AstraZeneca-Pfizer vaccine mix to be employed from October

The committee handling emergency vaccination doses and sites, has decided that Thailand will begin mixing AstraZeneca and Pfizer doses starting in October. Deputy Director-General of the Department of Disease Control (DDC) Dr. Sophon Iamsirithavorn has advised that the Kingdom’s current mixed vaccination approach uses Sinovac for the first dose and AstraZeneca as the second after […]

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Super Riders Will Deliver Medical Kits to Thailand’s COVID-19 Patients in Home Isolation

Thailand’s Department of Disease Control (DDC) has formed a team of “Super Riders” to deliver medical kits to COVID-19 patients, as part of the home isolation program, which allows some patients to recover at home. DDC Director-General Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong said each kit contains paracetamol, green chiretta herbal medicine, a thermometer, an oxygen pulse fingertip […]

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Post-Inoculation Deaths So Far Are Not Related to COVID-19 Vaccine

Thailand’s Department of Disease Control (DDC) has explained that 12 of the 28 deaths, following the administration of their COVID-19 vaccination, were not directly related to the inoculation, while 16 others are still under investigation. DDC Emergency Disease and Health Hazards Control Division Director Dr. Chawetsan Namwat said 6,756,493 doses (4,982,313 Sinovac and 1,774,180 AstraZeneca) […]

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Health authorities to prioritize COVID-19 vaccination drive in Bangkok

Thailand’s Department of Disease Control (DDC) is aiming to prioritize the distribution COVID-19 vaccine in Bangkok, during the national inoculation drive next month, to vaccinate at least 70% of the capital’s residents by July. DDC Director-General Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong said the distribution of vaccine for other provinces will vary, depending on the spread of infections […]

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