Bangkok aims to vaccinate 70% of residents this year

[Jonathan Fairfield]

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Bangkok’s City Hall has revealed its goal is to vaccinate 70% of its residents by the end of this year, asking the government to allocate at least 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to the capital.

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) said that its target is to vaccinate 5.34 million residents (aged more than 18) against COVID-19 this year.

 

The BMA’s Permanent Secretary Silapasuay Raweesangsoon, said this number of people will account for 70% of the city’s residents, including the non-registered population, with the request for 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to be submitted to the government.

 

The city plans to undertake its mass vaccination project from May-December, with several venues being prepared for different groups of people. Only those with chronic illnesses, people with certain medical conditions, and people aged 60 years old or more will be vaccinated at a hospital.

 

People without chronic illnesses and younger than 60 years old will receive their jabs at vaccination centers outside the hospital. The city will also be providing mobile vaccination services for underprivileged people, residents at shelters, and at nursing homes.

 

Registration will be required to allow the staff to prepare enough doses of vaccine, and to prevent crowding at each vaccination venue.

 

Nine non-hospital venues are now being prepared to host vaccination centers, namely SCG Bang Sue office, Central Ladprao shopping center, True Digital Park, Thanya Park shopping center, The Mall Bang Kapi shopping center, Robinson Lifestyle Lad Krabang shopping center, Central Pinklao shopping center, The Mall Bang Khae shopping center, and Lotus Minburi superstore. Each of these places will be able to vaccinate around 14,000 people per day.

 

The BMA is expected to receive 500,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine in June, which will be given to medical and health workers, disease control officers, people with concerning chronic diseases, people more then 60 years old, and then to the general public.

 

 

 

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[colinneil]

Not going to happen, just like me walking, not going to happen.

[n00dle]

13 minutes ago, angey said:

i wonder why the authorities allow  shisha shops and cafes to operate til early hours of the morning in nana area &,sukhmvit soi 3,soi 5,soi 11 and many other places

 

Not sure what you are talking about, I live on 11 and regularly make forays on my bike out on 3, 5, 11 etc.

 

There is not a single shisha shop active ,most Arab businesses have shuttered and the arabic area fondly referred to as soi terrorist has been almost completely desrted for months. I pass through it every few days on my way to foodland, soi 5 is almost vacant of the shops that were once there.

 

And the sneaky soi 11 beer bars have also given up.

 

Seems an odd segment to call out.

 

They dont even turn on the lights in the square in the evenings.  

 

 

[mickymouse1]

35 minutes ago, angey said:

i wonder why the authorities allow  shisha shops and cafes to operate til early hours of the morning in nana area &,sukhmvit soi 3,soi 5,soi 11 and many other places

Why do they allow pubs and Cafs to operate ?

[onekoolguy]

Quit talking and make something happen!

I am quite willing to pay!

Is that too much to ask?

[n00dle]

19 minutes ago, mickymouse1 said:

Why do they allow pubs and Cafs to operate ?

 

They dont. Its that simple.

 

The businesses the poster is talking about have been <deleted>tered for months on end.  

 

I can only speculate the poster may have some issues with these types of businesses or heir proprietors and is not limited by facts when they use them to make a point. 

 

If asked to go out and snap a quick shot of one of these allegedly operational shisha bars I expect the posters only resonse would be silence.

[1duckyboy]

Taking aim with an vaccineless gun.

[Geoffggi]

4 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

Bangkok’s City Hall has revealed its goal is to vaccinate 70% of its residents by the end of this year, asking the government to allocate at least 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to the capital.

As usual Bangkok looking after itself first, without a thought for the rest of the county ..........

[richard_smith237]

16 minutes ago, Geoffggi said:

As usual Bangkok looking after itself first, without a thought for the rest of the county ..........

 

What else would you do?.... 

 

Bangkok holds 15% of Thailands population in a higher population density than anywhere else in the country....

 

Thus: the highest risk of spread anywhere in Thailand is in Bangkok. Would you choose to ignore that to deliberately avoid any irrational criticism of bias towards those in the capital ???

