Gov confident it can meet 120 day reopening goal

[snoop1130]

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Supattanapong Punmeechaow has clarified the government’s intention of reopening the entire nation to foreigners within 120 days, saying the countdown will start on July 1, placing its deadline at the end of October this year.

 

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha detailed in a statement that the government has established contact with six COVID-19 vaccine producers, with AstraZeneca and Sinovac already making deliveries and Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson, Moderna and Sinopharm already at the signing and reservation phases. Overall, the country is to receive 105.5 million doses, exceeding an initial target of 100 million, which will allow for the vaccination of 50 million people or 70 percent of the population.

 

The PM outlined that to meet the government’s timeline, 10 million doses have to be administered on a monthly basis, acknowledging that sufficient vaccine is not available for the month of June. He elaborated that the target for the month was six million doses but so far only 1.8 million have arrived.

 

Deputy Minister of Public Health Satit Pitutecha, fielding questions from Seri Ruam Thai Party MPs on behalf of the PM in Parliament, claimed today that Thailand has an agreement with AstraZeneca for 61 million doses of its vaccine and was set to receive 6 million of the doses in June. At present, 1 million doses are bound for the country next week, while the total received so far is 4 million doses. From July to November this year, the nation is to receive a further 10 million doses every month before a final delivery of 5 million doses in December. He expressed confidence the deliveries will proceed as planned.

 

The government is also looking to the approaching Phuket Tourism Sandbox program to bolster confidence in its reopening plans. The Sandbox scheme is to be launched on July 1, and Phuket is stepping up efforts to achieve a target of 70 percent of its population vaccinated by that date. Hotels, tourism businesses and restaurants are giving full support to the plan, securing SHA and SHA+ certification by enhancing hygiene measures, and vaccinating over 70 percent of their staff. So far, 300 hotels have received SHA+.

 

Overall, public cooperation with the program has been forthcoming with all sides hoping the reintroduction of tourists will bolster the local economy.

 

With a clear timeline for vaccinations, stringent control of preventative measures and good cooperation, the government is confident it will make good on its plan to reopen the entire nation in 120 days under the New Normal.

 

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[Blumpie]

I'm confident they will meet their goals too.

The only thing I"m not confident in is who in the living world would go other than a few people who have been to Thailand 20 times.  

Tourism will not recover until vaccines are put in arms.  And if you think the Chinese will come right now you're absolutely dreaming.  

[sammieuk1]

Dr Yong and Dr Opas must be googleing Houdini escapology for dummies right now ????   

[RotBenz8888]

35 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

within 120 days,

Easy to keep saying "within 120 days".... makes you kinda doubt we'll ever get there... 

[CALSinCM]

I wonder what the odds are with the London bookmakers?

[damascase]

If they want to create confidence among potential tourists and the relevant businesses, they should define ‘reopening the entire nation’ at an early stage. If they keep changing rules and conditions till the last possible moment, like in the Phuket case, both categories will skeptically ‘wait and see’.

[stubuzz]

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

With a clear timeline for vaccinations, stringent control of preventative measures and good cooperation, the government is confident it will make good on its plan to reopen the entire nation in 120 days under the New Normal.

But the restrictions and bureaucracy will make tourists go elsewhere.

[Justgrazing]

7 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Supattanapong Punmeechaow has clarified the government’s intention of reopening the entire nation to foreigners within 120 days,

 

Just one flip flop a day and there's 120 opportunities to back out of it .. if they increase the daily somersault count then the possibilities of putting it in reverse will be endless .. 

[RichardColeman]

9 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Overall, the country is to receive 105.5 million doses, exceeding an initial target of 100 million,

Take a brave punter to take that coming off

[mtls2005]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

saying the countdown will start on July 1

 

 

Sounds like they need a committee to decide what date the 120 ticker will start?

 

 

[Laughing Gravy]

13 hours ago, Blumpie said:

And if you think the Chinese will come right now you're absolutely dreaming.  

Exactly a pipe dream, as I am in China now and would not do the 21 day quarantine required (14 days in a state hotel, 7 days in your apartment) on the return for a few weeks holiday. It would seem that these governmental people are delusional, have no sense of reaity and still think that Thailand is the centre of the universe.

 

The only dream this belief is, is one from a crack pipe.

[smedly]

you might open up in 120 days - do you have enough GPS trackers for all these tourists you are expecting lol

 

 

 

on second thoughts - it's unlikely to be an issue 

[Fex Bluse]

Thais always put on a brave face. Of course the govt is confident. The most confident person in a room is often the one who knows nothing. 

[Excel]

13 hours ago, CALSinCM said:

I wonder what the odds are with the London bookmakers?

What makes you think they would want to come here either ? ????

[hotchilli]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Supattanapong Punmeechaow has clarified the government’s intention of reopening the entire nation to foreigners within 120 days, saying the countdown will start on July 1, placing its deadline at the end of October this year.

It will open as promised the master has spoken... but will it be ready, Thais, expats etc fully inoculated.. nah... more lies.

[trainman34014]

118 days and counting; but they can open everything on time and it doesn't mean anyone is coming !

[chilly07]

At 10m per month it's pretty obvious that the Government only intends giving 1 jab to 70pc of the population by the end of Oct with the second jab by Dec. Thus 70pc of the population will only be fully vaccinated in 6mths. I'm sure the outside world will recognize the difference and react accordingly. 

That said it will be a major achievement to vaccinate 10m a month or 333000 a day although some countries have achieved this.1

[Uroller]

Can’t open a bar never mind open up a country ????????????

[My POV]

Hell. I am waiting to come back as soon as they get rid of all the hoops and hurdles. Like many others with families we are just hoping and praying it will happen in October. I'm vaccinated so I'm not concerned, but many are. It's not about protecting the Thai people from Covid, it's about protecting Us against the incompetent Thai government.

[KhaoYai]

Gov confident it can meet 120 day reopening goal

 

The same confidence that they had in the vaccine programme?

[pookondee]

27 minutes ago, KhaoYai said:

Gov confident it can meet 120 day reopening goal

 

The same confidence that they had in the vaccine programme?

 

Thats luxury.

Try being in Australia with a P.M saying:

"closed for yet another 12 months"

 

We are not even allowed to travel out. ????????

[MrJ2U]

14 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Lots of villages up in sticky rice land have not even had their first dose, I was reading before in some village only 2 people have had a jab and one of them was a nurse, q

Nothing here in Sakon Nakhon.  Nobody in my wifes extended family wants Sinovac.  Everyone has social media and knows what's going on.  Anyway that craps not even available.

[MrJ2U]

3 hours ago, My POV said:

Hell. I am waiting to come back as soon as they get rid of all the hoops and hurdles. Like many others with families we are just hoping and praying it will happen in October. I'm vaccinated so I'm not concerned, but many are. It's not about protecting the Thai people from Covid, it's about protecting Us against the incompetent Thai government.

So many people are hoping to get back.  Just think if they paid for the right vaccines and enough for the population.  They would have enough in taxes in 2 months to have paid for it in tourism and locals working.

[starky]

Is this not like the 8th thread on this topic?

[starky]

6 hours ago, MrJ2U said:

So many people are hoping to get back.  Just think if they paid for the right vaccines and enough for the population.  They would have enough in taxes in 2 months to have paid for it in tourism and locals working.

Ever considered a job at TAT?