Thai cabinet approves budget for another 9.9 million doses of Pfizer vaccine

[snoop1130]

A medical worker prepares to administer a dose of the Pfizer vaccine for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Mueang district in southern Thailand’s Pattani province on August 30, 2021. Tuwaedaniya MERINGING / AFP

 

The cabinet has approved a budget of 4.7 billion baht to procure another 9.9 million doses of the Pfizer mRNA vaccine. He also assured that Thailand will be able to procure a total of 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of this year.

 

The target recipients of the Pfizer vaccine are children aged 12-17, women who are at least 12 weeks pregnant, medical personnel, frontline workers, the elderly, those with any of the seven underlying non-communicable diseases, foreigners in Thailand and those who need to travel overseas, such as students studying abroad and diplomats.

 

So far, the cabinet has procured 80 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 61 million of which are AstraZeneca, 19 million are Sinovac and 20 million are Pfizer.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thai-cabinet-approves-budget-for-another-9-9-million-doses-of-pfizer-vaccine/

 

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[mahtin]

Keep it coming.

[mtls2005]

Seems pricey?

 

Must be some heavy cream at the top for skimming.

 

 

And this is the 10 mm previously referenced, I assume. In addition to the 20 mm already on order.

 

So now it's budgeted, call us when you sign the order.

 

And can we get a status update on the delivery of the 20 mm Pfizer already ordered?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 30, 2021 by mtls2005

[Scrotobike]

5 minutes ago, mahtin said:

Keep it coming.

Yes they keep on announcing

The same announcement

If you add together the announcements for Pfizer it comes to many 10s of millions....

 

[HappyExpat57]

9 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

He also assured that Thailand will be able to procure a total of 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of this year.

Didn't I read the number 140 million doses yesterday? Someone really needs to get their stories straight.

[hotchilli]

14 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

Seems pricey?

 

Must be some heavy cream at the top for skimming.

 

 

And this is the 10 mm previously referenced, I assume. In addition to the 20 mm already on order.

 

So now it's budgeted, call us when you sign the order.

 

And can we get a status update on the delivery of the 20 mm Pfizer already ordered?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Middlemen are rubbing their hands together.

[hotchilli]

14 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Didn't I read the number 140 million doses yesterday? Someone really needs to get their stories straight.

The story changes everyday, sometimes even with the wind.

[Sydebolle]

The icing appears on the cakes, it seems. 

Apart from non-specified "relief" budgets in billions of Baht, the boys in parliament meanwhile racked up 180 million doses of various vaccinations which will need to be added to the millions donated. 

Lets wait and see, there is more news to this. 

[khunjeff]

15 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

Seems pricey?

 

Must be some heavy cream at the top for skimming.

If the figures in the story are correct, that comes to less than 15 USD per dose, while the new price in Europe is apparently 23 USD - so not particularly pricy.

 

"Pfizer, Moderna hike COVID-19 vaccine prices in new European supply deals: report | FiercePharma" https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/pfizer-moderna-turn-up-covid-19-vaccine-prices-europe-as-companies-plot-deliveries-into-2022

[Isaan sailor]

With so many extra shares of Pfizer coming in—why not put a couple thousand into private hospitals to sell at a profit.  That was the idea with the Moderna order, but who knows when it will arrive?

[dlclark97]

So, where and when will my Thai wife be able to get these quality vaccines?  Not old, not pregnant and with no pre-existing conditions!  Would gladly pay for this.  While I appreciate that certain categories of people including some farangs may have priority for these vaccines why can't we get quality vaccines for the average Thai?

Edited August 31, 2021 by dlclark97

[MrJ2U]

Drips and drabs.

 

Never enough.

 

Freaking idiots.

[RocketDog]

21 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Didn't I read the number 140 million doses yesterday? Someone really needs to get their stories straight.

What they need to do is just start talking straight.

 Nobody is buying into their crude attempts at spin anymore.

[MrJ2U]

4 hours ago, dlclark97 said:

So, where and when will my Thai wife be able to get these quality vaccines?  Not old, not pregnant and with no pre-existing conditions!  Would gladly pay for this.  While I appreciate that certain categories of people including some farangs may have priority for these vaccines why can't we get quality vaccines for the average Thai?

Just get a note from your doctor saying you have one of the underlying conditions.

 

I did it.  500 baht at a reputable Private hospital.

[MrJ2U]

5 hours ago, Isaan sailor said:

With so many extra shares of Pfizer coming in—why not put a couple thousand into private hospitals to sell at a profit.  That was the idea with the Moderna order, but who knows when it will arrive?

Or just let private hospitals procure there own vaccines bypassing the speedbump called the GPO.

 

Useless waist of time, months.