Pfizer Vaccinations Start in 13 Provinces

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CHONBURI, Aug 13 (TNA) – Vaccinations against COVID-19 with the Pfizer vaccine donated by the United States began in 13 provinces of severe outbreaks.

 

Local hospitals started inoculations with 645,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine for elderly people, patients of seven chronic diseases who are 12 years old and over and the women who have been pregnant for 12 weeks and more.

In Si Racha district of Chon Buri, Queen Savang Vadhana Memorial Hospital organized the vaccinations at Pacific Park Sriracha shopping center. Groups of vaccine recipients were inoculated at different times to prevent crowds.

 

In Chachoengsao province, staff of Bang Nam Priao Hospital administered about 1,300 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to target groups of people. The hospital received 1,500 doses for people in Bang Nam Priao district that had the highest accumulated COVID-19 cases in the province, at 1,817 cases.

 

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[Scrotobike]

So not in ISSAN then?

It is the wrong colour (not deep dark scary red)

 

[cyril sneer]

What’s the delay in sending this to every province in the country? 
 

Double jabbed medical staff dying as we speak 

[Thailand]

Looks like Expatvac is another also ran, probably to get rid of the Sino somethings and local AZ, coming to a vax centre sort of near you one day-maybe!

[ThailandRyan]

Nice,but there are those 19 to 59 year old folks that need vaccinations as well,  yet are unable to get one.  The GF has registered but told she is not eligible to be vaccinated. She was told by her specialist doctor maybe by next year..  so ridiculous that as a foreign worker she gets screwed again and again, first no SS, then not eligible for funding to help her Salon (She closed it and sold all).  Paid for a vaccine at a hospital who was ordering Moderna but then told they were not getting as much for the order and was canceled.  All a crock of feces.  

Edited August 13, 2021 by ThailandRyan

[smedly]

51 minutes ago, Thailand said:

Looks like Expatvac is another also ran, probably to get rid of the Sino somethings and local AZ, coming to a vax centre sort of near you one day-maybe!

it would appear that expatvax was a white elephant put in place to satisfy some diplomats to show that Thailand was taking care of foreigners - it was just a pile of lip service 

 

Thailand put it's efforts into sinovac but that is now being quietly nudged in the direction of expats while the lion share of free vaccines provided by our home countries and paid for by us is now being quietly provided to Thais 

[mikebell]

In the ghost town, formerly known as Pattaya, rumour has it that Bangkok/Ghosttown Hospital may be doing some aged 2nd class retirees sometime in the next two weeks.

[grandpa]

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

Nice,but there are those 19 to 59 year old folks that need vaccinations as well,  yet are unable to get one.

Too right!  We live in Khon Kaen and my wife who is Thai and 58 years old has registered about 5 times and still has heard nothing!  I am 73, from UK, with 3 of the 7 listed underlying conditions, and have tried around 7 different avenues, all to no avail!  I thought that expatvac was a lifeline, but clearly all that Pfizer vaccine is now going to others.  Most other countries started with health workers, the elderly and the vulnerable and had properly organised vaccination schemes.  Here, sadly it is something of a lottery and many people cannot even get a ticket for the draw!

 

[Saltire]

Local poo yai today, for the first time asked for anyone wanting Sinovac to attend on 3 days this month in Sangkhla Buri. Sangkhla Buri is pretty much locked down now with many large clusters and outbreaks in factories. His advice - go early it will be busy! It's about an hours drive for me.

 

Also for the first time, anyone under 60 can go but only 500 per day will get a jab. This area while small in relative terms has many thousands of Thai and a handful of farang, as well as a high percentage of migrant workers, being home to the 3 Pagodas border pass to Myanmar. Again for the first time all are eligible, including me, if I wasn't 66, and migrant workers.

 

Kanchanburi is deep red but so far vaccines of any kind are conspicuous by their absence.

 

I agree with the view that we are entering a period of offloading SInovac wherever they can. I just hope they are not stupid or deparate enough to order more.

 

This whole expatvac is just another exercise in false hope, won't be long before reports come in of appointments too far from home, and turning up to not get Pfizer.

 

 

[jacko45k]

49 minutes ago, smedly said:

it would appear that expatvax was a white elephant put in place to satisfy some diplomats to show that Thailand was taking care of foreigners - it was just a pile of lip service 

 

If they are not going to arrange a vaccination, I would prefer they destroyed and confirm so my personal data and copies of visa and passports they asked of me, and appear not to be making much use of. 

[smedly]

13 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

If they are not going to arrange a vaccination, I would prefer they destroyed and confirm so my personal data and copies of visa and passports they asked of me, and appear not to be making much use of. 

agree, I feel sorry for those that provided their medical history to generally none medical people who have their data likely on less than secure computers, all for what, the whole this is one big cluster ## from start to finish, I have now resolved myself that I will need to travel to Bangkok if I want vaccinated - something I am very reluctant to do, these donations of vaccine from the US and UK have started a hugely disorganised vaccine feeding frenzy, I believe (no matter what they say in public) US and UK diplomats quietly told the Thai authorities that western foreigners must be included in any deployment so we then saw a flurry of invitations to expats ramping up with public promises of AZ and Pf shots on the menu - now that has all quietly changed - Anutin committed to the Chinese vaccines - that is what Thai people should be getting - serves then right for allowing these ### to stay in office, but now we see increasingly that programs like expatvac are now pushing sinovac - so where did the allocated donated AZ and Pf go ???????????

