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Anutin accepts to adjust RT-PCR to ATK to facilitate foreigners

Thairath Online

12 Nov 2021 12:50

Deputy Prime Minister Anutin said he may consider donating vaccines to countries in Kovax. If enough Thai people The reason is short-lived only 6 months. Prepare to consider adjusting RT-PCR to ATK to facilitate tourists.

On November 12, 2021, Mr. Anutin Charnvirakul, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health Discussing the possibility of adjusting RT-PCR testing to ATK among tourists entering the country that There will be discussions at the meeting of the CCP again, but must look at the cause and effect. Because the origin has a RT-PCR system that must be checked before boarding. If able to check and confirm Including the traveler’s vaccination documents without forgery should find a way to facilitate but must not neglect safety
As for opening the country for 10 days, there must be any loopholes or not. Mr. Anutin stated that public health measures Anything depends on the situation. And if you use Universal Prevention measures to be utmost caution at all times, there will be no problem. If all vaccinations are complete, repeat ATK testing may reduce the risk. Because vaccination is not the only prevention. but did not get seriously ill or die If you want to return to your normal life, you have to be careful of yourself to a certain extent.

While the statistics of infected people were at that stable level, Mr. Anutin asked if it was not good or not. It will gradually decrease. Just don’t adjust the rate higher. That’s enough. If observed, the mortality rate will be among the elderly and those with chronic diseases. Moreover More than 80 percent have not been vaccinated. So vaccines are really helpful. by example Nursing home for the elderly in Chiang Mai that the nanny infects But the elderly who received 2 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine were all fine. shows that It’s the effectiveness of the vaccine that it’s trying to put in. and is confident that by the end of this month, 100 million doses of vaccination are on target. But please don’t count Vaccines are available to ensure the safety of all people of all nationalities. should be more comfortable making foreign workers People traveling along the border, the Director-General of the Department of Disease Control reported that Catching all vaccinations should have received quite a large amount of donations and a lot of self-managed vaccines.

1.5 million doses of vaccine from China today and a new Chinese ambassador will be present to the prime minister this afternoon. within the next week the vaccine will board the plane to Thailand After this, there will be some positive news. And there are also many governments that have expressed their intention to provide vaccines to Thailand. And if we have enough, we need to consider neighboring countries as well. Because many countries participating in the Kovac program are still not vaccinated. which we may be able to help But this is in the future. We must take good care of our people first. this is the most important If we take care of our people, there are enough reserves left. There are still remaining vaccines and they are considered short-lived, up to 6 months, must be considered urgently. Helping countries with difficult needs right now.

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