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Viral vaccine certificate showing 3 shots plus Pfizer ‘belongs to doctor travelling abroad’

A vaccine certificate recording four jabs – the last one with Pfizer – belongs to a Ramathibodi Hospital doctor who is preparing to study abroad, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) said.

Copies of the certificate are being widely shared on social media along with questions as to why Pfizer vaccine, which is in short supply in Thailand, was administered to someone who had already received three shots.

“The [Ramathibodi Hospital] doctor had received two jabs of Sinovac vaccine, and then an AstraZeneca jab as a booster,” said DDC director-general Dr Opas Karnkawinpong on Thursday.

Opas explained the doctor was travelling to a country that has yet to approve Sinovac vaccine, so he needed the Pfizer shot to satisfy the country’s requirement of two doses of approved vaccine.

Ramathibodi Hospital director Dr Surasak Lela-Udomlipi added that the DDC approved the Pfizer shots after the hospital submitted a list of doctors who will travel overseas for study.

“Two doctors will be travel abroad in September, so they will get the shots this month,” he said, adding that countries that have not approved Sinovac do not accept one shot of AstraZeneca as full vaccination.

Published : August 20, 2021

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BMA kicks off campaign to inoculate bedridden Bangkokians

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration on Friday launched a platform for people who are bedridden or cannot leave home to register for a Covid-19 shot.

The shots will be delivered by a special team of medics, Bangkok governor Pol General Aswin Kwanmuang said, adding that this campaign aims to curb the spread of Covid-19. 

“Families that have a bedridden patient or an elderly person who has not been vaccinated yet are required to immediately register for a jab,” the governor added. 

BMA kicks off campaign to inoculate bedridden Bangkokians
The BMA is also sending teams to communities and areas with high infection rates to conduct tests and deliver shots to bedridden or elderly people.

Shots for this target group can be booked at https://forms.gle/vW5meyKHz5dVjz2q7.

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Published : August 20, 2021

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Two Pathum Thani residents detained for participating in Aug 10 rally

Two men who reportedly took part in an anti-government protest at Victory Monument in Bangkok on August 10 were tracked down to a hideout in Pathum Thani on Friday.

“Police linked the suspects to four locations in Pathum Thani and also found 75 ping pong bombs and more than 200,000 firecrackers and flares hidden in these houses,” deputy Metropolitan Police chief Pol Maj-General Piya Tawichai said.

Pro-democracy groups had gathered at Victory Monument last Tuesday to march to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s house and demand his resignation.

However, they encountered crowd-control police at the Din Daeng junction, which sparked a clash between the two sides. Police used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon to push the crowds back towards Victory Monument. After protesters dispersed, a traffic booth at the junction was set ablaze and investigators reportedly found many ping pong bombs in the area.

Prawit Thiboonbun was arrested in Samut Prakan on Thursday for allegedly setting fire to the traffic booth and has been charged with arson, damaging government property and violating the Emergency Decree.

Meanwhile, the two suspects arrested in Pathum Thani allegedly confessed to participating in several anti-government rallies in July and August. They were charged with violating the Emergency Decree, which bans public gatherings of more than five people, as well as other violations.

Piya added that a manhunt has been launched for three other men who were photographed at Victory Monument on August 10, with one of them holding what appears to be a gun. “At this point, we cannot confirm if what he is holding is a gun or a fake firearm,” Piya said.

Two Pathum Thani residents detained for participating in Aug 10 rally

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Bhutan delivers 150,000 vaccine doses to Thailand

A batch of 150,000 AstraZeneca doses loaned to Thailand by Bhutan arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport at midday on Friday.

The Himalayan kingdom had agreed to send the Covid-19 vaccine amid a supply shortage in Thailand.

Kiattiphum Wongrajit, Public Health Ministry permanent secretary, said the delivery came after the Cabinet approved the exchange of AstraZeneca vaccine with Bhutan’s government.

He added that Thailand would deliver AstraZeneca vaccines to Bhutan by the end of this year.

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Bhutan delivers 150,000 vaccine doses to Thailand

He said the doses from Bhutan would be checked for quality before being administered this month to vulnerable people, namely the elderly, those with underlying health conditions and pregnant women.

Bhutan delivers 150,000 vaccine doses to Thailand

Published : August 20, 2021

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Thai legend Prawat rolls into Tokyo to defend Paralympic titles

Two Paralympic champions led the second group of Thai athletes into Tokyo on Friday for the 2020 Paralympic Games.

The group of 43 Thailand athletes and staff coaches jetted off from Suvarnabhumi Airport at 10pm on Thursday night.
The Thai team was led by wheelchair racers Prawat Wahoram and Pongsakorn Paeyo, who earned gold medals at the 2016 Games in Rio. With them were Harnruechai Netsiri, silver medallist in Rio Games archery, along with judo, weightlifting and wheelchair tennis athletes who will seek glory for Thailand in Tokyo.