 

My country donated vaccines to Thailand for free which as a tax payer I ultimately paid for - that is what I want and I don't want to travel across the country to get it.  

[RPCVguy]

1 hour ago, Saltire said:

Local poo yai today, for the first time asked for anyone wanting Sinovac to attend on 3 days this month in Sangkhla Buri. Sangkhla Buri is pretty much locked down now with many large clusters and outbreaks in factories. His advice - go early it will be busy! It's about an hours drive for me.

 

Also for the first time, anyone under 60 can go but only 500 per day will get a jab. This area while small in relative terms has many thousands of Thai and a handful of farang, as well as a high percentage of migrant workers, being home to the 3 Pagodas border pass to Myanmar. Again for the first time all are eligible, including me, if I wasn't 66, and migrant workers.

 

Kanchanburi is deep red but so far vaccines of any kind are conspicuous by their absence.

 

I agree with the view that we are entering a period of offloading SInovac wherever they can. I just hope they are not stupid or deparate enough to order more.

 

This whole expatvac is just another exercise in false hope, won't be long before reports come in of appointments too far from home, and turning up to not get Pfizer.

 

 

Our local Amphur started a 7-day mass vaccination campaign yesterday. With the Delta as contagious as it is, trying to gamble on getting fully vaccinated with Pfizer seems a stretch too far. I went to the vaccination site, got in the queue and was vaccinated about an hour later. Looks like they were jabbing 1-2 people a minute with Sinovac as first dose, AstraZenica for those few getting their 2nd dose. I'd been communicating with the nurse in charge of registrations since late May. As they were packing up I asked if the health workers had gotten Pfizer. "Yes, but not enough for everyone." was her answer.
Bottom line about Sinovac as I shared with friends and family in the USA:

Millions of doses have been administered, yet many other people have been holding out (like me) for the vaccines that are scarce in the world. I photos taken so as to encourage others to get what is available now. I just messaged friends locally, trying to put these photos to work to get past local resistance.

It is not protection from infection, but it does give our bodies a sample of what to be prepared for. The rest is up to us, and our overall health and immune system strength. Wearing a mask is still advisable. Every level of protection helps slow the spread of this disease.

[JomtienRay]

Maybe expatvac and previous like websites, have collected thousands of farang personal details, medical conditions, copies of current passports and visas, current addresses, correct email addresses, and phone numbers.. 

They certainly haven't demonstrated that farangs have been vaccinated as a result of these bogus websites, which appear to be only collecting our vital information.. just sayin.. ????

Hmmmm.. maybe I'm being too suspicious.. ????????????????????????

[superal]

9 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Nice,but there are those 19 to 59 year old folks that need vaccinations as well,  yet are unable to get one.  The GF has registered but told she is not eligible to be vaccinated. She was told by her specialist doctor maybe by next year..  so ridiculous that as a foreign worker she gets screwed again and again, first no SS, then not eligible for funding to help her Salon (She closed it and sold all).  Paid for a vaccine at a hospital who was ordering Moderna but then told they were not getting as much for the order and was canceled.  All a crock of feces.  

Reality is , you will get vaccinated next year at best . Will the promised vaccines come to Thailand and be fairly distributed ?  Indeed I am surprised the black market for vaccines has not kicked off in Thailand . Maybe best to be proactive and if you can get a visa for your g/f you could go to your home country for a holiday and get double jabbed at the same time . Not trying to be dramatic but if todays covid daily infection predicted rate is correct at 50,000 a day with 45% of the population to be infected , it may be prudent to follow my suggestion . 

[Speedhump]

Prachuap Khiri Khan is deep red but the online queue at Hua Hin Hospital still hasn't moved for many weeks. 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

4 hours ago, JomtienRay said:

Maybe expatvac and previous like websites, have collected thousands of farang personal details, medical conditions, copies of current passports and visas, current addresses, correct email addresses, and phone numbers.. 

They certainly haven't demonstrated that farangs have been vaccinated as a result of these bogus websites, which appear to be only collecting our vital information.. just sayin.. ????

Hmmmm.. maybe I'm being too suspicious.. ????????????????????????

 

They were doing at least some hundreds of Pfizer vaccinations of expats at MedPark Hospital in Bangkok this past week.

 

That said, I completed my registration last Monday on the Expatvac website as someone over age 60 and in Bangkok, and haven't as yet had any follow-up with an appointment date.  But admittedly, there were about a week's worth of registrations ahead of me by the time I completed their process.

 

[bookstore]

I got my first dose of AZ about 2 months and got a appointment for the Pfizer vaccine next week @ medpark hospital. Getting a appointment both times was fairly easy for me but I guess everybody is not in the same boat. 70yo American with COPD I didn't have any problems. The only problem is its not going to work until everyone gets the vaccine and the way things are going it will probably be the middle of next year