Bangkok Hospital Pattaya offers free AstraZeneca for expats

Bangkok Hospital Pattaya has announced pre-registration is open for free vaccines for foreigners and expats with injections beginning October 15. The hospital will give 2 doses of AstraZeneca to qualifying applicants at no charge.

Registration is open until all slots are filled and can be done online at the following link: https://bit.ly/3a6sLpf

The vaccination is offered with no charge or service fee by Bangkok Hospital in Pattaya with a total of 900 vaccines available for the people who register. Vaccines registration is on a first-come, first-served basis, so if you have not yet received a vaccine, sign up immediately.

The Department of Disease Control has regulated registration to be open to all foreign residents who are not Thai citizens and are over the age of 18, but have never received any Covid-19 vaccine before.

The Bangkok Hospital program to provide vaccines to expats will continue throughout the second half of October with the vaccinations being administered at a vaccine centre on the 6th floor of Central Festival Pattaya Beach.

5 dates and times have been confirmed for the vaccine drives and details of the vaccination centre are as follows:

DATE	TIME	NUMBER OF VACCINES
Friday, 15 October 2021	11:00 am to 3:00 pm	Limited to 200 vaccines
Wednesday, 20 October 2021	11:00 am to 3:00 pm	Limited to 200 vaccines
Friday, 22 October 2021	11:00 am to 3:00 pm	Limited to 200 vaccines
Wednesday, 27 October 2021	1:00 pm to 3:00 pm	Limited to 100 vaccines
Friday, 29 October 2021	11:00 am to 3:00 pm	Limited to 200 vaccines

The Bangkok Hospital drive comes as Pattaya officials have been pushing to reach 80% vaccination levels for the entire population of the city before the planned November 1 reopening. Pattaya City Mayor Sonthaya Khunpluem, who himself just had his booster shot while encouraging others to join, commenting on the need to vaccinated everyone.

“Pattaya is also vaccinating people who haven’t been listed as residents as well as foreigners and migrants to ensure everybody is protected.”