By Tanakorn Sangiam

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration today announced it had given the Covid vaccine to more than 3 million people since the beginning of its city-run inoculation campaign. The city hall now continues to provide COVID-19 vaccination at the city’s public health facilities, following closures of mass inoculation sites.

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and the Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC) have announced the success of their Safe Bangkok mass inoculation campaign, in a press conference chaired by the Governor of Bangkok Pol Maj Gen Aswin Kwanmuang, and TCC Chairman Sanan Angubolkul.

 

From May through June, the campaign gave 222,543 people in higher-risk groups COVID-19 jabs from Sinovac, before rolling out both AstraZeneca and Sinovac jabs for 2,866,517 more people from 7 June to 15 November at 25 off-hospital vaccination sites.

 

The governor said the success of the city’s inoculation campaign has helped people in Bangkok attain protective immunity quicker, effectively reducing the severity of COVID-19, as well as the number of new cases.

 

According to the BMA’s figure, 100% of the population in Bangkok have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, with around 95% receiving two doses. The city has yet to achieve a 100% full vaccination rate, as some people are waiting for their preferred doses from other manufacturers. People who are in recovery from COVID-19 infection and people who have traveled back to their home provinces after receiving their first dose are also among the population not fully vaccinated.

 

Following the closure of Safe Bangkok vaccination sites, the BMA continued to provide COVID-19 vaccine at its 69 public health centers and 11 city-run hospitals, as well as through its proactive vaccination units and vaccination buses. The vaccines are available for all unvaccinated residents of Bangkok, including migrant workers.

 

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4 hours ago, webfact said:

given the Covid vaccine to more than 3 million people since the beginning of its city-run inoculation campaign

"The metro area population of Bangkok in 2020 was 10,539,000, a 1.83% increase from 2019. "

 

Still a way to go then?