Thai industry representatives call on Health Minister to roll out vaccines in factories

[Thaiger]

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul will meet with the Federation of Thai Industries next week as the FTI calls for Covid-19 vaccines to be rolled out in factories. FTI chairman Supant Mongkolsuthree says the factory rollout is a priority as the surge in infections is causing some sites to close. To date, just 10% of around 10 million industrial workers have received a Covid-19 vaccine under section 33 of the Social Security Act and the FTI wants more clarity from the government. “We are concerned infections will further affect operations, causing more factories to shut down which will eventually affect […]

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[Stonker]

Factories ... tourist areas ... Bangkok ... the only place left that isn't a "priority" is Isan, where a third of the country live and are routinely ignored.

[Lee]

Why goes every action so slow are the not clear thinking. Or is it like with the more then 30000 dead in traffic look and do nothing??

[BookShe]

29 minutes ago, Stonker said:

Factories ... tourist areas ... Bangkok ... the only place left that isn't a "priority" is Isan, where a third of the country live and are routinely ignored.

So true. But don't forget. Isaan is Thaksin country and probably not in favour of the current system. On the other hand you can only roll out what you already have, and the vaccine is not one of them.