More than 1 million COVID-19 jabs given in Thailand on Friday

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Reuters, file photo

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Prime Minister has thanked the general public for their cooperation in the national inoculation campaign, with a record high of more than one million doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered yesterday alone.

 

The government is positive Thailand will achieve its vaccination target by the end of this year.

 

A record number of more than one million COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered on Mahidol Day yesterday, during which the booster shot program for people previously vaccinated with inactivated virus vaccines commenced.

 

The Government Spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana revealed today that Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha had thanked the general public and health workers for their cooperation, leading to the record speed of the vaccine rollout yesterday.

 

The government selected Mahidol Day, the anniversary of the passing of Prince Mahidol Adulyadej who is regarded as the father of modern medicine in Thailand, to raise the vaccination rate and commence the booster shot campaign as a gesture of appreciation to the monarchy.

 

So far, Thailand has given some 50 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to the people.

 

According to the government spokesman, the Prime Minister is positive Thailand’s vaccination uptake will reach 70% of the target population by the end of the year, with a total of 100 million doses set to be given to 50 million people.

 

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[Jonathan Fairfield]

Nearly 1.3m COVID-19 inoculations given in Thailand on Mahidol Day

 

 

The Thai Ministry of Public Health has exceeded its target of administering one million doses of COVID-19 vaccines on Mahidol Day, with a combined total of 1,299,307 first, second and third jabs administered, according to Public Health Permanent Secretary Dr. Kiattibhoom Vongrachit.

 

The mass vaccinations yesterday were held in 12 health system regions across the country, with each being assigned to administer 100,000 doses, in remembrance of the late HRH Prince Mahidol Adulyadej, the father of the late King Ananda Mahidol and King Bhumibol Adulyadej, for his contributions to the development of medical education in Thailand.

 

Given the rate of vaccinations yesterday, Dr. Kiattibhoom said he is confident that, in the next three months, 20 million doses will be administered each month and Thailand will be able to achieve its target of administering 100 million inoculations this year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/nearly-1-3m-covid-19-inoculations-given-in-thailand-on-mahidol-day/

 

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[jacko45k]

Wow... impressive numbers.

[keith101]

Probably rushing to get rid of all the useless Sinovac .

[ThailandRyan]

Title says Saturday but Mahidol day was Friday and the MOPH figures for Saturday show only 251,814 jabs were given.  of those 14,759 were 3rd shots or boosters.

[DrJack54]

I don't believe it. 

[edwinchester]

Meaningless event as shots were cancelled previously and saved for the big day, which was supposed to be Friday.

My own shot last Monday was cancelled, I and hundreds of others only found out when we got to the hospital, and told to come back Friday.

[mtls2005]

Was the subcutaneous method used?

 

thai authorities claim that 25% of a normal dose is required, and that it gives super-duper results.

 

I saw that it was used in Phuket for AZ for the record-setting day.  https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-begins-new-vaccine-injection-method-81511.php

 

 

 

[Neeranam]

Awesome Thailand, UK/US  never got even close to this percentage of the population in one day. Makes me proud to be Thai, but felt <deleted> after my vaccine on Friday.  

Can't believe there are two negative Normans complaining already. 

 

 

[Neeranam]

6 minutes ago, edwinchester said:

Meaningless event as shots were cancelled previously and saved for the big day, which was supposed to be Friday.

My own shot last Monday was cancelled, I and hundreds of others only found out when we got to the hospital, and told to come back Friday.

Really? The place I went had been busy all week. Thailand really has excelled in the vaccine rollout, especially after a poor start due to corruption. 

Even the Moderna is coming on time. 

[ezzra]

IMHO it is logistically impossible for a country like Thailand, and they can administer 1 million plus a day, why they didn't do it so far?...

[bobandyson]

 

16 minutes ago, edwinchester said:

Meaningless event as shots were cancelled previously and saved for the big day, which was supposed to be Friday.

My own shot last Monday was cancelled, I and hundreds of others only found out when we got to the hospital, and told to come back Friday.

What hospital and where?

I was due for my second Astra jab on October 20th at Phayathai 2 hospital but now it's been brought forward to September 30th.

[john thom]

1 hour ago, keith101 said:

Probably rushing to get rid of all the useless Sinovac .

Exactly what I was thinking-

[Rhacsyn]

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

Title says Saturday but Mahidol day was Friday and the MOPH figures for Saturday show only 251,814 jabs were given.  of those 14,759 were 3rd shots or boosters.

Title edited and changed to Friday

[Rampant Rabbit]

1 hour ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

Prince Mahidol Adulyadej who is regarded as the father of modern medicine in Thailand

They  just cant help  but give it  up can they, any  opportunity

[edwinchester]

23 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Really? The place I went had been busy all week. Thailand really has excelled in the vaccine rollout, especially after a poor start due to corruption. 

