Foreigners' vaccination: Mobile app to be available or direct contact with hospitals from June

[webfact]

Picture: Bangkok Business News

 

Foreigners living in Thailand will be able to register for vaccinations against Covid-19 from June using either a mobile app or direct contact with hospitals. 

 

This was announced by Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Thanee Saengrat yesterday, reported Bangkok Business News. 

 

Foreigners are unable to use the Mor Prom app but other channels are now being prepared so that non-Thais living in the country can get their vaccinations from next month.

 

Thanee said that getting everyone, not just Thais, vaccinated especially in vulnerable groups was key.

 

Foreign migrant workers who are especially at risk will go first, followed by embassy and NGO personnel then foreigners living in the country. 

 

The rollout will be from June until the rest of the year and the aim is to get the job done as fast as possible. 

 

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[keith101]

5 minutes ago, webfact said:

Foreign migrant workers who are especially at risk will go first, followed by embassy and NGO personnel then foreigners living in the country. 

 

The rollout will be from June until the rest of the year and the aim is to get the job done as fast as possible. 

So for most of us it will closer to the end of the year before we can be vaccinated except for those who cant wait and want to pay for it .

[Disparate Dan]

7 minutes ago, keith101 said:

except for those who cant wait and want to pay for it

Nothing in the OP about not paying for it.

[finnsk]

If the private hosptals get Moderna vaccine, and do the jabs at 3000 Baht, Then I think I will not wait for some free Chinese sh..

 

It seems that Pfizer and Moderna is the best vaccines, with the best technologi and close to no side effects.

 

But all depends on the time frames.

[DirtyHarry55]

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Foreigners living in Thailand will be able to register for vaccinations against Covid-19 from June using either a mobile app or direct contact with hospitals. 

 

So foreigners will be able to register in June a whole month later than Thai's will they get vaccinated at the same time as Thai's in June though or

is it a fist come first serve? Why even have 2 registration systems???

By hook or by crook I'm sure they will keep their promise to vaccinate Thai's first and blame it on IT error or whatever but it will be just deceit to appear as not intentionally breaking their good ethics agreement with Astrazenca.
But watch this space come June I seriously hope I'm wrong lets see.

Edited May 10, 2021 by DirtyHarry55

[Saltire]

I am hoping I won't have to trek hundreds of kilometres to get a jab, twice.

 

No news other than one new foreigner vaccine centre in Bangkok.

 

 

[bdenner]

Just waiting for @Scott to start another "poll" on when this announcement will "flip flop".

 

Or is it a "flip flop" from a previous thread, in my olde age I'm loosing track of all this schite!

[club]

27 minutes ago, finnsk said:

If the private hospitals get Moderna vaccine, and do the jabs at 3000 Baht, Then I think I will not wait for some free Chinese sh..

 

It seems that Pfizer and Moderna is the best vaccines, with the best technology and close to no side effects.

 

But all depends on the time frames.

Agree, Pfizer and Moderna are the best and if offered to me before I go to the USA in November i would gladly pay for it

[DirtyHarry55]

There's an estimated 15m Thai's in the high risk zone but so far only 1.5m have registered

I expect foreigners will be able to register after the majority of those high risk Thai's have registered.
Let's see.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

The last word from a CCSA spokesman in a EN news briefing last week was that the government is going to update the current Mor Prom app for Thais to allow foreigners to register with it, using their passport numbers, when the time comes. But they haven't updated that app yet!!!

 

The other bit of info, alluded to above, is that they're planning to use Bangrak Hospital in Bangkok as one of the vaccination centers specifically set up for foreigners with EN speaking staff on site. The spokesman who mentioned that also indicated there likely will be other such locations for foreigners as well, they just haven't identified them publicly yet.

 

[RotBenz8888]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

the aim is to get the job done as fast as possible. 

Fastest possible snail pace. 

[pookiki]

It seems a bit strange to me that 'NGO' personnel jump the queue ahead of 'other' foreigners in the general population that would be at higher risk.  What makes NGO personnel so special?  Will foreigners be allowed to go any hospital to register if we can't register with the app?

[rbkk]

41 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

The last word from a CCSA spokesman in a EN news briefing last week was that the government is going to update the current Mor Prom app for Thais to allow foreigners to register with it, using their passport numbers, when the time comes. But they haven't updated that app yet!!!

 

The other bit of info, alluded to above, is that they're planning to use Bangrak Hospital in Bangkok as one of the vaccination centers specifically set up for foreigners with EN speaking staff on site. The spokesman who mentioned that also indicated there likely will be other such locations for foreigners as well, they just haven't identified them publicly yet.

 

The "Thai" Mor Prom app was updated to Version 2 recently. Still no "Expat" app....I really must invest in a pair of binoculars to help me see further down the road but with all the smoke and mirrors I'm not sure if that would help!

[Dogmatix]

So will they drag foreigners who managed to register in the Mor Prom app kicking and screaming out of the queue?

[Sheryl]

2 hours ago, DirtyHarry55 said:

 

So foreigners will be able to register in June a whole month later than Thai's will they get vaccinated at the same time as Thai's in June though or

is it a fist come first serve? Why even have 2 registration systems???

 

Because the system for Thais is based on Thai ID numbers. And is entirely in Thai, including need to type in entries in Thai.

 

The article is incorrect in stating that foreigners are unable to register on the current app. Some can and have. But only those with a Thai ID number and able to navigate the Thai language aspect.  Save to say majority of foreigners are not.

 

Another factor is that the vaccination in June is restricted to people over 60 and with chronic diseases. The vast majority of foreigners in Thailand are migrant workers and very, very few of them would qualify, so no real need for a system for them to register now as not negligible for that phase.