 

 

 

 

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

Bangkok’s City Hall has revealed its goal is to vaccinate 70% of its residents by the end of this year, asking the government to allocate at least 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to the capital.

A shocking statement of inadequacy.

[newnative]

    Can't even get the months right.  Expects to start vaccinating in May but doesn't receive the vaccines until some time in June.  Good luck.

[angey]

2 hours ago, n00dle said:

 

Not sure what you are talking about, I live on 11 and regularly make forays on my bike out on 3, 5, 11 etc.

 

There is not a single shisha shop active ,most Arab businesses have shuttered and the arabic area fondly referred to as soi terrorist has been almost completely desrted for months. I pass through it every few days on my way to foodland, soi 5 is almost vacant of the shops that were once there.

 

And the sneaky soi 11 beer bars have also given up.

 

Seems an odd segment to call out.

 

They dont even turn on the lights in the square in the evenings.  

 

 

r u one of the owners of those shops?just walked down soi 5,the workers are calling customers to come into their shop.

[cmarshall]

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

What else would you do?.... 

 

Bangkok holds 15% of Thailands population in a higher population density than anywhere else in the country....

 

What do you people just like to make up statistics for the fun of it?  Bangkok has a population of 5,200 per square kilometer.  Doesn't even make the list of the top 68 cities of which Hoboken at number 68 has three times the density of Bangkok.

 

Sheesh.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_proper_by_population_density#Cities_by_population_density

[angey]

2 hours ago, n00dle said:

 

They dont. Its that simple.

 

The businesses the poster is talking about have been <deleted>tered for months on end.  

 

I can only speculate the poster may have some issues with these types of businesses or heir proprietors and is not limited by facts when they use them to make a point. 

 

If asked to go out and snap a quick shot of one of these allegedly operational shisha bars I expect the posters only resonse would be silence.

r u one of the owners of those shops?just walked down soi 5,the workers are calling customers to come into their shop

[n00dle]

3 minutes ago, angey said:

r u one of the owners of those shops?just walked down soi 5,the workers are calling customers to come into their shop

So you didnt get picture or video then.

 

Oki doks.

[unblocktheplanet]

16 minutes ago, cmarshall said:

 

What do you people just like to make up statistics for the fun of it?  Bangkok has a population of 5,200 per square kilometer.  Doesn't even make the list of the top 68 cities of which Hoboken at number 68 has three times the density of Bangkok.

 

Sheesh.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_proper_by_population_density#Cities_by_population_density

Jeez, I'm a Jersey boy! Hoboken rules, just a ferry away from NYC. Best skyline views across the Hudson.

 

I'm a foreigner but I'm registered, if that means having a Thai ID number on my pink card.

 

I'll believe vaccination when I see it. Honestly, I prefer to pay for a vaccine of my choice, currently Sputnik V or J&J.

 

Blood clots? Well, life's a gambit, innit?

[wasabi]

And Pattaya is going to be the next Miami.

[Dont confuse me]

When has LoS ever achieved any of it's published goals/promises?

Dream on unfortunately it's not going to happen!

Spain was locked down for the best part of 3 month's and was subject to some of the most stringent regulations imposed yet is still to this day experiencing case's.

Welcome to the world of restrictions.

[Caldera]

2 hours ago, Geoffggi said:

As usual Bangkok looking after itself first, without a thought for the rest of the county ..........

 

In this particular case, there's no valid reason to criticize this. Considering that this is a BMA announcement, not a Thai government announcement, looking after Bangkok is exactly what they are supposed to do.

[connda]

Blah, blah, blah. 

We need a lot less talk and a lot more action.

[KC 71]

7 minutes ago, connda said:

Blah, blah, blah. 

We need a lot less talk and a lot more action.

Good ElvisTune ,that ????

[RocketDog]

More white, or should I say khaki, noise. 

[Smilermike]

Hope so and hope same with other provinces. But first gotta see it to beleve it