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COVID-19 Vaccines Being Prepared for 50% of Thailand's Population

Thailand’s National Vaccine Institute has initially ordered COVID-19 vaccines for 50% of the Thai population and the reservation would cost the government 2.93 billion baht this month.

Dr Panprapa Yongtrakul, spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Health, said the National Vaccine Committee approved the early reservation of COVID-19 vaccines for half the Thai population.

Vaccine reservation for 20% of the population would be done through COVAX. Furthermore that for 30% of the population would be directly sealed with manufacturers. Consequently each person would need two doses of a vaccine, Dr Panprapa said.

Dr Nakorn Premsri, director of the National Vaccine Institute, said the institute’s management verbally ordered vaccines from 10 manufacturers. Only the vaccine manufacturers that have entered the Phase 3 of their vaccine testing. He said Thailand had yet to place money for the reservation.

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul who heads the National Vaccine Committee can exercise Section 18 of the National Vaccine Security Act. Above all to approve the reservation sum worth 2.93 billion baht. The money must be placed within this month.

The first group of people to be vaccinated will be Thailand’s medical personnel. The remaining recipients will be chosen based on the interest of public health, Dr Nakorn told TNA.

New imported cases of the covid-19 coronavirus

COVID-19 Vaccines Being Prepared for 50% of Thailand's Population

Meanwhile, the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration reported five new cases of the covid-19 coronavirus . All were quarantined arrivals, raising the total to 3,590.

Of the total, 3,390 recovered and 141 patients were at hospitals. The death toll remained unchanged at 59.

The five new cases included two from India. One is a male Indian auditor aged 27 who arrived on the same flight as six previously confirmed cases and the other is a male Indian chef aged 33.

Another case is a 34-year-old Portuguese steward of chartered flights who was from Portugal. He landed in India on Sept 18, in Malaysian on Sept 24 and in Thailand on Sept 30.

Another case is a Bahraini businessman, 50, who has a Thai wife. The other case is a Thai businesswoman, 55, who arrived from Japan and is in hospital.

Work is ongoing at unprecedented speed to also make COVID-19 a vaccine-preventable disease.

There are currently over 169 COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine candidates under development, with 26 of these in the human trial phase. WHO is working in collaboration with scientists, business, and global health organizations through the ACT Accelerator to speed up the pandemic response.

When a safe and effective vaccine is found, COVAX (led by WHO, GAVI and  CEPI) will facilitate the equitable access and distribution of these vaccines to protect people in all countries. People most at risk will be prioritized.

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