Goals to vaccine 50% by end-Oct
PUBLISHED: 19 Sep 2021 at 04:00
The Department of Illness Control (DDC) is intending to finish its shot target of providing the very first Covid-19 vaccine shot to a minimum of 50% of the population by the end of next month. It likewise wishes to offer 1 million dosages in simply one day later on this month.
Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the DDC, stated individuals have actually discovered to deal with the pandemic. They have actually been following the Ministry of Public Health’s universal avoidance standards, such as using masks, cleaning hands and social distancing in congested locations.
From Feb 28 to Sept 16, about 43.3 million shots of vaccine were offered to individuals, of which 28.4 million were very first dosages and around 14.3 million were the 2nd.
” We can provide vaccines at a rate of 900,000 dosages daily and wish to reach our prepare for half of the population to have had the very first jab by October. “To mark an essential public health occasion on Sept 24, we will offer one million dosages on that day,” he stated.
Next Friday is Prince Mahidol day, which honors the prince’s contributions to the advancement of modern-day medical education in Thailand and his commitment to the health care of Thais. Prince Mahidol, the dad of the late King Rama IX, died on Sept 24, 1929.
On The Other Hand, Tourist and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn stated the Tourist Authority of Thailand (TAT) will prepare a proposition to resume 5 provinces to foreign travelers, with the tentative date being Oct 1.
The proposition will be sent to the Centre for Covid-19 Circumstance Administration (CCSA) for approval on Sept 23, he stated.
The 5 provinces are Bangkok, Chon Buri (Pattaya City, Bang Lamung district, and Sattahip district), Phetchaburi (Cha-am district), Prachuap Khiri Khan (Hua Hin district) and Chang Mai (Muang, Mae Taeng, Mae Rim and Doi Tao districts).
TAT guv Yuthasak Supasorn stated all the provinces, other than for Bangkok, are now all set for the resuming.
For Chon Buri, 51% of the population has actually gotten their very first dosage and 24% their 2nd.
For Phetchaburi, about 47% of the population has actually had the very first shot and 27% the 2nd.
In Prachuap Khiri Khan, about 40% are immunized with the very first shot and 26% the 2nd. In Chiang Mai, just 29% of the population has actually had the very first shot and 17% the 2nd.
In Bangkok, about 94% of the population has actually gotten the very first shot of the vaccine and 40% the 2nd.
The target for Bangkok before it can resume is 70% having had the 2nd dosage by Oct 22.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) remains in talks with the Ministry of Public Health over the possibility of accelerating providing more dosages of the vaccine to the city so it might resume earlier.
