vaccines

  • HealthThai health authorities push to administer childhood vaccines after Covid-19 delays

    Thai health authorities push to administer childhood vaccines after Covid-19 delays

    Thailand’s health authorities are pushing to administer childhood vaccines after they were delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Bangkok Post, the national committee on vaccines says it is concerned about the three-year delay as over one million young girls have missed out on being inoculated against cervical cancer. Now, the committee is asking state-owned hospitals, university hospitals, local administrative…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid-19 vaccines available throughout Thailand, plans for vaccination centres in every province

    Covid-19 vaccines available throughout Thailand, plans for vaccination centres in every province

    Thailand’s Public Health Ministry says Covid-19 vaccines are available throughout the country for foreign tourists and ex-pats. The Ministry says that although tourists would have to pay for the jabs, ex-pats can get them for free. The Ministry is also planning to ensure that every province has a vaccination centre to accommodate tourists who visit smaller areas in the kingdom.…

  • Covid-19 NewsThai government to give free Covid tests to symptomatic foreign tourists

    Thai government to give free Covid tests to symptomatic foreign tourists

    The Thai government says it will provide free Covid-19 tests to symptomatic foreign visitors as well as offer a “reasonably priced” vaccine to foreign tourists. According to Bangkok Post, Thailand’s Public Health Minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, announced his decision to cancel the re-introduction of all tourists needing to be fully vaxxed against the coronavirus. Anutin also stressed that health insurance is still required…

  • Covid-19 NewsThailand ends emergency Covid vaccine procurement

    Thailand ends emergency Covid vaccine procurement

    The winding down of the Covid-19 pandemic has hit a new milestone as the emergency use procurement of vaccines has now ended. The Ministry of Public Health announced that it has officially cancelled its plans to obtain more vaccines against the coronavirus. The end of the programme was officially published in the Royal Gazette on Thursday and was put into…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid vaccine for children 6 months to 4 years old

    Covid vaccine for children 6 months to 4 years old

    Children between the ages of six months and four years old can now get a Covid-19 vaccine. The Ministry of Public Health launched a new campaign to vaccinate young children using the Pfizer vaccine at a significantly lower dosage. The same vaccine has been used in the United States for young children in the same age range. The Thai Khu…

  • Covid-19 NewsBang Sue’s Central Vaccination Centre officially closed

    Bang Sue’s Central Vaccination Centre officially closed

    Bang Sue Grand Station served as a hub for Covid-19 vaccines but now it has officially closed as the Central Vaccination Centre. The centre was opened last May to provide Bangkok residents with a place to receive their initial vaccines and follow-up boosters. But on September 30, the final needle was jabbed into a patient’s arm, the last vaccine at…

  • Covid-19 NewsThailand importing 2nd gen vaccines, producing 3 domestically

    Thailand importing 2nd gen vaccines, producing 3 domestically

    Next month should see the start of procurement of the second generation of Covid-19 vaccines, as the Ministry of Public Health plans to import them to Thailand. The National Vaccine Institute (NVI) will convene to discuss the plan sometime in October, according to the Deputy Director-General of the Department of Disease Control. Up for debate is how many vaccines are…

  • Covid-19 NewsChina approves world’s first inhaled Covid-19 vaccine

    China approves world’s first inhaled Covid-19 vaccine

    For those deathly afraid of needles, China is the first country in the world to approve the CanSino Biologics Inc Covid-19 vaccine, the first of its kind that is inhaled instead of jabbed. The vaccine manufacturer announced yesterday that it had won approval from the drug regulators of China to use the inhalant that they recently created as a booster…

  • Covid-19 NewsThai authorities approve Pfizer for children under 5

    Thai authorities approve Pfizer for children under 5

    Thai authorities have approved Pfizer’s Comirnaty Covid-19 vaccines for children between six months old to under five years old. The secretary-general of the country’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the approval yesterday. For children in this age range, the dose will be adjusted to 10 micrograms per dose. For children 5-11 years old, the dose is 30mcg. Eight weeks…

  • Thailand NewsFree flu shot program for vulnerable people ends August 31

    Free flu shot program for vulnerable people ends August 31

    Before there was Covid and anti-vaxxers and controversy, there was the annual flu shot, a preventative health mainstay for nearly a century. The National Health Security Office campaign that has been administering free vaccinations against the yearly influenza is coming to a close on August 31. The campaign started on May 1 and aims to administer free flu shots to…

  • Covid-19 NewsStudy: vaccines prevented nearly half a million deaths in Thailand

