29,000 expats in Thailand register for vaccine using Expatvac website

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29,000 expats in Thailand register for vaccine using Expatvac website

 

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More than 28,000 expats in Thailand have registered for a COVID-19 vaccine using the Ministry of Public Health’s newly launched vaccine registration portal.

 

As of 6pm on Monday (Aug 2), a total of 28,788 expats had registered on the Expatvac platform following its launch on August 1, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Tanee Sangrat announced on Twitter.

 

Of those, 22,653 were expats under the age of 60, with 6,135 people aged over 60 also registering.

 

A further 1,916 people with underlying health conditions, along with 114 pregnant women also registered.  

 

In his tweet, Mr Tanaee said that vaccination appointment dates will likely be after August 10 or 11.

 

Previously, Thailand's Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said that 150,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, donated by the US government, would be allocated for foreigners in Thailand. 

 

And with less than 30,000 people having already registered to receive the vaccine, it would suggest there are still sufficient vaccines available.

 

Any foreigner in Thailand who has not yet registered for the vaccine can do so here: https://expatvac.consular.go.th/

 

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[internationalism]

"More than 28,000 expats in Thailand have registered for a COVID-19 vaccine using the Ministry of Public Health’s newly launched vaccine registration portal."

but it's not the ministry of health  - it's ministry of foreign affairs. That's why spokesman from this ministry made an announcement. Also says clearly on their website.

 

Now, why ministry of foreign affairs is engaged in a job clearly beyond their competence?

One explanation might be  - to gain for their particular interest. Getting their hands on vaccines, which might also include 150k pfizer. With their sticky fingers they will be able to put some aside for themselves.

 

Since May I have already registered on 3 other websites. There was no any follow up on any of them 

Edited August 3, 2021 by internationalism

[Dmaxdan]

So will it be 29,000 happy campers or will there be 29,000 lame excuses?

 

I've registered and I can't wait to find out!

[mtls2005]

32 minutes ago, internationalism said:

Now, why ministry of foreign affairs is engaged in a job clearly beyond their competence?

 

My best guess is that they took ownership of the vaccination of foreigners as a result of the Pfizer donation from the U.S. Whether they volunteered or were assigned, I can't say.

 

The DCA has the experience and language skills, after having served in many foreign countries, so may better know how to manage our expectations.

 

They seem to be doing a good job so far, and most know I am (un-?)fairly critical of the regime, so stingy with any sort of accolades.

 

I was 0-fer on ~ ten-ish registration schemes here since the days of mor prom.

 

Since the DCA took over I'm Three for Three.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 3, 2021 by mtls2005

[55Jay]

Maybe noted in another topic/thread about attaching scan or photo of passport and permission to stay extension.  2 attachments didn't show on the screen, so I combined both objects onto a Powerpoint slide then exported/"Save As" as a single JPEG file.  Appears to have worked, registration successful, wait for appointment date email.

 

Functional website and registration process.  Nice!

Immigration could learn a thing or two from these guys. ????

[Rampant Rabbit]

1 hour ago, Dmaxdan said:

So will it be 29,000 happy campers or will there be 29,000 lame excuses?

 

I've registered and I can't wait to find out!

Im going to see if its  Pfizer   or not, not Pfizer then I will avoid it and pay privately later when its  available. Registration is easy enough apart from the non alphabetical  list of countries when it comes to UK and Merica etc and inability to load files separately...........guess they got their  best web designer  onto building the site.

Edited August 3, 2021 by Rampant Rabbit

[Chris.B]

"Previously, Thailand's Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said that 150,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, donated by the US government, would be allocated for foreigners in Thailand. 

 

And with less than 30,000 people having already registered to receive the vaccine, it would suggest there are still sufficient vaccines available."

 

It may be they will hold back half for the second dose which would mean a maximum of 75,000 foreigners.

 

[Rampant Rabbit]

5 minutes ago, 55Jay said:

Immigration could learn a thing or two from these guys. ????

Seriously? List of countries  non alphabetical, inability to load more than one photo  easily.

[ezzra]

There were more than a few of the o called "registrations for Covid shot" so far non of them seriously delivered the goods as promised, so we hell wait and see for this around...