 

While expats tend to hear the word "foreigner" as meaning "western expats" that is nto what it means to the Thai government. Western expats are a very tiny minority of the foreigners living in Thailand.

 

 

[clivebaxter]

Now they just have to tell the Hospitals this as at present none of them appear to have been told anything about foreigners getting vaccinated, not that where you were born should make any difference.

[Sheryl]

2 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

The last word from a CCSA spokesman in a EN news briefing last week was that the government is going to update the current Mor Prom app for Thais to allow foreigners to register with it, using their passport numbers, when the time comes. But they haven't updated that app yet!!!

 

The other bit of info, alluded to above, is that they're planning to use Bangrak Hospital in Bangkok as one of the vaccination centers specifically set up for foreigners with EN speaking staff on site. The spokesman who mentioned that also indicated there likely will be other such locations for foreigners as well, they just haven't identified them publicly yet.

 

 

By update I think they meant issue a different version for use by non-Thais. That was always the plan. It would hardly be feasible to update the existing app which is in heavy use, and a dual Thai-English app using multiple ID codes would be unwieldy to manage.

 

Regarding vaccination centers for foreigners keep in mind that the target group is migrant workers and that this is whom they are thinking of when they talk about foreigner vaccination. Doesn't mean western expats can't use them, but they are nto being set up with western expats in mind.

[Sheryl]

37 minutes ago, Dogmatix said:

So will they drag foreigners who managed to register in the Mor Prom app kicking and screaming out of the queue?

Excellent question. Suggest you address it to @PR Thai Government via  twitter or facebook

[crazykopite]

3 hours ago, finnsk said:

If the private hosptals get Moderna vaccine, and do the jabs at 3000 Baht, Then I think I will not wait for some free Chinese sh..

 

It seems that Pfizer and Moderna is the best vaccines, with the best technologi and close to no side effects.

 

But all depends on the time frames.

All my family and relatives in the U.K. and there a lot of them have had the AZ the youngest being 30 and non of them have had any issues so I will be getting the AZ if it’s good enough for them it’s good enough for me and I’m 70 years young there is more chance of me being killed by a drunk Thai than of dying from the AZ

[FritsSikkink]

43 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

Because the system for Thais is based on Thai ID numbers. And is entirely in Thai, including need to type in entries in Thai.

 

The article is incorrect in stating that foreigners are unable to register on the current app. Some can and have. But only those with a Thai ID number and able to navigate the Thai language aspect.  

Besides the Thai ID number, which you have if you have social security, you need the number of the back of the pink id card to register. So Thai ID isn't enough.

[Sheryl]

3 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

Besides the Thai ID number, which you have if you have social security, you need the number of the back of the pink id card to register. So Thai ID isn't enough.

People report being able to just enter a dash in that line and register

 

But you will need to enter your name as spelled in Thai

[FritsSikkink]

Just now, Sheryl said:

People report being able to just enter a dash in that line and register

 

But you will need to enter your name as spelled in Thai

Will try that thanks, Name is on the marriage certificate.

[Jingthing]

Its all well and good to point out that the majority of foreigners are migrant workers but the majority of people on ThaiVisa.com  that live in Thailand are Western expats.

So we appropriately want and need to know how whatever announcement du jour might effect us. I suppose hearing that they aren't even thinking about us if true is useful in its own depressing way.

[ebean001]

is it 3000b for both jabs or 3000 each

[Jingthing]

Reading between the lines and feel free to correct me, as this announced plan is for starting to book in June it sounds to me that could be negative news for high risk expats (over 60 / certain health conditions) who had hoped to be included in the June start date (booking in May) the same schedule as Thais.

 

Possible exceptions of course are the expats that managed to book with the current Thaicentric booking tool if those bookings are actually honored.

Edited May 10, 2021 by Jingthing

[vandeventer]

15 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

Besides the Thai ID number, which you have if you have social security, you need the number of the back of the pink id card to register. So Thai ID isn't enough.

I have a feeling that there mat be a black market with these vaccines coming sooner rather that later. But would it be trusted?

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, vandeventer said:

I have a feeling that there mat be a black market with these vaccines coming sooner rather that later. But would it be trusted?

Not trusted. 

[HarrySeaman]

3000 Bt pre-vaccination Covid-19 testing, 3000 Bt for two shots of the vaccine, 1000 Bt hospital facilities charge/visit, 1000 Bt nursing fee/visit, 1000 Bt doctors fee/visit, etc., etc., etc.

 

Call me a cynic but I have been visiting and living here for over 20 years and have always felt that the government only cared about me as an ATM, never about me as a person.  Twenty years ago Thai hospitals were good and charged foreigners about the same as Thais.  Now they are just as bad as the government, all they are interested in is money, money, money.  They remind me more and more of the hospitals in the US.

[Scouse123]

Foreign migrant workers who are especially at risk will go first, followed by embassy and NGO personnel then foreigners living in the country. 

 

The above doesn't make sense to me!

 

A foreign migrant would be at less risk than an elderly or older foreigner unless they were  in the high risk group. Is this just poor translation?

 

By and large, around the world they have classed people over a certain age and people with pre-existing conditions such as cancer, respiratory illnesses, diabetes etc as the high risk groups.

 

 

 

[club]

3 hours ago, club said:

Agree, Pfizer and Moderna are the best and if offered to me before I go to the USA in November i would gladly pay for it

I would prefer to be fully vaccinated before I travel 7000 miles, and my insurance would cover the cost of vaccine here