Dear readers,
I registered as an over-60 person for the COVID-19 vaccination at Bang Sue station in Bangkok. I received an email today stating that I am expected the day after tomorrow, Saturday. Does anyone know if you have to pay for this? I don't think so, because it comes from the government.
Another very important question, it is only for farang living in Bangkok. I stayed with my daughter in Bangkok from the beginning of March 2020 to the end of August. Stamp in my passport from Immigration Bangkok for Retirement Visa. Letter from my daughter in Thai that when I come to Thailand I will always stay with her, at her apartment. I also have proof of her Blue Book.
But I will be staying in Jomtien from September 1st till now. I won't be back to Bangkok until early October. Is there anyone in the same situation as me and was he accepted?
I'm afraid they're going to send me away...?
I would like to read your experiences, if applicable.
Ps Is anyone here driving from Pattaya to Bangkok by car tomorrow morning, Saturday, July 31? I have to be in Bangkok (Bangsue Grand Station) for my 1st AstraZeneca jab. To Ekkamai or Suvanaphum is okay. I would like to share in the fuel costs. Buses are not running, apparently due to COVID-19 restrictions. I have to leave around 9-10 in the morning.
Thank you very much anyway!
Regards,
Willy (BE)
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No, I got it for free last Sunday.
Yesterday I had a call from the Bangkok Hospital in Pattaya that I will be August 4th. is expected at 13:00 for a vaccination.
I have already paid to another Hospital in Rayong for the moderna vaccine sometime in October.
Now I just read that there is no approval at all for the Astrazenica vaccine manufactured in Thailand!
My wife didn't sleep last night so I'm going to be vaccinated with this drug. According to her, the counter of deceased persons immediately after the injection is already at 70 (every now and then I also read these messages from, among others, a 33-year-old policeman!)
I'm not comfortable with it and let my appointment pass if it's Astrazenica.
It is Astrazeneca, this has not yet been approved in the EU, had the first shot myself 2 weeks ago in Bangkok together with my wife, had no problems so far, October the second, also registered at 3 hospitals for Moderna and Pfizer, ( paid) but that could be next year according to reports,
That I don't play Astrazeneca well is secondary. The fact is that it has not been approved as being made in Thailand. My belief is that everything that is manufactured in Asia has an inferior quality compared to, for example, German goods.
When I read all the messages, the foreigners came in second place compared to the Thai. Now the farangs are being summoned in one and, sorry to say, I get the feeling that these could be the guinea pigs of the latest shipment of Astrazeneca made in Thailand.
Again my apologies for my negative thoughts.
I would like to travel to Europe to see my grandchild, but this vaccine is not available in the Netherlands.
Kind regards, Fred.
Hi fred
Where you state that the Thais go for farangs, I want to emphasize that that is absolutely not the fixed rule.
I received my first injection myself two weeks ago, my Thai wife has been on the waiting list for a month and was told yesterday that there is still no indication of the date on which she will receive her first injection.
My wife is 18 years younger than me, and that's why.
Our age, not our nationality.
I agree that the Thai policy on vaccinations is very ramshackle, but I think it is unfair if discriminatory motives on the basis of nationality are linked to it.
After all, that's not right. Or at least it is not a generally accepted selection basis.
I realize that this is Thailand, and that there will certainly be a lot of arbitrariness, but in those cases they will be isolated cases, directed by individuals, who thus also act against the directives of national political decision-making.
Color
Here in Pattaya (Chonburi) I have been registered in three hospitals and have not received any notification until now. There is no mention of impending vaccine rounds on the hospital sites. Yet there are foreigners who have been able to register and have already had their turn or just been??? How is it possible. I would be warned, otherwise what is the point of pre-registration. I went to the Banglamung State Hospital with my wife, because she was invited for the Astra Zeneca vaccine with her older sister at the age of 60. I am several years older and did not qualify for a vaccine. It was made clear to me only for Thai. Why equal treatment. Just sent away. I am not an isolated case, because everyone in my position will hear this there. It also turned out to be impossible to register with the Mor Prom app, while this should have been possible in the first instance after July XNUMXth.
I am also registered with two hospitals in Bangkok. In terms of age, I should have had a message a long time ago, but only above 75 years old can you walk in at the vaccination points set up for that purpose. Like Willy (BE), I could register in Bangkok because my wife also has family there and we regularly stay there. Only this is not my place of residence and my 90-day registration therefore does not take place in Bangkok or five surrounding provinces. Also, my visa was not issued in Bangkok. Whether the passport control goes so far as to check this seems strong to me, unless there is also supervision by the police, but I do not think I should do this. There are rules and they stand for something, whether it suits me or not. To make a long story short here in Chonburi people do discriminate against foreigners, openly and without any form of chrome. I have no idea that the Thai government is concerned about this, there is no evidence of that. Much is left to the provincial government. Just registered in a hospital in Sriracha for a vaccine based on the national rollout, to see if this yields any results.
Dear Jacques,
As far as I'm concerned, you can use my appointment on 4/8 at 13:00 PM. I refrain from the Thai variant AZ because I just don't trust it.
Call me about my details.
095 835 8272
Kind regards, Fred Repko
What's still good then? You don't trust Astra, and Sinovac is not good either, I hear and read everywhere on the Thai sites, then you will have to wait for Moderna or Pfizer. In fact be glad you can get vaccine, my wife in Pattaya Nongprue has already registered 4 times and every time she goes there there are no vaccines.
Dear Fred, my housemates and I were vaccinated with AstraZenica in Bang Sue a week ago. It was well organized but very busy. We have not had any problems and feel safe with this injection and something protected. October 14 the second injection. I would advise you to take this vaccine, millions of people have already been injected, yes 70 deaths have been reported, maybe these people were not completely healthy, we are over 80 years old and reasonably healthy and have no complaints.
All the best with your decision.
Peter . .
Moderator: Just a response to the reader's question please.
Upon arrival you must first register, fill in the form that you receive (English), name, address, etcetera, measure blood pressure and then go inside, there are about 100 counters for further registration in the computer, when this is ready go to the prikpost, wait 30 minutes, get a stamp when you go outside, done, and all this is free, it can be busy, it took me a little over an hour, but it's easy if I have a Thai-speaking person with me,
This was also my experience on July 8 when people – like me – still had to be older than 75 years.
I just need my passport to show how old I was, that's all.
You may have a parking problem if you come with your own car (ie parking past the Gates 1-2-34)
Dear Willy,
I do know someone who will drive his own car from Udon Thani to Bangkok tomorrow morning (tonight) because he will receive his vaccine tomorrow at the Bang Sue vaccination center at 16.00 p.m., then he will drive on to Pattaya because he will be staying there for a few days. Maybe that will help you get back to jomtien. His name is Eddy 0890405905, call him if you want to ride along.
Thank you so much, Marc, but I will stay with my daughter in Bangkok for a few days after the shot. Otherwise I would have gladly accepted this!!!! Big mersie, Marc!!!. Willy
If you've gotten ready to register then you haven't told the truth either, the question is where you live NOW and not where you once lived in the past.
If you still fill in Bangkok, it will say in thick letters that you must fill in the form honestly and if not that you will be sent away, after all, you now live in Pattaya.
I think (and rightly so) that you can save the trip to Bangkok.