Government Targets 30 Million Vaccinations by August

[webfact]

 

By Subhabhong Rarueysong

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Public Health Ministry has planned to progressively roll out almost 30 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine across all 77 provinces by August.

 

Department of Disease Control (DDC) Director-General Dr Opas Karnkawinpong said the plan adds to the more than 100,000 people in the target groups already inoculated in the national vaccination program and also involves identifying and entrusting 4,000 clinics and medical facilities to deliver the jabs nationwide.

 

He said the next phase of vaccination began this month with 300,000 people earmarked for the jab. The vaccination timetable will continue until August when the last 10 million doses will be provided.

 

Dr Opas said the numbers of people being vaccinated and health facilities offering the service will increase in the coming months. This is vital for fast and effective vaccine distribution and coverage.

 

 

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[Petey11]

30million,vtreble that and your getting somewhere close to what's needed.

[Destiny1990]

Another target yawn..

[colinneil]

Was that very wild comment made by the Health ministry, sounds more like it was made by T.A.T.????

[scorecard]

1 hour ago, Petey11 said:

30million,vtreble that and your getting somewhere close to what's needed.

Thai Citizens  -  Approx. 76Million                       

Migrant workers & farang on work permits, PR holders - Approx. 4.0Million

Foreigners in LOS on annual Retire. & other visas  - Approx             200,000

(all numbers from previous media comments, not checked)   ________

Very Approx. total                                                                                  80,200,000

 

Multiply by 2 jabs ...... serum for approx. 160,400,000 jabs needed.

 

Edited March 28, 2021 by scorecard

[JimHuaHin]

August, which year?

[vandeventer]

2 hours ago, Petey11 said:

30million,vtreble that and your getting somewhere close to what's needed.

If they were all J&J vaccines that require only 1 jab that would make sense. Also a lot of Thai people that I have talked to don't want any vaccines. Just maybe there has been too much talk about what can go wrong after they get the vaccine.

[d2b2]

J&J now approved in Thailand, but when will hospitals and clinics be able to order and receive them? 

Without any currently placed orders Thailand will be quite long in the que for obtaining the doses.

It is beginning to appear like Thailand put all their eggs in the wrong basket.

[Bkk Brian]

37 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

If they were all J&J vaccines that require only 1 jab that would make sense. Also a lot of Thai people that I have talked to don't want any vaccines. Just maybe there has been too much talk about what can go wrong after they get the vaccine.

I've also had that feedback from a couple of Thai's worrying about the side effects. The press here has made too much of it.

[faraday]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The vaccination timetable will continue until August when the last 10 million doses will be provided.

 

 

But not vaccinated.

 

However, if the headline is achieved, this will prepare Thailand for the 6 million British tourists which will be coming this year. 

 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207581-6-million-british-tourists-may-travel-to-thailand-in-2021-survey/

[newnative]

   Yesterday they said they had 'acquired' 73 million doses.  Now, today, the figure is changed to 30 million doses, only enough for 15 million people.  We seem to be moving backwards in slow motion.  Meanwhile, almost April and only a tiny number of people vaccinated.  

[newnative]

16 minutes ago, d2b2 said:

J&J now approved in Thailand, but when will hospitals and clinics be able to order and receive them? 

Without any currently placed orders Thailand will be quite long in the que for obtaining the doses.

It is beginning to appear like Thailand put all their eggs in the wrong basket.

Actually, they waited far too long to put any eggs in any baskets.

[khunjeff]

1 hour ago, scorecard said:

Multiply by 2 jabs ...... serum for approx. 160,400,000 jabs needed.

 

The AZ vaccine is currently not recommended for use in people under the age of 18, so that number can be reduced by about 20%, but your basic point remains valid - their plans seem to greatly underestimate the number of doses that will be needed.

[scorecard]

19 minutes ago, d2b2 said:

J&J now approved in Thailand, but when will hospitals and clinics be able to order and receive them? 

Without any currently placed orders Thailand will be quite long in the que for obtaining the doses.

It is beginning to appear like Thailand put all their eggs in the wrong basket.

 

 

18 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

I've also had that feedback from a couple of Thai's worrying about the side effects. The press here has made too much of it.

Agree, the media should have been much more careful with their reporting.

Edited March 29, 2021 by scorecard

[scorecard]

13 minutes ago, newnative said:

   Yesterday they said they had 'acquired' 73 million doses.  Now, today, the figure is changed to 30 million doses, only enough for 15 million people.  We seem to be moving backwards in slow motion.  Meanwhile, almost April and only a tiny number of people vaccinated.  

Normal in LOS - confusion and chaos...

[johnarth]

all the members of my wife family and friends said before the vaccinations started that they do not want the jab, so when and what did the media say to the sheep that was so bad

[crazykopite]

Yet more BS  is that August 2021 or August 2022

[mtls2005]

Just as likely to get to 30 million tourists by August.

 

 

No clue why they stage this Covid charade.

 

Just share the real plan with the public.