[herfiehandbag]

1 hour ago, internationalism said:

but it's not the ministry of health  - it's ministry of foreign affairs. That's why spokesman from this ministry made an announcement. Also says clearly on their website.

 

Now, why ministry of foreign affairs is engaged in a job clearly beyond their competence?

Well given the complete lack of competence demonstrated so far by the Ministry of Public Health why should they not have a go?

 

Frankly the Ministry of Silly Walks would be in with a chance of doing better!

[55Jay]

1 minute ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

Seriously? List of countries  non alphabetical, inability to load more than one photo  easily.

Well, when it comes to Thai Gov websites, the bar is low.  LOL.   Attachment function ought to be an easy fix, but meh, wasn't difficult to work around. 

 

Now, let's see what my appointment date is.  Mate of mine told me he got his appointment date email..... APRIL 2022!   If mine ends up being so far in the future, can't help but consider the potential for a Sinovac bait and switch.  We'll see how it goes.  ???? 

[Doctor Tom]

4 minutes ago, 55Jay said:

Mate of mine told me he got his appointment date email..... APRIL 2022!  

That made me laugh.  On what, I wonder, is his date based; on the promises that vaccines have been ordered, will arrive soon, are in the pipeline, are expected ?   Where have I heard all that before, oh yes, in every government briefing. 

[Saltire]

Unless they have stripped out the doubtess duplicate/triplicate emails that may be in the database (many, me included tried various emails when getting rejections) by passport number, this number may actually be inflated. I got 3 acceptances but only filled the form in one time to register.

 

Surprises me the number is quite lower then I'd have thought and may actually reduce.

 

Will surprise me even more if I get an offer of a jab somewhere 'local', Anywhere not Bangkok will do. I see I am in the top 5% of priority candidates (66 and 2 underlying conditions) so waiting ................

 

[55Jay]

1 minute ago, Doctor Tom said:

That made me laugh.  On what, I wonder, is his date based; on the promises that vaccines have been ordered, will arrive soon, are in the pipeline, are expected ?   Where have I heard all that before, oh yes, in every government briefing. 

Right, he's over 70 and has some medical issues as well, so April 2022 is nuts.  

I'm well under 60, so I expect to be not just at the back of the line, but out the back door, somewhere on the loading dock.  ????

[finnsk]

Thumbs up for this registration, small technical problems, but seems to work and first time to get a confirmation, seems they want this registration to be serious.

 

Now must wait and see, if they can fellow up with vax appointments around in the country.

 

If they come with vaxappointments the next question will be what wax they can/will offer: Astra, Pfizer or ChinaSino....

 

I read that the danish serum institute have maked some studies, that shows it is ok to mix Atra and  Pfizer/Moderna, this institute should be close to political independent.

 

If every thing will work I am ready to take a first shot of Pfizer or Astra, second shot I will fight for must be Pfizer/Moderna

[Saltire]

20 minutes ago, 55Jay said:

 Mate of mine told me he got his appointment date email..... APRIL 2022!  

Surely this is a mistake? Does the USA donated Pfizer have a really long shelf life? Maybe the Pfizer for this scheme is not from that donation but anticipation of buying in the future. I hope not?

[55Jay]

3 minutes ago, Saltire said:

Surely this is a mistake? Does the USA donated Pfizer have a really long shelf life? Maybe the Pfizer for this scheme is not from that donation but anticipation of buying in the future. I hope not?

Dunno but yes, that's what I was thinking.  

 

His comment made me do a double take as well, so I asked him again - April!  Wow!

Didn't see his email confirmation personally, he's not a smart phone kind of guy, but had no reason to doubt him.  Did suggest he follow up somehow, especially given his age and underlying med condition.

[Saltire]

3 minutes ago, 55Jay said:

Dunno but yes, that's what I was thinking.  

 

His comment made me do a double take as well, so I asked him again - April!  Wow!

Didn't see his email confirmation personally, he's not a smart phone kind of guy, but had no reason to doubt him.  Did suggest he follow up somehow, especially given his age and underlying med condition.

