Dr. Kiatpoom Wongrachit, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health, said the Ministry of Public Health has started vaccinating against COVID-19. From the end of February 2021 to the present, 84,467,371 doses have been injected, which is the first dose of 45,204,553 people, representing 62.8 percent of the population, and will try to follow up as many people who have not been vaccinated to receive vaccinations. by expanding the vaccination to migrant workers, both registered and unregistered, such as migrant workers in the fishing sector and Thai seafarers in 21 coastal provinces; migrant workers in border areas including those who escaped fighting in shelters in Ratchaburi, Kanchanaburi, Mae Hong Son and Tak, as well as other groups. who are not all Thai nationals This will create immunity to cover all groups of people in the country. Help reduce the spread of COVID-19 enabling everyone in the country to live with COVID-19 safely
Dr. Kiatpoom continued that in the implementation of the Provincial Communicable Disease Committee / Bangkok will work with agencies responsible for each target group Survey and prepare a list to send to the health service to make an appointment for vaccination. Mobile service may be provided in some hard-to-reach areas. for more coverage It uses the vaccinogenic formula followed by astraZeneca. Immunity in a fast time as well as entering vaccination information in the MOPH IC system. Will use the method to create a variable database (Generate Code) to record information and issue vaccination certificates as well. which vaccines are now sufficient Does not affect the service of the general public, therefore, asks for cooperation from employers to bring foreign workers in their administration who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 Register for vaccinations at your local vaccination service.
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