Expats in Thailand to receive COVID-19 vaccinations free of charge

[Neeranam]

1 minute ago, Jonathan Swift said:

Well folks you can't fix stupid, nor can you stop a psychopath from hallucinating. Use your own common sense and heed the experts, not some random voice in a forum.

What is the recovery rate then?

[ThailandRyan]

7 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

I mean the law changed to allow any foreigner to get one in 2016. I assume you were working if you got the card in 2012?

I was here on an extension of stay based on marriage to a Thai. Built a house, obtained a yellow book and my pink non immigrant ID card. Worked outside of the country until I turned 50 and retired. Traveled back and forth with re-entry permits for my extensions.

[Bkk Brian]

11 minutes ago, redwood1 said:

Sir the odds of catching covid are almost none and the recovery rate if you do catch it is well over 99% as reported by the mainstream press.....

Sir then you obviously lead a very sheltered life if you believe that.

[shackleton]

I will believe it when it happens 

I still think they are talking about people who are working for Thai Companies Schools  or have a Thai ID

Seemingly Thai immigration count the expats who are retired here 

As guests hence the yearly visa 

not permanent residents 

[Jiggo]

Believe it when I see it as always the case, not only, but mainly in Thailand, yet if it means the Chinese or Russian concoctions , I'll pass, thank you very much.

[sandyf]

16 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Would you like to share the details what these methods are?

Been post on here already but will repeat for those that have difficulty reading.

 

Some village heads are collecting names.

Some local government have registration page on website.

Mor Prom app starts tomorrow.

[ignis]

10 minutes ago, Jonathan Swift said:

I hope deportation is mandatory for anyone who refuses the vaccine. If you're not willing to do your part then you don't deserve to stay here. Which are you more afraid of? The vaccine, or dying miserably from Covid? Or do you think Covid is a hoax/conspiracy?

what a load of rubbish..

 

some of use cannot have vaccines, are very ill after. as a kid spent a lot of time in Hospital after some vaccine....  21 years ago tried the Flue yearly vaccine - very ill = still 21 years later suffer from the side effects.... last Sept tried part 1 of the Pneumonia  vaccine, taken to Hospital in a coma.. after 4 nights Dr said it almost killed you Do Not take part 2............ My Dr said 2 months ago NO do not take the Covid vaccine

 

For some it has nothing to do with refusing the vaccine.... Some of us also cannot take lots of different medications which are the norm for most people, it makes life hard and me as well as Drs must check on side effects of every medication

[sandyf]

16 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Huh?

Why shouldn't high risk expats be on the same schedule as high risk Thais?

 

You should refrain from unsubstantiated comments. The mass vaccination programme has yet to start, merely the data collection phase.

If vaccine desperation is your main focus then I am sure the nanny state will oblige, otherwise wait like the rest of us.

[Neeranam]

14 minutes ago, shackleton said:

I still think they are talking about people who are working for Thai Companies Schools  or have a Thai ID

You mean Non-Thai ID.

[Saltire]

6 minutes ago, sandyf said:

Been post on here already but will repeat for those that have difficulty reading.

 

Some village heads are collecting names.

Some local government have registration page on website.

Mor Prom app starts tomorrow.

This is true but in my village they insisted 'Thai only' which meant 70% of the village (+me) were not able to register.

[Guderian]

I suspect by foreigners they really mean the millions of Burmese, Cambodian, Laotian, Vietnamese and Filipino workers living in Thailand who don't earn enough to be able to afford to get the vaccine privately but who represent a very real health threat to the Thais if they remain unvaccinated. Farang expats are a much smaller group than this and can afford to pay for the vaccines, at least if the government ever does more than simply saying fine things about allowing hospitals to sell them and actually lifts the restrictions currently in place.

[Jonathan Swift]

17 hours ago, Naroge said:

The key words are "reside in Thailand". Until that is clarified there is no point to speculate.

I was allowed back in as an ex pat with non o retirement visa because I "reside in Thailand". It was clearly stated then, seems clear enough now. If you have a permanent residence here, you "reside" here.

[Neeranam]

1 hour ago, inThailand said:

Because the gay pink Id card and yellow book have always been worthless. 

The yellow book is good every 5 years when you renew your driver's license. The gay card ???? 

