FILE PHOTO: A health worker prepares a dose of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Central Vaccination Center, inside the Bang Sue Grand Station, Thailand, June 21, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will receive 61 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine this year, a government spokesperson said on Monday, as the Southeast Asian country rushes to vaccinate its population amid a surge in coronavirus infections.

 

Thailand is AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing hub for the region, but has been slow to obtain enough shots to inoculate its population. About 9% of Thailand's 66 million people have been fully vaccinated.

 

"This is good news, it will help create herd immunity faster. This will take pressure off the health care system, help people return to their normal lives and speed up economic recovery," government spokesperson Anucha Burapachaisri said in a statement.

 

Last month, health officials said that AstraZeneca had asked to delay deliveries of its order of 61 million doses to May 2022.

 

The news that the doses would arrive sooner than expected followed a meeting between Thailand's Prime Minister, Prayuth Chan-ocha, and AstraZeneca chief executive Pascal Soriot, Anucha Burapachaisri said.

 

The delivery would bring Thailand's total vaccine supply for 2021 to over 120 million doses, of which 61 million from AstraZeneca and a combination of 30 million doses of China's Sinovac and 30 million from Pfizer-BioNTech.

 

Thailand will buy an additional 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine next year, Anucha added.

 

Thailand has reported 1,066,786 coronavirus infections and 9,562 deaths since the pandemic began. Over 97% of those cases and deaths have been detected since April this year.

 

In addition to buying more AstraZeneca vaccines, Thailand also has plans to 50 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in 2022, according to the health ministry.

 

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I would like to believe this....but can't.

6 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Thailand will receive 61 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine this year, a government spokesperson said on Monday,

Still scratching my head on this statement.  3 to 6 million a month.  4 months left and at the best 24 million doses to come still at the lowest 12 million doses.  How many have been delivered YTD so far from wither loans (Bhutan) donations (Japan), or sent from the UK by AZ itself.  Not sure how they can claim 61 million doses to be received by years end.

 

Below 23 Aug 2022 Press Release on the AstraZeneca Thailand website mentions "....talk of AZ being able to deliver 61 million dozes" by the end of of the year."   

 

Although below partial quote is courtesy of Google Translate I don't know if "talk of delivering 61 million dozes by years end" means AstraZeneca "will" deliver 61 million or they will "try."   Just talking about something don't mean it will happen.

 

https://www.astrazeneca.com/country-sites/thailand/press-release/astrazeneca-ceo-met-with-prime-minister-prayut-chan-o-cha-about-the-delivery-of-the-vaccine-against-covid-19-to-thailand-th.html

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AstraZeneca Revealed today that Mr. Pascal Soriot, Chief Executive Officer of AstraZeneca Company Limited, had a teleconference meeting with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha about cooperation and efforts in procuring a vaccine against COVID- 19 to Thailand to stop the spread of COVID-19 that continued to intensify

during the meeting Mr Pascal and Prime Minister Discussed goals to stop the spread of COVID-19 both in Thailand and abroad There is also talk of speeding up the procurement of vaccines against COVID-19. of AstraZeneca to be able to deliver 61 million doses of vaccine to Thailand by the end of this year AstraZeneca continues to work closely with the Department of Disease Control and related agencies to support vaccination programs for people.

 

 

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Thailand to receive 61 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine this year

 

Another cracker from the land of surprises.

Has anyone told AstraZenica about this?

I have researched this on a number of sites and the consensus seems to be that the 61 million doses will be delivered, but only if there enough unicorns to carry them.

3 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

I have researched this on a number of sites and the consensus seems to be that the 61 million doses will be delivered, but only if there enough unicorns to carry them.

They must be sliding down the rainbows with the care bears to help in the deliveries as well.

Edited August 23, 20214 yr by ThailandRyan

private clinics already taking a deposit  to get in line like the last time?

 

5 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

They must be sliding down the rainbows with the care bears to help in the deliveries as well.

There's just got to be Umper Lumpers in the mix somewhere.

56 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Still scratching my head on this statement.  3 to 6 million a month.  4 months left and at the best 24 million doses to come still at the lowest 12 million doses.  How many have been delivered YTD so far from wither loans (Bhutan) donations (Japan), or sent from the UK by AZ itself.  Not sure how they can claim 61 million doses to be received by years end.

It would not surprise  me that due to an alarming level of  " vaccination hesitancy" in significant numbers of people in  many locations that it is possible that there are reserves of AZ  specifically that are becoming available due to impending "use by date" expiry ..An example may be seen in the  Bhutan exchange deal which ostensibly  involves only transportation costs set against returns of contracted forward orders to avoid a "use it or lose it" situation .

I am increasingly becoming  disgusted by the geopolitical endorsement or suppression of viable alternatives to minimize the impact of the "covid-19 pandemic" which has quickly manipulated populations to subscribe to the messaging of big money marketing and political adversity.

Not so different to "Coca Cola is better than Pepsi Cola! Is it? In the background  multiple "Colas" happily and successfully find a market. Ok. Maybe a poor analogy in some sense  but in reality , like colas, a vaccine of demonstrated  merit  big or small, is still a purposed vaccine to suit that purpose.

The usual  critics will ignore the fact that societies  and communities are  oblivious to the machinations politically applied to the lives they believe they live good or bad in result

 

 

 

Edited August 23, 20214 yr by Nojohndoe

Yesl, Right ho, of course they will.

"The delivery would bring Thailand's total vaccine supply for 2021 to over 120 million doses, of which 61 million from AstraZeneca and a combination of 30 million doses of China's Sinovac and 30 million from Pfizer-BioNTech."

who stole over 6mln sinopharm already in the country?

at which rancho dr Anutin keeps those 1.5mln donated pfizer from the USA and where he find freezers for another 1mln on the way?