    Study: vaccines prevented nearly half a million deaths in Thailand

    Since the start of the Covid-19 epidemic, 31,031 people have died in Thailand from the virus, but a research team suggest that it could have been much worse without vaccines. The team from Mahidol University suggested that, without a vaccination programme in place, Thailand would likely have seen another 490,000 deaths. The MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis compile…

  • Covid-19 NewsIn Thailand, more than half of children who die from Covid-19 are under 5

    In Thailand, more than half of children who die from Covid-19 are under 5

    In January, over half of the children who died in Thailand from Covid-19 were under 5 years old, and therefore too young to be vaccinated (under current Thai health guidelines). Meanwhile, the number of deaths from Covid-19 continue to worry health officials following the Songkran holiday, according to a Chulalongkorn University lecturer. The lecturer, Dr. Thira Worathanarat, wrote in a…

  • Thailand NewsDDC says Covid-19 vaccine side effects, allergic reactions rare

    DDC says Covid-19 vaccine side effects, allergic reactions rare

    A director from Thailand’s Department of Disease Control says there have been very few cases reported of side effects from Covid-19 vaccines. The director told the Bangkok Post out of the 120 million vaccine doses given so far, only 79 people have had allergic reactions. 43 were from Sinovac, 22 from AstraZeneca, 11 from Pfizer, and three from Sinopharm. Out…

  • Thailand NewsPolls show majority of parents doubt online learning, concerned about Covid-19 vaccines

    Polls show majority of parents doubt online learning, concerned about Covid-19 vaccines

    An online survey conducted last week found that most parents doubt that online learning is effective for their children, and are either “dubious” or “very concerned” about kids 5-11 years old getting vaccinated. The survey questioned 1,089 parents across Thailand. The university that conducted the survey is Suan Dusit Rajabhat University in Bangkok. 66.8% of parents said they doubt how…

  • Covid-19 NewsBoosters much less effective after 4 months, US officials say

    Boosters much less effective after 4 months, US officials say

    The US Centres of Disease Control and Prevention published a study yesterday that found that third jabs of Pfizer and Moderna lose much of their effectiveness four months after they’re given. The study compared how likely vaccinated and unvaccinated people were to test positive. It found that vaccines were 87% effective for people two months after they had their third…

  • Thailand NewsMore kids aged 5-11 getting Covid-19

    More kids aged 5-11 getting Covid-19

    More kids aged 5-11 are getting Covid-19. A spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration said today that the infection rate for this age group was 6.6% between January 1 and February 2. He said the rate has risen now that the Delta and Omicron variants have broken out, and the total number of cases for this group was…

  • Northern Thailand NewsThailand approves Sinovac and Sinopharm for 6 year olds and up

    Thailand approves Sinovac and Sinopharm for 6 year olds and up

    Thailand will now allow children aged six and older to get Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines without adjusting the dosage. Between January 1 and February 2 this year, 13,600 kids 5-11 years old tested positive, a 6% increase from April to December 2021. The Thai Food and Drug Administration (TFDA), wants children aged 3-17 to be able to get the vaccines.…

  • Bangkok NewsAstraZeneca vaccines free for Bangkok walk-ins from Monday

    AstraZeneca vaccines free for Bangkok walk-ins from Monday

    Starting Monday, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will be offering AstraZeneca vaccinations for people over 18 of any nationality. They are broadening the scope of who can be vaccinated in an attempt to accelerate national inoculation, a criterion announced today in Thailand plan to declare Covid-19 endemic by the end of this year. The vaccinations will be open to anybody as…

  • Covid-19 NewsDr Yong says hurrying for a fourth vaccine is wasteful

    Dr Yong says hurrying for a fourth vaccine is wasteful

    Dr Yong Poovorwan is almost always the go-to person for explanations and opinions about Covid-19 as Thailand’s top virologist. And now he is saying that it would be wasteful for people in Thailand to race to get a fourth vaccine as many places are discussing and launching second booster programs. As the head of the Centre of Excellence in Clinical…

  • World NewsMore than a million Covid-19 vaccinations ‘expire’ in Indonesia before distribution to public

    More than a million Covid-19 vaccinations ‘expire’ in Indonesia before distribution to public

    Indonesia had a Covid kerfuffle today after more than a million Covid-19 vaccination shots expired before they could be used, most of which were donated just one to three months, due to their short shelf life. According to Indonesian Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin, nearly 98% of the 1.1 million dosages were thrown out as a result of rushed shipments…