[Neeranam]

1 hour ago, clivebaxter said:

 

Benefits such as?

Reading in the press how you register for a vaccine, for one. 

[sandyf]

9 minutes ago, Saltire said:

This is true but in my village they insisted 'Thai only' which meant 70% of the village (+me) were not able to register.

My wife registered me on the local government website using my Thai ID number.

Will check the app tomorrow, apparently hospitals have preloaded names of the most vulnerable and I am registered at the hospital under my Thai ID.

[Neeranam]

12 minutes ago, Saltire said:

This is true but in my village they insisted 'Thai only' which meant 70% of the village (+me) were not able to register.

Out of interest, where is this farang village? 

[Happyman567]

45 minutes ago, Jonathan Swift said:

I hope deportation is mandatory for anyone who refuses the vaccine. If you're not willing to do your part then you don't deserve to stay here. Which are you more afraid of? The vaccine, or dying miserably from Covid? Or do you think Covid is a hoax/conspiracy?

Jonathan I agree I am no hero but i will get the vaccine Why should we expect the Thais to get the vaccine and we dont have to What is the old saying" While in Rome do as the Romans do" We live here and we must also do what the Thais will do That is get the vaccine

[darren84310]

Which brand of the vaccine. If it's the Chinese version then they can keep it.

[chuang]

Man farangs will be rubbing their hands in glee... 

[asiaexpat]

Yet to be seen how Non-Thai can register for vaccine. My experience testing the More Prom app shows that only those with a Thai ID, not Pink Card ID, can register. Maybe at hospital, but which hospital? Sounds more like "shut the complaints up" news to me. 

[Neeranam]

1 minute ago, chuang said:

Man farangs will be rubbing their hands in glee

"Man farang" is a potato. 

[Saltire]

1 minute ago, Neeranam said:

Out of interest, where is this farang village? 

Migrant village near Sangkhlaburi border.

70% of locals from Myanmar and Laos. Never heard of a Cambodian here.

They were not pleased at Thai only names registered, some have been here 2 generations.

 

Only one farang.

[Thed]

Good, let us hope enough Pfizer or Moderna will be available

And where / how do we register.

and IF Pfizer would come sooner to private Hospitals or Clinics, happy to pay for it as well

 

[sandyf]

People should note the app is not a free for all.

 

Hospitals throughout the nation have uploaded lists of senior citizens and patients with chronic illnesses into the Mor Prom system in preparation for registrations starting on May 1st. Older citizens will be asked to do so using the LINE application and will have to input their 13-digit identification number and their preferred vaccination time into the system, before selecting a preferred hospital or department store.

 

 

[John Drake]

1 hour ago, Rocking Robert said:

Why do they say free when the taxpayers of Thailand are paying for it

 

Actually it is the citizens of Western countries who are paying for it with their taxes that went towards the expedited development of these vaccines.

[asiaexpat]

5 minutes ago, sandyf said:

My wife registered me on the local government website using my Thai ID number.

Will check the app tomorrow, apparently hospitals have preloaded names of the most vulnerable and I am registered at the hospital under my Thai ID.

What web site was used to register using Pink Card ID? More Prom rejected mine but accepted my wife's Thai ID. Rejection said bad ID number. 

[Neeranam]

Just now, sandyf said:

People should note the app is not a free for all.

 

Hospitals throughout the nation have uploaded lists of senior citizens and patients with chronic illnesses into the Mor Prom system in preparation for registrations starting on May 1st. Older citizens will be asked to do so using the LINE application and will have to input their 13-digit identification number and their preferred vaccination time into the system, before selecting a preferred hospital or department store.

 

 

Thanks for that. I think many expats seem to think the website should appear in their language, or they should receive special treatment, getting the vaccine delivered to them. 

[Neeranam]

Just now, John Drake said:

 

Actually it is the citizens of Western countries who are paying for it with their taxes that went towards the expedited development of these vaccines.

And who gets the profits?

[Neeranam]

1 minute ago, asiaexpat said:

What web site was used to register using Pink Card ID? More Prom rejected mine but accepted my wife's Thai ID. Rejection said bad ID number. 

I suspect you have to be registered in the national system already. 

[John Drake]

1 minute ago, Neeranam said:

And who gets the profits?

 

The people receiving the vaccine are the ones who profit from it.