Vaccines - Covid 19

[PeteC]

New expat jab registration website opens Sunday

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... ens-sunday

https://expatvac.consular.go.th/

A new registration site for Covid-19 vaccinations is scheduled to open on Sunday morning for expatriates across the country, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday.

The site, expatvac.consular.go.th (Link above) is scheduled to go live at 11am, ministry spokesman Tanee Sangrat said on his Twitter account on Saturday evening.

It will offer registrations “for expats of all ages in all provinces who still have not been vaccinated to date”, added deputy spokesman Natapanu Nopakun in another tweet.

No details were available on the timeline for appointments or what vaccines would be available. The free vaccines provided by the government so far have been from Sinovac and AstraZeneca.

However, authorities have been ordering other vaccines for delivery later this year and into next year. In the near term, 150,000 out of the 1.5 million Pfizer vaccine doses donated this week by the United States would be reserved for expats who are elderly or are suffering from one of seven underlying conditions, along with pregnant women, and Thai nationals planning to go abroad such as students.

The government has said from the outset of its vaccination campaign that everyone living in the country, Thai and foreign, is entitled to free jabs. And while obtaining a shot, either by registering online or at a walk-in centre, has been a hit-and-miss affair for many, about 20% of the people in the country have now received at least one dose.

The new Expatvac registration site is the second attempt to help foreign residents get inoculated. An earlier site, Thailandintervac, was only able to offer a limited number of appointments at a handful of hospitals in Bangkok before it went dormant.

Some foreigners in Bangkok were able to take advantage of vaccinations arranged earlier this month on less than a day’s notice through several embassies, with a window for registration of only a few hours.

Outside of the capital region, the registration process varies from province to province but in many cases expats are reporting successes.

In Prachuap Khiri Khan, for example, Hua Hin Hospital has won plaudits for the system it developed to help foreigners use the provincial vaccination portal Mor Prachuap Prom. The site requires a 13-digit ID number, but foreigners can easily obtain one in a few minutes by visiting a registration desk at the hospital.

Staff will note their passport details and then give them a 13-digit number that can be used to make a booking on the site.

[PeteC]

In addition to the above:

...."Speaking of glitches, the Mor Prom Line app that has been an on-again-off-again registration and vaccine tracking resource for several months put out an announcement of a glitch affecting appointments over the last 48 hours. Officials say that a technical error during the system update caused a problem with all bookings made on July 30 and 31 and they have all been cancelled. Anyone who used the app to make an appointment in the last 2 days will need to rebook their vaccine appointment now. The hotline for more information is 02-792-2333.".....

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/coronavirus/new- ... pointments

[georgy]

Numbers at HuaHin hospital have increased to 9158.
Let's see what vaccine will be on the menue

I wonder if this jump is related to the donations from overseas

[joelle]

Registration for the FIRST dose of the COVID-19 vaccination for all foreign residents starting on August 1, 2021 at 11 a.m.
https://expatvac.consular.go.th/

A new platform for COVID-19 vaccine registration for foreign residents of all age groups in all provinces in Thailand will be available on 1 August 2021 at 11.00 a.m

[joelle]

Announcement from Hua Hin Hospital for the newest batch of queue numbers. We have no additional information. For any questions, please go to Hua Hin Hospital yourself.

Please check for the names of anyone you know on the 50 sheets of names!
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Announcement from COVID-19 vaccination center
We will provide Covid-19 vaccination service on 3 August 2021 from 7 am - 3 pm at the parking building, 7th floor.
For those who have registered on the “Mor Prom” application No. 7,999 - 9,158, the schedule is as follows:
No. 7,998-8,376 Time: 7 am - 12 pm
No. 8,377-9,158 Time: 1 pm – 3 pm
Please kindly check if your name is on the vaccination list. And please bring your ID card or passport on the appointment date.
If you have registered through the “Mor Prachuap Prom” application or you are not on the list, please closely follow the news on Hua Hin hospital's Facebook page as we regularly update the vaccination schedule.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.

[Big Boy]

HHH certainly seem to have got their act in order now, and are pushing on at a rate of knots.

[hhinner]

HHH certainly seem to have got their act in order now, and are pushing on at a rate of knots.

I guess Sinovac is easier to obtain than AZ.

[Big Boy]

Yes, but at 12x the cost

One has to wonder what 'benefits' there were buying such an expensive vaccine, with a poor reputation.

[Dannie Boy]

Yes, but at 12x the cost

One has to wonder what 'benefits' there were buying such an expensive vaccine, with a poor reputation.

I don’t know where you got your costs from BB - the global price of AZ seems to be around £3-4 a shot so it can’t be 12 times the cost of Sinovac unless Thailand are paying unbelievable prices?
Edit

Sorry just realised you were saying Sinovac is 12 times the cost - even more unbelievable

[Big Boy]

The costs I've seen published several times (I'm sure it's on this thread somewhere) is:

Sinovac $30
AZ $2.40

[Big Boy]

Here's the result of a Google search. I was wrong about AZ - it says $4. So 7.5x the cost.

https://www.statista.com/chart/23658/re ... -vaccines/

[HHTel]

Astrazeneca:

Price: $2.15 (U.S.) in the EU; $3-4 (U.S.) in the UK and U.S.; $5.25 (U.S.) in South Africa

In April 2021, AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford reported $275 million in sales in the first quarter. Analyst projections suggest annual sales will be $1.5 billion to $2.5 billion.

Efficacy: Currently about 70% overall.

Sinovac:

Price: $60 per dose in China ($29.75 per dose)

In the first quarter of 2021, Sinovac reported $264.5 million in vaccine sales.

Efficacy: 50.38% to 91.25%, depending on the clinical trial

Pfizer:

Price: $19.50 per dose for first 100 million doses.

At Pfizer’s second-quarter earnings report, it forecasted 2021 sales of the COVID-19 vaccine to $33.5 billion.

Efficacy: About 95%. Apparently 100% at preventing hospitalization and death.

The site that BB quoted was from December 2020
This one is more recent - July 28 2021

https://www.biospace.com/article/compar ... sputnik-v/

[brianks]

Just tried to register to the new online registration for the Phaizer vaccine and after entering my email address it then says there is an error. I start again and it won't take my email address because it says it is already taken. What a cluster f---k. Tried another email address and again stopped with error message and can't use it either again because it is already taken. They take email address and program crashes then your locked out permanently. Genius programers.

[PeteC]

^ You're not the only one. The NBT FB website is filling up with similar comments, and the thing has only been open for 30 minutes now.

https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld

[buksida]

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