According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, nearly 70,000 expat and overseas residents have signed up for Covid-19 vaccines using the expatvac website. The web site was created by the Foreign Affairs Ministry, together with the Ministry of Public Health, and open to the basic public on August 1.
The web site was set up to help all the expats and foreigners which have been residing in Thailand however have struggled to get entry to vaccines. The expatvac web site allowed foreigners of any age group and any location within Thailand to register to receive their vaccination.
The director of the Health Hazard and Disease Control Division of the Ministry of Public Health has confirmed that they’ve set aside sufficient vaccines for every international resident who registered on the website. According to their knowledge, as of Tuesday, sixty nine,441 individuals had signed up to request Covid-19 vaccines, and thus far forty seven,794 of those who signed up have obtained a vaccination appointment.
One interesting statistic is that 55,560 of the candidates, equating to about 80%, are under the age of 60. Further, simply 6% of those that signed up had been stricken with one of the 7 health situations the Thai authorities has designated as high risk and most eligible for priority vaccination. Also, 337 pregnant girls registered, zero.4% of all those who applied, as they’re one other demographic that receives vaccine priority.
So far, โซล่าเซลล์ with probably the most registered requests for vaccines is Filipinos with almost eight,000 expats requesting inoculation. The ministries encourage any foreigner dwelling in Thailand who haven’t but been vaccinated to register on the expatvac website as that is the way to inform the federal government to earmark a vaccine for them. You can register to obtain your first vaccine here..