Bangkok aims to vaccinate 8 million people by August

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By Subhabhong Rarueysong

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is expected to administer the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine to up to eight million people in Bangkok over the next two or three months, as more non-hospital vaccination centers open daily.

 

Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang said, during a visit to the latest of these clinics at Central Plaza Pinklao Department Store, that the BMA is on course to meet the target of having 25 non-hospital vaccination centers set up across the capital by June 2nd.

 

He said, once all centers are up and running, they will be able to inoculate between 38,000 and 50,000 people a day which, when combined with the vaccination capacity of 126 hospitals in Bangkok, means seven to eight million people will receive their first doses of the vaccine by the end of August.

 

The Central Plaza Pinklao centre, which will be open from 9am to 5pm and hopes to vaccinate up to 1,000 people each day, is part of collaboration between the BMA and the Thai Chamber of Commerce to find privately-owned locations for its mass inoculation campaign.

 

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[Geoffggi]

17 hours ago, webfact said:

He said, once all centers are up and running, they will be able to inoculate between 38,000 and 50,000 people a day which, when combined with the vaccination capacity of 126 hospitals in Bangkok, means seven to eight million people will receive their first doses of the vaccine by the end of August.

Agreed, providing one has the vaccines ................LOL

[MasterBaker]

how this works with 4 month period between 1st and 2nd jab?

[hotchilli]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is expected to administer the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine to up to eight million people in Bangkok over the next two or three months, as more non-hospital vaccination centers open daily

Have they not heard, Siam Biscience can't keep up with demand.

[hotchilli]

21 minutes ago, MasterBaker said:

how this works with 4 month period between 1st and 2nd jab?

One jab [if you're lucky] this year
2nd jab sometime next year.

[hotchilli]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

He said, once all centers are up and running, they will be able to inoculate between 38,000 and 50,000 people a day which, when combined with the vaccination capacity of 126 hospitals in Bangkok, means seven to eight million people will receive their first doses of the vaccine by the end of August

Well that's just dandy for Bangkok... what about the rest of the country?

[Darkside Gray]

Numbers keep slipping for vaccines and arms to be jabbed!

[newnative]

And, just 2 stories down, "Delays in Astra-Zeneca production."  

[natway09]

Unbelievable.

Obviously the right hand is not talking to the left hand !!!

I have no doubt that the Thais can organize these "vaccine centres & also the numbers mentioned.

As I have said before Thais are good at things like this when push comes to shove.

BUT, Without the vaccine being available the whole idea is doomed.

I am also upset that SiamBioScience has been telling "Porkies" on supply

Mr PM< get a grip on this one & start cracking the whip now, as we are  talking about peoples lives, livelihoods, jobs, & standard of living here

[Stargeezr]

I hope that all Thais will have at least their first shot by the end of 2022.  Seeing an ASEAN chart

of COVID deaths, only Indonesia and Philippines seem to have a more likely semi accurate number

compared with most of the other Asian countries.  I certainly will not be going to Laos, or any country that

claims to have less than 1000 people die from COVID so far.  Just saying.

Geezer

[chalawaan]

Gee, if only this country had a few US dollar billionaire monopolists, who could get together and give back just the once, by funding a vaccine for the people who made them billionaires.

It's not like getting the country vaccinnated would not help them recoup the cost in a few months as the economuy picks up, but every single days delay adds a month to the eventual return to "normal" including those vast profits.

Fun Fact: the Thai family that own CP -number 4 on the Thai company rich list of the top ten, who have the monopoly on 7 elevens, are richer than the Korean Lee family that own Samsung, a vast multinational!

Edited May 26, 2021 by chalawaan

[Emdog]

I reckon if you're gonna tell a whopper, might as well make it a big one

[sqwakvfr]

 

No problem.  Here is your vaccine.  Shut up and roll up your sleeve.  "What brand is it"?  NO questions.  See you in 16 weeks.  What is really in the vial?