 

 

[Guderian]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

He said the next phase of vaccination began this month with 300,000 people earmarked for the jab.

 

Meanwhile the UK, with a similar population, is doing twice than many every day, and has only recently passed 30 million jabs administered after three months.

And do you suppose that the Thais have bothered reading about the problems AZ has been having in Europe with vaccine yields at its new facilities there? Making a vaccine, especially a new one, is a little bit more difficult than turning out large quantities of aspirin or paracetamol.

The government is living in cloud cuckoo land if it thinks this plan has any credibility. Maybe 3 million by August, if they pull their fingers out, but there's more chance of the RTP becoming an efficient and honest force than there is of hitting 30 million by August.

[IamNoone88]

The mathematics above simply do not gel and are not fully explained. That is 29,900,000 jabs in 4 months (by August). So far 100,000 have been given. That means 250k jabs every day from April 1st ...... until end July, excluding the booster jab ... so double the figure.... rough rough.

[Know not me]

In one single day the U.S

vaccinated 1 million people

[Patong2021]

To vaccinate, Thailand needs vaccines and the orders are backlogged for a year. 

[mtls2005]

7 minutes ago, Know not me said:

In one single day the U.S

vaccinated 1 million people

 

In the U.S., more Americans have received at least one dose than have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began. So far, 143 million doses have been given. In the last week, an average of 2.71 million doses per day were administered.

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/

 

[Patong2021]

2 minutes ago, Know not me said:

In one single day the U.S

vaccinated 1 million people

US pop is 328 million. Approx 90 million  have had at least one dose, with 49 million fully dosed.

If pop was fully vaccinated   and they could manage 1 million doses a day, then 190 days to get to everyone for a 1st doe. And then there would be the  280 million who would need a 2nd dose. even if only 80% was dosed,  it would take 368 days to get 2 doses to 80% of the population.  And then there is the issue of a booster for the variants and the flu vaccines.    maybe next year, people will be fully protected in USA.

If I apply best case scenario to Thailand,  country cannot be 80% vaccinated for at least a year.  I think implication for tourism is no visitors until 2022

[Saltire]

Wrote to a Bangkok hospital for an update yesterday on when they can offer vaccine appointments. Here is the answer, encouraging to a point, but I can imagine ALL the big hospitals are chomping at the bit for the go ahead.

 

Greetings from ********** International Hospital.

 

As of now, the government, through the assistance of the Ministry of Public Health, has begun administering COVID-19 vaccinations to those first in line, which include medical professionals and frontline healthcare personnel (both in the private and public sectors), those with chronic medical conditions, and those over 60 years of age. The government plans to gradually provide COVID-19 vaccinations to the general public according to the number of vaccines that are supplied. 

 

********** has received immense interest regarding the COVID-19 vaccine. Out of concern for you and your family during this pandemic, please know that we have already completed the process of ordering Thai FDA approved COVID-19 vaccines, having followed government regulations and procedures. Additionally, we have been coordinating with other private hospitals in obtaining more vaccines. 

 

We will inform you when we have received the vaccines and are ready to provide the vaccination service.

 

Thank you for your trust in ************ International Hospital.  

 

[cjinchiangrai]

Thay mentioned 4000 providers, that is 62 a day to get 250,000 injections. Some of the newly released vaccines only need one shot, like the J&J and the SinoVac so that makes it easier. The newer ones also do not need cryogenic storage, which also makes it much easier for both transportation and waste.

 

I am looking forward to getting whatever becomes available. I am waiting to hear the rules and fees for the falangs as well.

 

Edited March 29, 2021 by cjinchiangrai

[ccarbaugh]

If Thailand wants to be an innovative leader in the world, they would fully dismiss this planned-demic nonsense and ignore the nefarious mandates for jabs, masks and societal distancing.  The people would be infinitely better off by simply avoiding taking the "Franken-jab" (as well as being absolutely addicted to their face-diaper!)  Of course that has a near 100% unlikely chance of coming about due to the financial abundance lavished upon the top decision makers.  ????

[scorecard]

2 hours ago, newnative said:

   Yesterday they said they had 'acquired' 73 million doses.  Now, today, the figure is changed to 30 million doses, only enough for 15 million people.  We seem to be moving backwards in slow motion.  Meanwhile, almost April and only a tiny number of people vaccinated.  

 

Good summation.

[chilli42]

I am impressed by the constantly shifting numbers.  Is it possible that they are overlooking the possibility that many people don’t want or will not sign up to have a jab?  There was a survey on TVF a couple of days ago that said 40% will not avail themselves of a vaccine and another 20% were unsure.  If this is the flow of sentiment, the government will never get near their targets and will have a problem of a completely different nature.

[rangerboy]

7 hours ago, Petey11 said:

30million,vtreble that and your getting somewhere close to what's needed.

correct i hope that 30 million is openly availible with no side effects i heard the western world  aka farang can buy the jab for 2000 bhart is this true if so where