Don’t worry, says PM, we’ll have enough vaccines

[Thaiger]

The Thai PM says he’s confident there will be no shortage of Covid-19 vaccines and that expected deliveries will arrive as scheduled. Prayut Chan-o-cha was speaking yesterday during a House of Representatives address, ahead of a debate on the budget for the 2022 financial year. According to a Bangkok Post report, the PM says the distribution of vaccines to areas of the country dealing with large clusters will be accelerated. “The government continues to procure Covid-19 vaccines and has primary, secondary and emergency plans. I expect the delivery of the supplies to be made on schedule. The government has procured […]

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2 hours ago, Thaiger said:

primary, secondary and emergency plans

Maybe the PM's alternative term for left, right, centre and maybe some off-centre, too, with the now quadruple streams of vaccines:

1. Sinovac
2. AstraZeneca, foreign sourced
3. AstraZeneca, locally made by his Majesty's business, Siam Bioscience
4. Sonopharm, imports of which, under the sponsorship of Princess Chulabhorn, are being handled by Chulabhorn Royal Academy

A complex sourcing scenario, as most would agree but I do fear that, multi-streamed or otherwise, the wheels will be dropping off this vaccine wagon before the PH Ministry's projected 70% of Thais to be at least one-dosed by end September comes to fruition.

It could just be the cynical me, so let's just see.