On June 7, 2022, Dr. Wichan Pawan, Director of the Division of General Communicable Diseases Addressing the case of distributing 16.8 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for Tambon Health Promoting Hospitals (Hospital. The delivery of the Covid-19 vaccine to the hospital, causing problems for vaccines overflowing the refrigerator and allowing the hospital to be a trash bin for that vaccine. It’s not true at all.
which, in fact, are: 1. The allocation of the COVID vaccine to The Ministry of Public Health is in accordance with the plan to speed up the injection of covid-19 vaccination needles approved by the EOC. Ministry of Public Health and Prof. on May 20, 2022 to allow people to access vaccines more conveniently and quickly. 2. EOC, Ministry of Public Health. Has resolved to approve each province to prepare a plan to accelerate the injection of booster needles per province. in order to provide people with more access to services and receive stimulation needles according to the criteria and make an action plan per district
Section 3. Vaccination allocation is part of Thailand’s post-pandemic preparation, which targets at least 60% booster needles. Currently, only 20 provinces have passed the criteria. especially the elderly people with dependency and those who live in remote areas Therefore, it has a policy to facilitate bringing all kinds of vaccines and formulas to the hospital, which is close to home, offering walk-in services at every point, without wasting time traveling far. 4. Plan to allocate 16.8 million doses of vaccine for the hospital. This number is a quota. Will be gradually sent around to the provincial vaccine depot. There are now 20 provinces that have received the quota. The provincial public health office will continue to distribute vaccines to the hospital according to the injection potential and the capacity of the refrigerator in each hospital. If it is not ready, it can refuse to receive the vaccine according to the quota. So there is no problem with vaccine overflowing the refrigerator.
and 5. The system for withdrawing and managing vaccine stockpile In the past, the central area has set the area to collect the required amount on a weekly basis. Therefore, there is no shortage of vaccines in the area. However, during the past several days of vacation There were complaints from many provinces that Vaccines do not make time for injections in people who are scheduled. It reflects that some provinces do not reserve vaccines for emergencies. Although there is an order to reserve vaccines at the provincial stockpile for at least 1 month, therefore, it is deemed appropriate for the area to have a vaccine reserve for the convenience of vaccine administration in order to provide people with convenience and easy access.
