BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have discussed approaching more countries to acquire COVID-19 vaccines, looking to meet a target of 100 million doses this year.

 

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health Anutin Chanvirakul and Minister of Foreign Affairs Don Poramudwinai are engaged in a high-level exchange of information on COVID-19 vaccines, agreeing that they would help one another find sources of the vaccine to meet both current and future demand. The Foreign Ministry is to initiate further negotiations with international governments to secure donations, seeking AstraZeneca shots from Japan, Sinovac vaccine from China and Pfizer from the USA. Most recently, it achieved an AstraZeneca exchange with Bhutan.

 

On authorising the vaccination of foreigners entering the Phuket Sandbox, the Foreign Minister explained that Sinovac, Sinopharm, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson and Johnson vaccines are all approved, with only Sputnik V still pending registration. The National Communicable Diseases Commission is set to hold a meeting soon to approve the use of Sputnik V.

 

The two ministries also discussed the vaccination of foreigners residing in Thailand in accordance with the Prime Minister’s order, acknowledging that a list of such individuals and foreign laborers has been compiled in preparation for a roll out.

 

They then agreed on beginning preparations to distribute a Thai-made vaccine, as research and development is continuing on approving a Thai mRNA inoculation. If successful, Thailand would be the first ASEAN nation to have created its own vaccine. The Health Ministry has prioritized the matter.

 

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They've left it a bit late to do this haven't they? They have had months to acquire vaccines.????

I have though that thailand has already secured 35-42mln of AZ, 31mln sinovac, 30mln pfizer, over 6mln sinopharm, 5mln moderna. Shortly thammasat will order J&J.

That's already 107mln.

Plus given 2.5mln pfizer from the USA, 1mln AZ from Japan and 410k from the UK. That's another 4mln. 

All together minimum 111mln.

But, of course, delta requires jab for 80-85% of target population, and not planned earlier 70%

Edited August 20, 20214 yr by internationalism

31 minutes ago, Gandtee said:

They've left it a bit late to do this haven't they? They have had months to acquire vaccines.????

Get out of the way! Let the hospitals order it. You have already proved you do the opposite of help.

If you have spare time you can ask Siam Bioscience what's going on...if you dare!

I wonder if they even understand that Rome's burning, and has been for many months?

 

Double the chance to totally ferk it  up  then!

Well i'll be dipped in kee khwai!

It only took a global catastrophe for these shiny-bums to create an email conversation!

If they keep up their dad's army obsession of partying like it's 1921 This place is dooooomed.

53 minutes ago, impulse said:

I wonder if they even understand that Rome's burning, and has been for many months?

 

Dude, the guy at the lectern in the suave silken tunics can't even pronounce the vaccine names right, so we can forget Latin.

Modern Rome learned their Covid lesson the hard way, these twerps are still trying to finagle the profit angle -no matter how dire it gets, they deserve total obliteration.

Edited August 20, 20214 yr by chalawaan

Sounds like the NCDC has already made up their minds to approve SputniK V according to the statement made. Regulatory authorities normally meet to assess the vaccine and then give approval or deny registration on the information supplied by the manufacturer.

Shoulda had this conversation last year.  But of course, Thailand had miraculously beaten COVID-19 then…

   Should have been done 6 months ago--we might have some results now.  Instead, they have just started talking to each other.  The dreaded '... have discussed...' reared its ugly head in the article.   So, just more talk, talk, talk at this point.   Just another news blurb trying to make it look like they are doing something.  Look at us!  We're 'discussing'!!!  Less discussing, more actual procuring of good vaccines.

I am sure once all the brown envelopes from spunik  are distributed to the right people it will get the ok same as all the others

Too little FAR too late!

and not forgetting about a glorious pro-china diplomacy from the foreign minister Don - rejection of minimum 2mln offer from the AZ from India at the end of the last year.

Yes, that one was vax diplomacy, part of china-india regional spat, but minimum 13x bigger, than just merely borrowing 150k doses from Bhutan in August

https://www.thaienquirer.com/23278/rejection-of-indias-vaccine-offer-adds-to-mounting-concerns-about-thailands-vaccine-program/

Just put Thanee Saengrat in sole charge.

He listens, then gets things done.