The country last week signed a Bt6-billion deal to buy 26 million doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine to immunise 13 million people.
The first to be called for registration will be medical staff, young children, the elderly, and vulnerable groups.Local health authorities will then summon registered participants for vaccination at health promotion hospitals or mobile health units.The vaccinations will begin in May 2021, according the DDC action plan.
A programme to monitor any adverse side effects will run from July until January 2022.

Opas confirmed that vaccination will be provided free of charge by the government. Private hospitals can source their own vaccine supply, he added.

Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 7:16 pm

ExPenhMan wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 5:58 pm

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 5:08 pm One would think Jomtien can survive, as the weekends you will always have locals and expats making the drive down during the high season. Although for sure not the numbers of last year. Unlike Phuket which is to dam far to drive or costly to fly for a weekend for most.

Its not just the people in the hospitality industry that will suffer. It will affect the whole of Thailand cause no tourist eating in the restaurants so thats 10,000,000 ++ less people just in the next 4 months not eating rice, fruits, bacon, eggs & chickens, hamburgers, vegetables and on and on. An think about the beers that will not be drunk to the girls that will not be bar fined and that means no money for the kids back living with mom and dad.
All the way thru the car industry, as no one will have $$ for a new one.

Disaster


Penh man, Unless one needs an abundance of bars and girls, ( and i heard there still plenty around of both on Soi Buakhao) why leave Pattaya for Bangkok? Plenty of places to eat, drink and enjoy the beach in peace
Is there still a dark side?

I retired from the night scene years ago.

unless im in town! then its Jager away!

Cowshed Cowboy wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 7:53 pm

ExPenhMan wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 5:58 pm
I retired from the night scene years ago. And beaches are not my thing. Pattaya used to have an abundance of open restaurants. Many, many have closed. And those that are open, have curtailed hours, trimmed menus, fewer staff. And last, when in party town, who wants to go to a bar where you are the only customer, or, almost always, the staff outnumber the customers. You want to go somewhere with life and laughter. That's almost disappeared in Pattaya. Whereas, Bangkok is much livelier with a greater array of eateries, food services and pubs with actual customers enjoying a night out.

Totally get where your coming from with that ExPenhMan, at least you gave it a go and assessed the situation first hand for yourself. I rarely bother going out at night these days as the darkness tends to emphasise the sense of emptiness, to be honest I find it a bit depressing at night, at least daytime there's a little more activity along the beach stretch but that's not saying much. I just walked round the corner to the Foodmart and at 7.30pm there was no-one around except 4 people already sleeping rough with zero belongings on the forecourt of the bank, a very common sight around town now not previously seen. The supermarket would normally be really busy this time of year with new arrivals stocking up, there was 3 other customers and the till girls were sitting there looking bored.

Good luck with the Bangkok apartment hunt, I'll drop you a PM for a beer meet up next time I'm up there. It's only the ongoing protests that have kind of put me off doing a few days trip.

Cowshed Cowboy wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 9:09 pm " A programmme to monitor the side effects will run from July to January 2022". Not sure I like the sound of that.

I'd imagine as non tax paying foreigners without permanent resident status we'll be expected to pay for it privately.

That deal is for 13m out of a population of 70m. A bit to go before we are required to get it however I could see a scenario where they insist on proof of innoculation when you go to get your annual visa, wouldn't surprise me.

Opas confirmed that vaccination will be provided free of charge by the government. Private hospitals can source their own vaccine supply, he added.

Cowshed Cowboy wrote: ↑Fri Dec 04, 2020 8:54 am ^ You considering doing international travel Richard in 2021 ? Looking at where we are now, the logistical timescale of vaccine roll out highlighted, potential setbacks etc, timing of quarantine abolition, insurance requirements, gear up and full scale restart of the global airline industry, my own feeling is I will still avoid it in 2021 for anything other than a family emergency. Hopefully 2022 will see a return to more or less normality travel wise.