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Coronavirus (Covid-19)
Health Minister volunteering to receive first Covid jab, as effectiveness rate questioned
“I’ll go first!”
Thailand’s Public Health Minister has repeated his pledge to be the first person to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, in a bid to allay people’s concerns. Questions have been raised about the Chinese-manufactured Sinovac Biotech jab after its effectiveness rating was revised downwards by researchers in Brazil.
Anutin Charnvirakul says the vaccine process will be overseen by Sophon Mekthon from the Ministry of Public Health and all safety criteria will be met. The Pattaya News reports that the minister says he has confidence in the safety of the vaccine and is willing to prove it by being the first person to get the jab. It’s not the first time he has made this suggestion but there has been no official confirmation that the Health Minister will be first in line.
Thailand has ordered 2 million doses of the vaccine, with the first 200,000 expected to arrive next month. The government has also ordered 26 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine produced by AstraZeneca in partnership with Oxford University but is not expected to take delivery of that vaccine until the middle of the year.
SOURCE: The Pattaya News
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Toby Andrews
Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 6:06 pm
These experts you claim to have commenting on this forum? I hope you include me.
an expert what you do not have to reveal, just as long as you class me as an expert.
Jason
Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 6:45 pm
Hi team at “The Tower of Babble” I wanted to comment on the story about the US and the UK requiring a pre flight Covid Test. I would have pointed the finger at these two countries until I found out that my own country (Australia) didn’t require returning Aussies to have a PCR test before they boarded the plane and came home!!!! It doesn’t take a virologist expert to work out that repatriating infected people is NOT a good idea!!! The city of Brisbane was locked down for three days because the UK variant (which is 70 % more transmissible) was imported and then transmitted locally. Wouldn’t it be a good idea to insist on a negative Covid test BEFORE people get on a plan?? If that sounds like common sense…guess what…it is!!!
Ynwaps
Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 7:03 pm
Sad Issan John didn’t make this round
norbert BUFFARD
Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 8:41 am
Bit strange, I have forwarded a comment about the Chinese vaccine but it is not shown anywhere
The Thaiger
Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 11:16 am
Where did you ‘forward’ it? You can post directly on here, under stories, under the YouTube videos or on the Facebook page. That’s the only three ways to comment.
D-Boy
Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 8:22 pm
Maybe for your Tower of Babble?
Quarantine, Vaccine, Economy, etc, etc, etc. With all of the “proposals” we keep hearing about that prove to do nothing but create “Babble,” why isn’t any effort given to Self-Quarantine for the Retirement visa holders. The technology exists to monitor this program. It would have an immediate economic impact to the country. I have never heard this consideration. Can The Thaiger send this message?
D-Boy