73 A medical worker prepares a dose of Covid-19 vaccine on Monday for injection at an old warehouse in Klong Toey, Bangkok, which has been converted into a mass inoculation venue. The site, located near the Port Authority of Thailand s head office, is the third to be set up in response to the growing number of infections in the capital s crowded districts. (Photo: Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)
Senior citizens have no need to worry about getting inoculated with Sinovac s Covid-19 vaccine, as a study carried out in China has confirmed its suitability for use in adults over the age 60, said Sophon Mekhton, assistant to the Public Health Minister and chairman of the Covid-19 vaccine management sub-committee, yesterday.
Joy amid hardship
published : 10 May 2021 at 04:30
1 ML Varudh Varavarn, the founder and director of Vin Varavarn Architects, designs affordable micro-houses for low-income families in Klong Toey.
Rusty tin shacks sprawl under high-rises and billboards. Rubbish scatters and floats down the foul-smelling river. Last year, fire broke out near a local mosque. With the third wave of the coronavirus outbreak, the Klong Toey neighbourhood is hanging by a thread.
Naowarat Sayan, 66, has lived in the Klong Toey slum for 40 years. Five members one of them falling sick cram themselves in a dilapidated house with a leaky roof and rickety wall. Thousands are living in what is the oldest and largest ghetto covering 198
Klong Toey shots drive in works
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Vaccines for 60% of residents in 2 weeks
published : 5 May 2021 at 04:00
59 A woman is given a Covid-19 jab at Lotus Rama IV where an area has been converted into a vaccination venue for people in communities in Klong Toey in the capital where the virus has been spreading rapidly in recent days. (Photo by Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)
The government is set to curb the new outbreak of Covid-19 across communities in the Klong Toey district of Bangkok within two weeks and has a plan to vaccinate at least 50,000 out of all 90,000 residents.
Starting on Tuesday, mass vaccinations were deployed in the Klong Toey area, with cooperation from state agencies, the private sector and community residents. The plan is to have about 60% of Klong Toey residents vaccinated, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha wrote on his Facebook page on Tuesday.
Slum cluster was avoidable
published : 4 May 2021 at 04:00
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After the experiences of the Samut Sakhon and Thong Lor outbreaks, there was a clear expectation that state authorities would now be better prepared to prevent clusters of infections getting out of hand. Yet, the emerging Klong Toey cluster proves the opposite to be the case.
Yesterday, the authorities woke up to an alert from Chulalongkorn Hospital over a surge in Covid-19 cases over the past few days a number of patients were from the slum area with several deteriorating quickly.
The hospital s Facebook page yesterday revealed that it had 400 Covid-19 patients in its care, 231 on hospital premises and 169 in designated hospitels . Of these, 22 are in critical condition.