Ministry of Public Health reveals that China will donate another 1.5 million doses of Sinovac, prepare 3 free injections for the group to get 2 doses of Sino Farm.

Ministry of Public Health revealed cross vaccination “Sinovac-AstraZeneca” prevents 70 percent of infections. China plans to donate 1.5 million more doses of Sinovac, 2 million doses of Astra and 6 million doses of Pfizer next week. Prepare 3 free injections for the group to get 2 doses of Sino Farm.

Today (5 November 2021) at the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Situation Press Center, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi Province, Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong Director-General of the Department of Disease Control Announcement of the situation of COVID-19 and the results of the study on the effectiveness of the prevention of infection of the COVID-19 vaccine that Thailand has 8,238 cured COVID-19 cases today, more than 8,148 new infections, severe symptoms and intubation. reduce Overall, Thailand’s infection rate has declined slowly, with the four southern border provinces finding that Yala and Narathiwat have clearly decreased. It is believed that within 3 weeks the situation will be similar to other provinces. Songkhla still needs to watch for another 1-2 weeks, while Pattani has not clearly decreased. Must ask for cooperation to carry out preventive measures.

Areas to watch out for include Nakhon Si Thammarat, Chiang Mai, Rayong, Tak, Chanthaburi and Khon Kaen, and clusters of prisons, educational institutions, worker camps, military camps, markets, funerals and Kathin. If the measures are not intensive or the people and establishments have little cooperation There may be up to 30,000 infections per day, but if intense cooperation The outbreak trend is expected to decrease.

For the COVID-19 vaccination, cumulative injection of 78,656,124 doses, the first dose has already covered more than 60% of the population. There was a meeting No. 8/2564 on November 4 last. Acknowledge the effectiveness of infection prevention. From the actual use using the database of the Urban Disease Prevention and Control Institute (OCC) of service recipients in Bangkok and the vaccination data in the doctor system ready in September 2021, it was found that AstraZene Ka 2 needles, 54% infection prevention, Synovac-AstraZeneca cross formula. 70% of infection prevention is considered to be satisfactory. and is another reason that Bangkok can reduce the epidemic well.

Next week, another 2 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine will be delivered as planned. and at the end of this month will be delivered as scheduled And Pfizer sends another 6 million doses, so next week there will be 8 million doses and has been coordinated from China to donate 1.5 million doses of Sinovac to Thailand.

In addition, the Immunization Subcommittee also has a resolution to recommend vaccination as follows:

1. Injectable epidermal coronavirus (ID) vaccination in case the vaccine is limited. Because the effectiveness is similar to that of intramuscular injections. The skin side effects were more pronounced. But overall side effects, such as fever, are reduced. due to the use of less vaccine

2. Influenza vaccination and coviral 19 vaccine at the same time as the coviral vaccine is quite safe. Nearly 80 million doses are given. Severe symptoms from the vaccine are not many.

3. The recipient of the 2 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine can be stimulated with the 3rd dose for both Pfizer and Moderna. The distance from the second needle is 6 months or more by those who receive it during May-June. can register to the injection point near the house voluntarily

4. In case of allergic reactions to vaccines, they can change the vaccine type. according to the prescribed criteria or at the discretion of the physician which the injection will start from the dead infection viral vector and mRNA. In case of need to go abroad Consider injecting according to the requirements of the destination country on a case by case basis.

Dr. Opas added that For the vaccination of Moderna Subcommittee There is a recommendation to inject according to the company’s drug leaflet. Both regular injections and crossover formulations should be injected 4 weeks apart. Can be injected at the age of 12 years and older. It can be used to stimulate people who received 2 doses of Sinovacac or 2 Sinofarms from 4 weeks or more.

The Medical and Public Health Operations Center has a resolution to acknowledge and have the Provincial Communicable Disease Committee implement it in accordance with the situation of their own province.

For those who have received 2 injections of Sino Farm since June You can contact the vaccination point or the provincial public health office. to register for a free booster needle from next week onwards As for those who injected cross-formula Sinovac-AstraZeneca It is recommended to wait about 5-6 months before injecting stimulants.

In addition, Dr. Opas also said that As for the news of students in Mukdahan province, ATK testing found a large number of infections. The Division of Epidemiology followed up with preliminary data found that Born at a school in Nikhom Kham Soi, Mukdahan Province had ATK test positive for 14 teachers and 3 students, a total of 17 people. The disease investigation team and the Mukdahan Provincial Public Health Office then proactively tested again with 4 brands of ATK among 1,106 students and staff. Plus 87 people, all from school-provided ATK test kits. A random test with another ATK test kit was found to be negative. and when repeated with RT-PCR, all of them were negative.

It was concluded that the test results were not infected. but will monitor the symptoms for carelessness The school can clean and open for classes. Because more than 70% of students and staff have been vaccinated. The reason for the ATK false positive will be investigated again. This may be due to poor storage. not checking properly contaminated or leave the test results for a long time