Prawat, 40, and winner of two gold medals in Rio, told reporters he was confident of success in Tokyo after a long period of intense training for the Paralympics. 
“The wheelchair racing team is fully prepared and ready to perform at our best. Personally, my goal is to do well in every discipline, especially the 1,500 metres and 5,000 metres where I am defending champion. I would encourage Thai sports fans to support me and the wheelchair racing team, and we will do our best in return.”

Thailand is sending a record 74 athletes to the Tokyo Paralympics, where they will compete in 14 sports – taekwondo, archery, badminton, wheelchair fencing, weightlifting, swimming, table tennis, athletics (track-court, wheelchair racing), cycling, shooting, wheelchair tennis, boccia, blind football and judo.

The team is aiming to better their medal tally in 2016, when Thailand won 18 medals – six gold, six silver and six bronze.

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Depression drives Khon Kaen student to her death

A 19-year-old Khon Kaen university student jumped to her death from a bridge in the neighbouring province of Kalasin on Thursday evening.

Her corpse was found below Thepsuda Bridge on Friday morning. Police checked the car she had parked on the bridge before taking the plunge and found documents that identified her as Naruenat Nabamrung.

Officials say based on investigation and CCTV evidence it appears the student took her own life.

Naruenat’s family told the press that she studied at a local university and had been suffering from depression. They also said she liked visiting the Thepsuda Bridge often.

Published : August 20, 2021

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240 deaths, 19,851 new cases push Thailand’s caseload beyond 1 million

Thailand’s total Covid-19 caseload hit the 1-million mark on Friday with 240 fatalities and 19,851 new infections, 325 of which were in prisons.

Meanwhile, 20,478 patients have recovered and been discharged over the past 24 hours.

Since the epidemic kicked off last year, Thailand has had 1,009,710 Covid-19 cases, 795,805 of whom have recovered, 205,079 are still in hospitals and 8,826 have died.

Separately, another 651,606 people were given their first Covid-19 shot in the last 24 hours, 201,318 their second shot, and 7,853 their third shot, bringing the total Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in Thailand to 25,818,666.

According to Worldometer, as of 10am on Friday, confirmed cases globally had risen to 210.87 million, 188.80 million of whom have recovered, 17.65 million are active cases (108,296 in severe condition) and 4.42 million have died (up by 10,933).

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Thailand ranks 34th on the global list of most cases, which is topped by the US with 38.23 million, followed by India with 32.36 million, Brazil with 20.49 million, Russia with 6.68 million and France with 6.56 million.

Published : August 20, 2021

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Thailand crosses 1 million Covid cases

The number of Covid-19 cases in Thailand hit 1 million people on Friday.

As of Friday, Covid-19 cases in the country totalled 1,009,710, of which 980,847 were found between April 1 to August 20 this year.

The country’s first Covid-19 case was a Chinese person from Wuhan on January 12, 2020.

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Anutin promises all expats will get jabbed soon

Over 300,000 expats living in Bangkok have received at least one Covid-19 shot, Public Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Thursday.

He made this remark after discussing the subject with Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai.

Anutin said government agencies have been cooperating with embassies to set up vaccination appointments for expats at several venues, including MedPark, Vimut and Bangrak hospitals as well as at the Central Vaccination Centre at the Bang Sue Grand Station.

He said the government will also cooperate with the Department of Consular Affairs to cover expats living in other parts of the country.

As of August 14, 356,337 foreign residents have received a Covid-19 vaccine, and of them 107,106 have received both their shots. Of them, 27,028 are above the age of 60.

“Most of the expats vaccinated come from Myanmar, China, Cambodia, Laos, Japan, India, the Philippines, UK, France and the US,” he said.

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Anutin promises all expats will get jabbed soon

Anutin said the Foreign Ministry will continue cooperating with other countries to procure more vaccines, citing the ongoing negotiations with Bhutan over a batch of AstraZeneca vaccines.

Meanwhile, foreigners with certificates showing they have received Sinovac, Sinopharm, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson jabs can enter Thailand under the Phuket Sandbox scheme, Anutin said. He added that the National Communicable Disease Committee is looking into allowing people who have taken Sputnik V jabs to enter the country soon.

Published : August 20, 2021

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Former Nakhon Si Thammarat police chief caught for duping officers out of money

The National Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday found the former chief of Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Thung Song Police Station guilty of embezzling government funds.

Pol Colonel Somphong Thipaphakul had apparently talked 200 police officers under his supervision to hand him the 15,000-baht remedial cash handout they had been given in 2020. He said he was following the National Police chief’s orders.

Somphong was found guilty of violating Article 157 of the Criminal Code and removed from his current post at the Provincial Police Region 8 on Thursday.

Published : August 20, 2021

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