Thailand has turned to unconventional approaches due to problems in supplies, despite manufacturing the AstraZeneca AZN. L vaccine locally. Authorities have also decided to administer separate shots of Sinovac's vaccine followed by that of AstraZeneca, a technique yet to be adopted elsewhere. Can they buy vaccine and provide to foreingers in Thailand? Theoretically, yes.
The demand is huge. So as you can imagine, big pharmaceutically companys are much more willing to sell millions doses of vaccines to the goverment than 10K or K or even K doses to private sector. This is one reason why, even private hospitals are willing to pay, to get the vaccine is still not easy. Apart from that, the rule, regulation and liability of new vaccine are another key factors. In fact, before new vaccine is licensed, it has to pass many processes and take long times years to ensure its safety and efficacy.
So FDA in many countries has to license and approve the use of new COVID19 vaccine urgently and with some conditions such as for public health authorities use only, or for emergency use only, etc. That means this COVID19 vaccine is not for general use right now, so this is another reasons why private hospitals in many countries are not allowed to buy and provide vaccines to their patients.
Unfortunately, right now there is no easy way to get the vaccine if you are non-Thais. We believe that in the future, you can get this vaccine in Thailand. And recently the Ministry of Public Heatlh stated that they have a plan to give vaccine to all residents who living in Thailand as well. The news that the doses would arrive sooner than expected followed a meeting between Thailand's Prime Minister, Prayuth Chan-ocha, and AstraZeneca chief executive Pascal Soriot, Anucha Burapachaisri said.
The delivery would bring Thailand's total vaccine supply for to over million doses, of which 61 million from AstraZeneca and a combination of 30 million doses of China's Sinovac and 30 million from Pfizer-BioNTech PFE. N 22UAy. The easy pharmacy jab with a fun-filled US holiday is a far cry from the shambolic vaccination program most Thai people have been trying to register for. So far 8 million people in Thailand have been received one jab — just over 10 per cent of the population.
About 3 per cent are fully vaccinated, according to Johns Hopkins University. The government started with healthcare workers and vulnerable communities in March using the Chinese-made Sinovac product. The widespread rollout began in early June, primarily using AstraZeneca doses produced locally by a company owned by Thailand's King.
Large, well-organised vaccination centres have been set up at train stations, shopping centres, sporting stadiums and airports to speed up the rollout, but booking an appointment has been confusing and complicated.
An early plan to allow walk-in vaccinations was overruled by Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha after it was announced, while a mobile phone app to book appointments crashed on day one then cancelled appointments without notification. Hospitals began taking bookings based on the number of vaccines they were allocated by the Ministry of Health, but more than 20 facilities in Bangkok had to postpone appointments when doses did not arrive in time.
One of the people affected by the delays in Bangkok was year-old Sawad Kamwaboon. His daughter Sirima Kamwaboon, 46, said that after she registered her elderly father for an appointment through the app the first available date was not for another month. Then the day before they were due to go to their local hospital for Mr Kamwaboon's first dose his appointment was cancelled with no explanation and no replacement date offered.
Ms Kamwaboon heard she could register her father again at a major vaccine hub at a train station on the other side of Bangkok to where they lived. My dad is very old and he is tired from travelling. Ms Kanwaboon said she did not know how elderly people without children or a carer to help them would be able to work out the "chaotic" system. Thailand's Prime Minister has apologised for delays in vaccinations and said he had instructed the relevant government agencies to sort them out.
Despite the hiccups, the government says its plan to inoculate about 70 per cent of the population by the end of the year remains on track.
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