Does he perhaps live in a very remote area?

 

 

[Rampant Rabbit]

46 minutes ago, 55Jay said:

Well, when it comes to Thai Gov websites, the bar is low.  LOL.   Attachment function ought to be an easy fix, but meh, wasn't difficult to work around. 

 

Now, let's see what my appointment date is.  Mate of mine told me he got his appointment date email..... APRIL 2022!   If mine ends up being so far in the future, can't help but consider the potential for a Sinovac bait and switch.  We'll see how it goes.  ???? 

You  can also  put  your brith date as any month in 2029

[55Jay]

5 minutes ago, Saltire said:

Does he perhaps live in a very remote area?

 

 

Not really.  Countryside for sure, but only about 20 minute drive outside large city.

[fdsa]

1 hour ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

guess they got their  best web designer  onto building the site.

you've just revealed the true cause of all these vaccine websites' problems: the govt officials hire web designers to build websites when they should hire web programmers instead.

[55Jay]

Just now, Rampant Rabbit said:

You  can also  put  your brith date as any month in 2029

I'll have to take your word for it.  

 

Sounds like you want to nitpick this website interface to death, and that's fine, but I'm going to bounce from this exchange with you.  ///

[NanLaew]

1 hour ago, 55Jay said:

Maybe noted in another topic/thread about attaching scan or photo of passport and permission to stay extension.  2 attachments didn't show on the screen, so I combined both objects onto a Powerpoint slide then exported/"Save As" as a single JPEG file.  Appears to have worked, registration successful, wait for appointment date email.

 

Functional website and registration process.  Nice!

Immigration could learn a thing or two from these guys. ????

My experience: if you click & drag the graphics individually, one replaces the other. However, if you use the 'Browse' option, you can select the two files and they'll pop up in the window, side by side.

[NanLaew]

1 hour ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

Seriously? List of countries  non alphabetical, inability to load more than one photo  easily.

Filling in the details, finding my country, selecting my (long ago) birth date and uploading 2 graphic files took maybe 3 minutes tops. Since a total of 28,788 expats had registered since 6pm on Monday (Aug 2), maybe you should dwell on YOUR inabilities a bit more?

 

 

[55Jay]

5 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

My experience: if you click & drag the graphics individually, one replaces the other. However, if you use the 'Browse' option, you can select the two files and they'll pop up in the window, side by side.

Huh!  I was using the Browse function and 2nd file replaced the first, at least on mine - Desktop Win10.   Tried it twice, then went to the PP work around. 

[jvs]

I just registered and it works better then any other site so far.

The reason i did is because i read on a Dutch that it would be Phizer.

 

Time will tell.

 

[LongTimeLurker]

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

There were more than a few of the o called "registrations for Covid shot" so far non of them seriously delivered the goods as promised, so we hell wait and see for this around...

I signed up on 2 registrations for Covid shot and got an appointment on both of them, and have even had my first shot.

[koratkarlos]

I registered this morning.    I had previously registered on the Wall of Chiang Mai; https://wallofcm.chiangmaihealth.go.th/.   The new website worked perfectly and I received a confirming email in short time for the same appointment that I already had booked.  So it appears in Chiang Mai at least that the databases are synchronized.

 

It stated that the first shot would be Sinovac with an AstraZeneca dose three weeks later.  So in the North it appears that Pfizer is not a part of this program.

[Pattaya Spotter]

Not many posts anymore about foreigners being at the end of the line for vaccines...after Thais and their pets. 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

1 hour ago, Chris.B said:

"Previously, Thailand's Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said that 150,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, donated by the US government, would be allocated for foreigners in Thailand. 

 

And with less than 30,000 people having already registered to receive the vaccine, it would suggest there are still sufficient vaccines available."

 

It may be they will hold back half for the second dose which would mean a maximum of 75,000 foreigners.

 

 

In their latest revision, they've also included the Thai student and diplomat group needing vaccines to travel abroad in the 150,000 dose allotment. So the portion for foreign nationals will be even less...

 

And of course, it's two doses per person. So you cut the number of doses in half to get to the number of people who can be vaccinated.