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A few weeks ago we were given some good news by Khun @NatapanuN
about a place in #Bangkok where foreigners can sign up for vaccination. I’m afraid today there seems to be some bad news. This text message was sent by them to @philipbkk today. It has been indefinitely postponed.


Obvious, farangs dont mean shit here....

clears up some numbers from my yesterday post ( very disappointing for this country)

yong wrote: ↑Wed Jun 02, 2021 11:12 am For those who wanna book for Moderna vaccine:

Unfortunately . . .

Nothing resembling this announcement (hopefully in English) was on their web site, which seems to be all about investor relations. Nothing about health.

Anyway, everything I've seen puts the arrival of Moderna in October at the earliest. And this I doubt since Moderna has a really lousy record of fulfilling dose deliveries, just to name a few, for Canada, the US, UK and Australia. Pfizer's delivery record, at least for Canada, has been really good.

My plan, threadbare as it is at the moment, is to get one AZ dose in Thailand and get a Pfizer or Moderna second shot in Canada this fall. Mixing vaccines has just been approved in Canada; plus other nations have been doing this recently. Two small mixed-vaccine studies, from Spain and UK, have shown very promising results.

PS. Ah, here it is in the Thai Inquirer.

THG announced on May 25 that they bought 5 million doses of the Moderna vaccines through the Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO), a state enterprise operating under the Ministry of Public Health.

THG expects to receive the vaccines late September, and plans to kickstart its vaccination programme by October through its nationwide hospital network.

https://www.thaienquirer.com/28173/regi ... first-day/

Stated Govt Vaccination Target by 31st Dec - 100,000,000 ( doses )
Vaccinations Given by 31st May - 3,644,859
Target Vaccinations Remaining by 31st Dec - 96,335,141
No. of Days Remaining from 1st June - 214

Average Daily Vaccinations required to meet Govt Target from 1st June - 450,164 ( June month - 13,504,920 )

Vaccinations given on 1st June - 88,859

Lets see how things stand at 30th June.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... -next-week

Foreigners get jab next week
Diplomats, consular workers 'go first'
PUBLISHED : 3 JUN 2021 AT 06:00
NEWSPAPER SECTION: NEWS, WRITER: PORAMET TANGSATHAPORN



The government has assured that all foreign nationals living in the kingdom who have registered for vaccination will start receiving the Covid-19 vaccine from next Monday.

Sophon Iamsirithaworn, Disease Control Department deputy director general, said on Wednesday that vaccination for all foreign diplomats in the country would be carried out the same day as the government's mass vaccination programme, based upon an advanced reservation system.

"Currently, we have started vaccinating diplomats and their families, and international organisations -- such as UN staff, in which they have registered in advance to get a vaccine from designated hospitals," Dr Sophon said.

According to Dr Sophon, all diplomatic staff, consular representatives and staff from international organisations in Thailand were required to register from June 1–6 via www.ThailandIntervac.com/diplomats.

The booking was required one day in advance of the jab date.

The jab would take place at MedPark Hospital and Vimut Hospital.

"For general foreigners, they can get the jab on the same day as Thais," Dr Sophon told an online forum titled "Briefing for Thailand Journalists on the National Vaccine Rollout".

"Emphasis should be given to the elderly and those who have seven underlying diseases."

The forum was co-hosted by the Public Health Ministry and the World Health Organization (WHO) to equip the media with vaccine scheme information so they work in sync with the government.

Dr Sophon went on to say that foreigners who want to get vaccinated are also required to register via www.ThailandIntervac.com. Those who have booked via the Mor Prom Application would get an AstraZeneca jab.

Dr Sophon said there would be more vaccines assigned to Bangkok than other provinces as the population in the capital is dense and the spread of Covid-19 still relatively high.

"There will be almost one million doses of AstraZeneca and Sinovac altogether assigned to Bangkok," Dr Sophon said.

"In the first two weeks, around five hundred thousand doses should be administered.

The government expects 61 million doses from AstraZeneca and around 10–15 million dozes from Sinovac.

The department is also negotiating with Pfizer to supply another 20 million doses and Johnson & Johnson for 5 million dozes of their vaccine, he said

Today’s Covid new cases.

New Cases
Thailand 2,656 ( +303 )
Prison 1,230 ( +143 )
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Total 4,886 ( +446 )

Deaths 39 ( +1 )

Now now, DAFUG is this?

https://thailandintervac.com

^^ Good to see the privileged Diplomatic community getting to the front of the queue, no surprises there.

^ The general gist of what I've been reading about the actual situation on the ground is that the ability to register as a foreigner for those wanting it has either not been possible or if it was it was withdrawn due to supply/demand concerns and where they sit in terms of priority.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... deliveries

AstraZeneca beginning local vaccine deliveries
PUBLISHED : 2 JUN 2021 AT 16:16


Delivery trucks leave the Siam Bioscience factory in Nonthaburi's Bang Yai district. The company said it will begin supplying the government with its Covid-19 vaccine this week. (Photo: AstraZeneca/Siam Bioscience)

AstraZeneca and Siam Bioscience on Wednesday announced they were ready to start supplying the government with Covid-19 vaccine produced in Thailand.

The announcement said the vaccine made by Siam Bioscience would be supplied to the Public Health Ministry.

The amount to be supplied initially was not announced, only that deliveries were beginning this week.

"AstraZeneca will deliver the first locally produced vaccine doses to Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health, in support of their mass vaccination programme," the statement said.

"Distribution to other Southeast Asian countries will commence in the coming weeks,"

AstraZeneca and Siam Bioscienceheld a ceremony on Wednesday to mark the first release of the vaccine.

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Tuesday that 6 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine would be delivered this month, with the first lot expected next Monday.

If you"re lived in Thailand more than few moths and you have 5 working brain cells you should know already that soi dogs will be vaccinated before farangs for free. Or you will have to pay 10X price like in in their parks. And if you lucky, vaccines will be available somewhere in December.

Today’s Covid new cases.

New Cases
Thailand 2,442 ( -214 )
Prison 189 ( -1,041 )
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Total 2,631 ( -1,255 )

Dead 31 (  -8 )