  • Covid-19 NewsOmicron stabilising, officials consider easing Covid-19 restrictions

    Omicron stabilising, officials consider easing Covid-19 restrictions

    While infections of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 have caused a sharp rise in the daily statistics, deaths and even hospitalisations have not been as affected, causing the Ministry of Public Health to call for an easing of Covid-19 restrictions. Numbers of fatalities, as well as those on ventilators and in ICUs still remain low, says Minister of Public Health…

  • Covid-19 NewsFirst Pfizer vaccine batch for children arriving by early February

    First Pfizer vaccine batch for children arriving by early February

    Expect a delivery of Pfizer vaccines in late January or early February at the latest says the Department of Disease Control. The newest batch of the Covid-19 vaccine is intended to begin vaccinating children in Thailand between the ages of 5 and 11 years old. The previous campaign to vaccinate those 12 to 18 years old has been fairly successful…

  • Covid-19 NewsBangkok to begin Pfizer vaccines for children 5-11 next month

    Bangkok to begin Pfizer vaccines for children 5-11 next month

    The next round of the vaccine rollout is being prepared now by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and aims to use Pfizer vaccines for children under 12 years old. The rollout will be launched next month and will allow children between the ages of 5 years old and 11 years old to get vaccinated with the mRNA vaccine. While children over…

  • Thailand NewsThai vaccines recieve a 40 million baht donation from SET

    Thai vaccines recieve a 40 million baht donation from SET

    To help develop domestic Covid-19 vaccines, the Stock Exchange of Thailand has donated 40 million baht to the Thai medical teams working on the vaccines. 2 vaccines are currently being developed at Chulalongkorn University, in separate departments and different partnerships. The president of the SET said that it is imperative that new and improved vaccines are developed and Thai people…

  • Covid-19 NewsNCDC recommends Pfizer for kids 5-11, 4th vaccine for some

    NCDC recommends Pfizer for kids 5-11, 4th vaccine for some

    Giving the Pfizer vaccine has been recommended by the National Communicable Disease Committee for children aged 5 to 11 to protect against Covid-19 infections. In the face of the spreading Omicron variant, the NCDC also recommended a fourth booster vaccine for frontline workers, healthcare professionals, and people with certain medical needs. The Pfizer vaccine has been shown to be effective…

  • Covid-19 NewsAstraZeneca triple vaccines shown effective against Omicron variant

    AstraZeneca triple vaccines shown effective against Omicron variant

    Add AstraZeneca to the list of vaccines that testing data shows is effective against the Omicron variant after 2 doses and a third booster shot. The London-based vaccine brand announced today that, like Pfizer 2 weeks ago and the Moderna vaccine last week, AstraZeneca has also been shown to be effective after 3 doses against the Omicron variant of Covid-19.…

  • Thailand NewsWhat vaccines and mixing is accepted to enter Thailand now?

    What vaccines and mixing is accepted to enter Thailand now?

    The Ministry of Interior has laid out the most current rules for what Covid-19 vaccines and infection recoveries qualify people to enter Thailand. They included the most up-to-date list of which brands of vaccines are excepted and what stipulations Thailand has for international travellers to enter the kingdom, current as of December 11. With the exception of the Janssen vaccine…

  • Thailand video newsOld Thai buses, Refusing vaccines, Masks | Thaiger Bites | Ep.73

    Old Thai buses, Refusing vaccines, Masks | Thaiger Bites | Ep.73

    Jay and Tim go through your video messages, comments and feedback from Youtube, Facebook, Instagram and Thaiger Talk forum on the website.

  • Thailand NewsForeign Minister says several European nations open to donating vaccines to Thailand

    Foreign Minister says several European nations open to donating vaccines to Thailand

    Thailand’s Foreign Minister told the press today at Government House before entering the weekly cabinet meeting that several countries in Europe are willing to donate Covid-19 vaccines to the kingdom. Minister Don Pramudwinai, who is also the Deputy PM, did not mention the list of EU countries that wants to “give away” the vaccines. He said the Health Ministry of…

  • Covid-19 NewsThailand aims for 65 million Covid-19 vaccines for next year

    Thailand aims for 65 million Covid-19 vaccines for next year

    Eying long-term Covid-19 strategies, PM Prayut Chan-o-cha has announced that Thailand is targeting obtaining 65 million vaccines for next year. The vaccines are planned to include the newest versions of each brand imported, though the exact allotment of brands and vaccines were not announced. The prime minister did confirm, however, that contracts have already been signed with suppliers to source…