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So sex-workers at hi-so clubs frequented by politicians and the elite receive the vaccine first.

 

Wow, just wow. 

 

Saying any more would get me another ban, so I shall just keep schtum. 

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14 hours ago, Upnotover said:

"Vaccinate the tarts!"  Can you imagine the discussion at the urgent meeting that concluded that this was a way of curbing the spread of the outbreak.  

This makes sense to me; the girls are going to work anyway, and have much higher chances of spreading the virus than most people by the very nature of that work.  Vaccinate one girl and keep many customers safer.

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