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Foreigners face longer wait for jab 61 published : 14 May 2021 at 08:00 61 Foreigners in Thailand may have to wait until August before receiving vaccinations from the government, City Hall s top health official said yesterday. Panruedee Manomaipiboon, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration s (BMA) Health Department director, said the Health Ministry aimed to vaccinate everyone in Thailand, including foreign residents and immigrants. We need to build herd immunity, which means we cannot segregate Thais and foreigners. The government has prepared enough vaccine for everyone in Thailand, she said. The plan is to vaccinate those most a risk first, such as medical staff and other frontline workers, those with underlying conditions, the elderly, and then move on to the general public. ....
Thailand logs 22 Covid deaths, 1,630 new cases Monday 43 published : 10 May 2021 at 10:24 updated: 10 May 2021 at 15:02 43 Residents of Ban Khing community in Bangkok s Bang Khae district wait their turn to be vaccinated against Covid-19 at Bang Khae Pirom Park on Sunday. (Photo by Arnun Chonmahatrakool) The government recorded 1,630 new coronavirus cases on Monday, sharply lower than Sunday s tally of 2,101, taking the accumulated total since the beginning of the pandemic to 85,005. The death toll passed the 400 mark, however, rising by 22 to 421. The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said on Monday the fatalities comprised 13 victims in Bangkok, two in Chiang Mai and one each in Chachoengsao, Khon Kaen, Maha Sarakham, Pathum Thani, Rayong, Samut Prakan and Suphan Buri. ....
22 Covid deaths, 1,630 new cases Monday published : 10 May 2021 at 12:54 Residents of Ban Khing community in Bangkok s Bang Khae district wait their turn to be vaccinated against Covid-19 on Sunday. (Photo by Arnun Chonmahatrakool) The government recorded 1,630 new coronavirus cases on Monday, and 22 deaths. The infection figure was sharply lower than Sunday s tally of 2,101, taking the total since the beginning of the pandemic to 85,005. The death toll passed 400, however, rising by 22 to 421. The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said on Monday the fatalities were 13 victims in Bangkok, two in Chiang Mai and one each in Chachoengsao, Khon Kaen, Maha Sarakham, Pathum Thani, Rayong, Samut Prakan and Suphan Buri. ....
8 Staff in a mobile kitchen run by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration prepare food to be delivered to medical personnel at BMA-run hospitals and field hospitals on Friday. The mobile kitchen, which is next to City Hall in Phra Nakhon district, is open on Tuesdays and Fridays. (Photo: Apichart Jinakul) The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is expanding Covid-19 mass testing across the capital with a plan to test 3,000 people in risk groups each day for the next few days to slow the rate of transmissions. Bangkok city clerk Silapasuai Raweesangsoon said on Friday the city has been divided into six zones for the mass testing campaign to combat the surge in infections, especially community clusters. ....
Covid tests, inoculations accelerated in Bangkok communities 6 published : 7 May 2021 at 12:29 6 City disease control workers collect nasal swabs from vendors at Huai Khwang market in Huai Khwang district for Covid-19 testing, on Thursday. (Photo: Nutthawat Wicheanbut) The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is speeding up mass testing and vaccination in Covid-hit communities, admitting the disease is expanding rapidly in the capital. The BMA planned to test 3,000 people in risk groups each day, she said. Testing units were working at the government complex in Laksi district, 70 Pansa Min Buri park in Min Buri district, Huai Khwang stadium in Huai Khwang district, under the Rama III expressway in Yannawa district, a public park under Rama VIII bridge in Bang Phlad district and The Mall Bangkae shopping centre in Bang Kae district covering at-risk people in six clusters of districts. ....