Even the Moderna is coming on time. 

Yes really.

[Rampant Rabbit]

26 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Makes me proud to be Thai

Congrats  on the assimilation

[edwinchester]

15 minutes ago, bobandyson said:

 

What hospital and where?

I was due for my second Astra jab on October 20th at Phayathai 2 hospital but now it's been brought forward to September 30th.

Kanchanaburi

[Guderian]

Showboating. According to Bloomberg, the number of vaccinations on Saturday was back down to 480,000. Now if they could keep on delivering a million jabs a day for a few weeks, that would be something to shout about.

[smedly]

taking an unproven unapproved shortcut of 1/4 dose, what could possibly go wrong but it helps keep numbers up when supply is an issue

[ThailandRyan]

1 minute ago, Guderian said:

Showboating. According to Bloomberg, the number of vaccinations on Saturday was back down to 480,000. Now if they could keep on delivering a million jabs a day for a few weeks, that would be something to shout about.

According to the MOPH info I posted earliet the numbers vaccinated was half of what you quoted.

 

 

[Marvin Hagler]

On Saturday one of the major Thai newspapers reported it was 1.1million vaccinations on Friday. Today the same publication is reporting 1.44million vaccinations on Friday. This article is stating 1.2million vaccinations on Friday.

 

I think that tells you everything you need to know about how accurate the numbers are. It’s been made up to suit their agenda.

[KannikaP]

1,000,000 doses = 2000 at 500 different places. Over a period of 10 hours that is 200 per hour given by say 6 doctors/nurses = 33 doses per hour per doctor = one every two minutes, NON STOP for 10 hours at 500 places. Possible or not?

[Kadilo]

1 hour ago, Neeranam said:

Awesome Thailand, UK/US  never got even close to this percentage of the population in one day. Makes me proud to be Thai, but felt <deleted> after my vaccine on Friday.  

Can't believe there are two negative Normans complaining already. 

 

 

Amazing effort. Yes even with all the efforts by the Army and volunteers in the UK they did not get near this number. 

Sadly some people will always try and find a negative somewhere, even out of good news. 

[realfunster]

1 hour ago, mtls2005 said:

Was the subcutaneous method used?

 

thai authorities claim that 25% of a normal dose is required, and that it gives super-duper results.

 

I saw that it was used in Phuket for AZ for the record-setting day.  https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-begins-new-vaccine-injection-method-81511.php

 

 

 

 

Attention folks - this here is an important post and link to read.

 

According to the world class virologists located on the island of Phuket, a subcutaneous booster using a 20% dose of AZ is very effective.

 

They may be right of course but this seems a risky approach although it does have the advantage of providing a 5x multiplier for daily vaccinations !

[mtls2005]

When the regime predicted they would administer more than 1 mm doses you can be darn sure the published figure will be greater than 1 mm.

 

I'm not certain the regime has published the actual figures yet. I haven't seen them in the usual spots.

 

IMO, publishing extra details about this miraculous effort would go a long way towards removing any doubt.

 

Which vaccines? Total number of each? First, second, third dose totals. Provincial figures. 

 

 

[edwinchester]

59 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Awesome Thailand, UK/US  never got even close to this percentage of the population in one day. Makes me proud to be Thai, but felt <deleted> after my vaccine on Friday.  

Can't believe there are two negative Normans complaining already. 

 

 

Please don't get me wrong, I am grateful that I am now fully vaccinated with Astrazeneca but cancelling appointments with no notice just to make up numbers on another day seems pointless to me and inconvenienced many people.

I should also add that a Thai doctor stood up for my right to get the vaccine after a couple of people were a little loud voicing that farangs shouldn't be getting a shot, pointing out that I live here and everybody is eligible.

After seeing the number of people being vaccinated in my own local hospital I can believe the numbers, it's a well drilled operation, it's just that from personal experience it's hard to believe that this huge effort on one day will be repeated on a regular basis.

[Tropicalevo]

1 hour ago, Neeranam said:

Awesome Thailand, UK/US  never got even close to this percentage of the population in one day. Makes me proud to be Thai, but felt <deleted> after my vaccine on Friday.  

Can't believe there are two negative Normans complaining already. 

 

 

Not negative.

Fact. Many appointments were cancelled during the week and people were told to turn up on Friday!

Great trick.

[Tropicalevo]

2 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Wow... impressive numbers.

Yes and easy to achieve if you cut back and cancel vaccinations for the previous four days.

Look at the numbers for the previous days.

[vandeventer]

3 hours ago, keith101 said:

Probably rushing to get rid of all the useless Sinovac .

Here is something new about killing covid ,soon to come out.

https://youtu.be/YXIReAmYp9A