Pattaya: Talks held with tourism reps on Covid crisis - but VAX will have to wait to October. They reported that vaccination was not likely to begin until the last quarter of the year. That would be October 1st at the earliest. Thai Visa



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Sophon Cable TV reported that Pattaya's mayor Sontaya Kunplome had conducted a monthly Covid crisis meeting with eight representatives from the tourism industry.

 

Top of the agenda at a restaurant discussion was the vaccine rollout that was supposed to be prioritized for tourism cities like Pattaya.

 

The media said that Sontaya hoped to get his hands on 1.5 million doses of vaccine for the Pattaya and surrounding areas.

 

But they reported that vaccination was not likely to begin until the last quarter of the year.

 

That would be October 1st at the earliest.

 

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Sontaya said that all 11 districts of Chonburi would be vaccinated then with 100,000 jabs done per day. 

 

The meeting discussed how facilities, including a sports stadium, were being prepared to facilitate this.