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Home » News from Thailand » Thailand wants 50% of the population to have had their first injection by the end of October
Thailand wants 50% of the population to have had their first injection by the end of October
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The Thai Department of Disease Control (DDC) has set itself the goal of having given a first Covid-50 vaccination to at least 19% of the population before the end of next month.
Director General of the DDC, Dr. Grandpa Karnkawinpong, says the Ministry of Health can put 900.000 vaccine shots per day. According to the DDC, about 28 million vaccines were administered from February 16 to September 43,3, of which 28,4 million were first doses and about 14,3 million were second doses.
The DDC wants to put 1 million shots on September 24, Prince Mahidol Day, to mark this important public health event.
Dr. Opas added that the Thai also have to learn to live with the pandemic. Follow the universal prevention guidelines of the Ministry of Health, such as wearing face masks, washing hands and social distancing in crowded places.
Source: NNT
I don't quite understand this message. If you want to vaccinate at least 50% of the population of EVERY province, how do you get at least 70% of EVERY district protected at the same time?
Furthermore, the aim for at least 50% seems very little, they already achieve that within a few weeks, I think. After all, at the moment (latest figures as of 17.9) 40.8% have already been vaccinated once and 20.5% have been fully vaccinated. Also see:
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=covid+thailand
Looking at the vaccinations (3rd tab), almost 14% of the population has had one vaccine in the last 30 days. If they pierce at the same rate, they will be at the end of October (42 days left) at (14%: 30 x 42 =) 19.6% extra, on top of the 40.8%, so a total of 60.4%.
It therefore looks more like an announced slowdown, positively packaged as an acceleration.
I am curious about the difference in percentages between vaccinations in larger cities and in rural areas. If we aim for a vaccination rate of 50% by the end of October, it will certainly be less than 80% by the end of December. Don't plan a trip to Thailand for next January just yet
If the Thai are sensible, they will first concentrate on the big cities, where many people meet and the risk of infection is greater than in the outlying areas.
In addition, people in the villages pay more attention to each other and a (possible) infection will be noticed more quickly.
The demand for vaccines on the global market far exceeds the supply.
The progress of vaccinations in Thailand is mainly determined by what they can buy on the world market. The rest is the classic domestic tug-of-war between interest groups. The latter gives the impression that the vaccination campaign is chaotic and not based on science.
But gaining scientific insight into this pandemic was also a process of trial and error in the Western world. For example, according to renowned Belgian virologists, face masks were unnecessary at the beginning of 2020, after which they became mandatory on their advice and now the same virologists are advocating that we continue to live masked for a few more months. It can change.
The same goes for the discussion about spreading through aerosols and ventilation. That too was a winding road.
We also experienced urgent high demand in a scarce market in the EU in 2020. The discussion between AZ and EU governments about priority deliveries (whether or not to GB) was striking at the time. I can still see the images of that sulky smooth CEO of AZ in the European Parliament.
Currently, the vaccination campaign in Thailand is really running. In mid-August, my Thai wife received her first Sinovac shot in a small village in Northern Thailand. A 2nd AZ jab followed in mid-September. That combination of vaccines is currently the main driver of the Thai vaccination campaign. Presumably because they could buy the first vaccine relatively easily and can now also produce the second domestically.
The heavy bureaucratic list administration for vaccination has also disappeared in the small village. It is now a smooth walk-in vaccination in the district hospital. Apparently they currently have enough Sinovac and AZ available to keep (a limited) stock in the farthest districts.
It looks like the realization is finally there to vaccinate as many people as possible as quickly as possible in order to stay ahead of mutants (variants). The delta variant has made them realize that.
They row in Thailand with the oars they have, but it has taken far too long for the Thai vaccination boats to be launched. A gross policy error that pays the country and its people socio-economic cash every day. I fear that the political and economic leading class hardly feels any of this. Many very wealthy Thai families even earn a lot from the pandemic. The pandemic is exacerbating inequality in Thailand, which was already so dire.