Health authorities to prioritize COVID-19 vaccination drive in Bangkok

[webfact]

 

By Subhabhong Rarueysong

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Department of Disease Control (DDC) is aiming to prioritize the distribution COVID-19 vaccine in Bangkok, during the national inoculation drive next month, to vaccinate at least 70% of the capital’s residents by July.

 

DDC Director-General Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong said the distribution of vaccine for other provinces will vary, depending on the spread of infections in each area. Vaccine registration for people living in the provinces will open on June 14th via local hospitals, mobile apps developed for each province and health volunteers.

 

He said the DDC has adjusted its plan, to allocate vaccines to each province, from a monthly to a weekly basis. Each province must set up its own plan for who should be inoculated first, adding that the department has a quota of five million doses for Bangkok and one million for workers who belong to the Social Security Fund.

 

Dr. Opas said the department is still committed to having at least 70% of the nation receive their first shot by September, as there will be about 50 million vaccine doses available.

 

-- © Copyright NNT 2021-05-31

 

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[lujanit]

AZ or Sinovac?  My guess is you won't be able to choose unless you choose neither and wait for another to become available.

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

DDC Director-General Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong said the distribution of vaccine for other provinces will vary, depending on the spread of infections in each area.

I wonder how that will work-out for Phuket, they try to boast low figures to encourage visitors but that will work against them in the vaccine race.

[ExpatOilWorker]

Did they just throw rual Thailand under the bus?

That's what you get when you wear a red shirt 5 years ago!

[unblocktheplanet]

Fantastic! Now where's the vax???

[connda]

Bangkok (Yellow  shirts) to the front of the line.
Rural folk (Red shirts) behind them.
Foreigners (No shirts) in the back of the line but before tramps and the homeless.

 

Edited May 31, 2021 by connda

[bluedoc]

Latest figures

A record high of 5,485 new cases, including 1,953 in prisons, and 19 deaths were reported in Thailand over a 24-hour period on Monday

[Forza2002]

Daily vaccinations for 1 jab in the past 10 days have averaged 65,000 so how and earth can the DCC possibly inject 70% of the population in such a short time frame. Does nobody in the DDC know how to use a calculator? simple arithmetic shows that is just not possible. Why aren't the press all over this when totally unachievable targets are given? ... https://www.tatnews.org/category/covid-19-stats/

 

Edited June 1, 2021 by Forza2002