By Tanakorn Sangiam

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Minister of Public Health, said today that major COVID-19 clusters in Thailand, mostly in construction workers’ camps, prisons, and slums are back under control. Health authorities will be giving AstraZeneca vaccine to low-risk people, as the vaccine is known to help boost immunity and reduce the transmissibility of the virus.

 

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul has discussed the government’s progress in containing COVID-19 transmission, especially in major clusters, saying that the situation is under control.

 

Large clusters of people infected with COVID-19 have recently been reported linked to densely populated communities in Bangkok, construction workers’ camps, and most prominently at correctional facilities across the country.

 

Mr Anutin said the health system is still capable of treating patients from these clusters, despite the overwhelming number, while uninfected villagers and inmates at these locations will urgently be given COVID-19 jabs.

 

He said AstraZeneca vaccine will be used on this mission, to help boost a person’s immunity and reduce the virus’ transmissibility.

 

Meanwhile, the country’s mass vaccination program will be commencing next month starting with people 60 years or older, and patients with chronic illnesses.

 

Most hospitals and third party venues offering the jabs will require the recipients to book an appointment in advance, which can be done on Mohprompt LINE chatbot or a standalone mobile app, via a local village health volunteer, or directly with a hospital.

 

Mr Anutin said advance appointments will give the Department of Disease Control a target for vaccine distribution. Companies and other organizations can also request a vaccination service for their employees, by sending an official request to the department.

 

Some vaccination venues will be offering services to people without appointments. Under this arrangement, Mr Anutin said walk-ins will be waitlisted to receive the jabs if persons with an appointment fail to show up, in order to ensure the vaccine does not go to waste.

 

-- © Copyright NNT 2021-05-19

 

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sinovac barely meets WHO thresholds in efficacy running at slightly above 50%

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Health Minister confident key clusters under control

Judging by his proclamations so far, I'm sure most of the population must be confident the health minister is full of bull exctreta.

And it was going to be under control about 3 weeks ago he said.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul has discussed the government’s progress in containing COVID-19 transmission, especially in major clusters, saying that the situation is under control.

Under control my a##e, you are totally out of your depth, havnt got a clue what you are doing, so you just spout garbage, to make it appear you do know.

Best just shut up, as you are just making yourself look stupid.

Just now, colinneil said:

Best just shut up, as you are just making yourself look stupid.

 

He doesnt need to open his mouth to look stupid - just look at the  medics shirt that he wears. 

If our health minister is confident than e have to get worried..

17 minutes ago, Petey11 said:

And it was going to be under control about 3 weeks ago he said.

Yes but no one has told him yet that "Knacker lacquer adds lustre to your cluster"

The only lack of confidence I have ever seen this minister express is in the hygiene standards of foreigners.

2 hours ago, smedly said:

sinovac barely meets WHO thresholds in efficacy running at slightly above 50%

 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The Minister of Public Health, said today that major COVID-19 clusters in Thailand, mostly in construction workers’ camps, prisons, and slums are back under control. Health authorities will be giving AstraZeneca vaccine to low-risk people, as the vaccine is known to help boost immunity and reduce the transmissibility of the virus

He's been saying it's under control for 16 months

3 hours ago, smedly said:

sinovac barely meets WHO thresholds in efficacy running at slightly above 50%

Yeah but it's cheap and available... efficacy doesn't even figure.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

saying that the situation is under control.

As much control as he has over his own mouth=0. 

We shouldn't just judge ANUTIN on his performance and competence he is a perfect fit along side all his government colleagues all hand picked by the general commanding everything except respect and the country.

He looks like he's singing a song in that picture. Perhaps he's thinking of changing career!

I'd be confident too, with my amulets....

 

 

52 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

I'd be confident too, with my amulets....

 

 

"I have an amulet for every day of the year! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,... 25! I am 500 years old!"

1 hour ago, mtls2005 said:

I'd be confident too, with my amulets....

There's an irony there. A health minister relying on superstition.

He must be following in the path of our frog-kissing illustrious leader.

Ufff, finally.

Will go out for a big walk today. Feeling much more secure and relieved now.

And why does he always wear medical shirts?

He should rather wear a builders overall.

5 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

There's an irony there. A health minister relying on superstition.

He must be following in the path of our frog-kissing illustrious leader.

Was looking "Bad men 2" in his private cinema.

16 minutes ago, AlfHuy said:

And why does he always wear medical shirts?

He should rather wear a builders overall.

I was thinking more:

 

Edited May 19, 20215 yr by bluesofa
misprit

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The Minister of Public Health, said today that major COVID-19 clusters in Thailand, mostly in construction workers’ camps, prisons, and slums are back under control.

 

Wow.....another band-aid, more BS.....from another nutter.

14 minutes ago, AlfHuy said:

Ufff, finally.

Will go out for a big walk today. Feeling much more secure and relieved now.

'and relieved now'   Not on the beach surely, did you take a poop bag with you?

2 hours ago, mrfill said:

 

 

I'm a little confused, 5 months ?

 

Anutin was the first to receive the jab on 28 February 2021, so that's 3 months, where do they get 5 months from, could this be more Anutin horse manure ?

 

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2075811/anutin-gets-first-covid-jab-as-vaccinations-finally-begin

Edited May 19, 20215 yr by 4MyEgo

4 hours ago, nikmar said:

 

He doesnt need to open his mouth to look stupid - just look at the  medics shirt that he wears. 

 

We know how they love their uniforms, it gives them an ' aura ' of power and superiority.

Spokeman for CCSA saying clusters NOT under control. People warned to be extra careful. Health Minister does't know what CCSA is saying. What a complete and utterly brainless, incompetent moron this guy is. Definetly PM material with these attributes.

4 minutes ago, Scouse123 said:

 

We know how they love their uniforms, it gives them an ' aura ' of power and superiority.

Imagine he was the "Minister of Space affairs" or "Minister of the Special Forces". 

He would walk like this to his Government meetings.

12 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Spokeman for CCSA saying clusters NOT under control. People warned to be extra careful. Health Minister does't know what CCSA is saying. What a complete and utterly brainless, incompetent moron this guy is. Definetly PM material with these attributes.

'Health Minister does't know what CCSA is saying'

Heresy, pure heresy.

He's just got his mouth set on 'random' at the moment.

23 minutes ago, AlfHuy said:

Imagine he was the "Minister of Space affairs" or "Minister of the Special Forces".

{snipped}.

Perhaps a more impossible mission for Big Nut:

Minister of Spatial Awareness, with special duty to encourage car drivers to observe their surroundings.