Chonburi readies some 40 vaccination centers. Thai Visa / NNT



 

CHONBURI (NNT) - Chonburi Province is preparing to open some 40 vaccination centers, in the hope of achieving herd immunity and restarting tourism businesses.

 

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul, accompanied by Deputy Minister of Public Health Satit Pitutacha, has inspected a vaccination center at the Thailand National Sports University's Chonburi Campus.

 

The vaccination center is located at a field hospital inside the campus, and will join some 40 vaccination centers, both in and outside of hospitals, to provide COVID-19 jabs to Chonburi residents in the vaccination drive.

 

Chonburi's largest vaccination center at Pattaya's indoor stadium can vaccinate up to 5,000 people a day at full capacity, while the second largest venue at Muang Ban Suan Municipality's community hall can give as many as 3,000 jabs a day.

 

Chonburi province is hoping to vaccinate as many people as possible in order to achieve herd immunity, which is crucial to the restart of local tourism businesses. The eastern seaside province has so far administered 110,528 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to local people.