Where 5mln moderna evaporated, which was already payed by patients, and from which 1mln the red cross pinched for the royal army?

there were also 415k the UK donation of AZ.

Every single day they are shocking revelations. The next day they turn to be false.

Did general Prayuth really met the AZ head honcho?

just 2 days ago the foreign affair minister and dr Anutin were declaring immediate action to organise emergency vax 

Edited August 23, 20214 yr by internationalism

No mention of the Moderna juice that was supposed to be delivered in Seotember or the 4th quarter?

Is this confirmation that this Private Hospitals Group destined batch is to slip backwards in 2022 or just journalistic oversight I wonder.

 

Edited August 23, 20214 yr by SantiSuk

4 hours ago, Will B Good said:

There's just got to be Umper Lumpers in the mix somewhere.

Leave Prawit out of it lol

"61 million doses of AZ bought by Thailand" has been announced numerous times this year.

 

This was back in January:

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-16/how-thailand-got-caught-out-by-covid-19-second-wave/13017336

 

If Thailand can persuade AZ to sell some European-manufactured doses, the 61 million figure could in theory be possible.

 

I just read an article ( not in English, so I don't give the link ) , which says that in Israel, vaccinated with Pfizer, there a  is catastrophic peak of contaminated people ( 4 th in the world ) , and now they say that against Delta, Pfizer is not so good, and AZ is better 

This year is not 2022

If you read carefully they write Thailand to receive 61 million doses this year.....They dn't write Thailand will receive ANOTHER 61 million doses this year. I think at the end of the year the whole year was 61 million doses.. should fit with 5 - 6 mill doses a month

Sounds like a game of "Kick the can."

10 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Thailand will receive 61 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine this year, a government spokesperson said on Monday, as the Southeast Asian country rushes to vaccinate its population amid a surge in coronavirus infections.

Almost enough for one each.... Wow.

10 hours ago, Pib said:

I would like to believe this....but can't.

I think it falls above the TAT and 7 billion Tourists coming from the rich Indians who have been in a plane waiting to land in an On Nut Sandbox “;0) As believable as Afghanistan will now become a democracy ran by intelligent and highly trained females 

If he's going to tell a porkie, why not just say we ordered 610 million? Are circus clowns even allowed to order vaccines?

10 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Still scratching my head on this statement.  3 to 6 million a month.  4 months left and at the best 24 million doses to come still at the lowest 12 million doses.  How many have been delivered YTD so far from wither loans (Bhutan) donations (Japan), or sent from the UK by AZ itself.  Not sure how they can claim 61 million doses to be received by years end.

when they keep saying it over and over they think it will happen 

 

interesting that the focus has turned away from sinovac - the penny has finally dropped

Meanwhile, when are they going to allow private hospitals to procure their own vaccines?

That's it keep jabbing them. 80% herd immunity may be a good target. The girls in the party towns are nearly all virgins now.

9 hours ago, tomacht8 said:

Sounds fantastic. 120 million shots this year and 60 million shots next year. With a population of 66 million.

 

Cross check:

25.8 million shots administered to date in total. 5.71 million fully vaccinated.

 

About half of them vaccinated with AZ = about 13 million

 

AZ 61 million - AZ 13 million = 48 million would then have to appear in the last 4 months.

 

Where does the rest come from when AZ has increased the originally agreed 3 million to 6 million?

 

There are still 24 million left unexplained?

 

Or does Thailand want to completely confiscate the entire AZ production of 10 million per month?

 

Nevertheless, 7-8 million vaccination units would still be missing to reach 61 million. Without a detailed list, I am not convinced by what is being announced.

Your taking this statement from a Government Spokesman far too seriously. Its what's known as a SPIN that can never be traced back to the SPINNER. That said I too for a fleeting moment was taken in. 

This is good news, it will help create herd immunity faster. This will take pressure off the health care system, help people return to their normal lives and speed up economic recovery," government spokesperson Anucha Burapachaisri said in a statement.

 

so no need for Covid insurance and 14 nights quarantine, plus 3 PCR tests.

thats 65,000 saved.

4 hours ago, Aforek said:

I just read an article ( not in English, so I don't give the link ) , which says that in Israel, vaccinated with Pfizer, there a  is catastrophic peak of contaminated people ( 4 th in the world ) , and now they say that against Delta, Pfizer is not so good, and AZ is better 

  All of the Western vaccines are EXCELLENT in protecting against hospitalization and death.  No vaccine prevents infection.  It keeps you from having a severe case....that's the point of the vaccine.  If you mistakenly assumed it was a "magic potion" that keeps everyone from being infected....there's a guy in Isaan selling magic lottery tickets you should call.

4 hours ago, Aforek said:

I just read an article ( not in English, so I don't give the link ) , which says that in Israel, vaccinated with Pfizer, there a  is catastrophic peak of contaminated people ( 4 th in the world ) , and now they say that against Delta, Pfizer is not so good, and AZ is better 

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/moderna-may-be-superior-pfizer-against-delta-breakthrough-odds-rise-with-time-2021-08-09/

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The news that the doses would arrive sooner than expected followed a meeting between Thailand's Prime Minister, Prayuth Chan-ocha, and AstraZeneca chief executive Pascal Soriot, Anucha Burapachaisri said.

As I said .....  Khun Prayut Chan O Cha would come in and clean things up again ......   and I was right on the mark  !!

Good work by the PM in getting these vaccines earlier.