Thailand reconsiders reopening for tourists on July 1 - Pattaya Mail

Thailand reconsiders reopening for tourists on July 1

Pattaya MailMarch 24, 2021

Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul said that it is not yet clear if the country can reopen for tourists on 1 July, as the vaccination process itself takes time, and the overall COVID-19 situation must improve, with fewer patients, no severe cases and low infection rates.

Thailand's Minister of Public Health says that more COVID-19 vaccine doses from the latest shipment will be sent to tourism areas, such as Phuket and Koh Samui, while confirming there will be no changes to the announced measures for Songkran holidays, as the situation is under control.

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The Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul has revealed that more vaccines, from the recently arrived batch of 800,000 doses of Sinovac's vaccine from China, will be made available to tourism provinces, with 100,000 doses reserved for Phuket, 50,000 doses for Koh Samui, as well as more doses for second wave hotspot Samut Sakhon.



He said epidemiological factors are the most important when creating the vaccine distribution plan. However, the vaccine will also need to be given to villagers in tourism areas, in addition to healthcare workers, in order to stimulate economic activity.

The private sector in Phuket has recently requested 900,000 doses of vaccine to be made available to the province, in order to reopen the Andaman islands to international visitors.

The Minister of Public Health said this is highly feasible, as Thailand will be receiving 5 million doses of locally produced AstraZeneca vaccine in June, with 10 million doses per month expected afterwards.

Prior to June, Thailand will be receiving a shipment of another 1 million Sinovac doses from China.

Mr. Anutin said, however, that it is not yet clear if the country can reopen for tourists on 1 July, as the vaccination process itself takes time, and the overall COVID-19 situation must improve, with fewer patients, no severe cases and low infection rates. (NNT) 

BMA announces three strict measures during Songkran fest - The Nation

BMA announces three strict measures during Songkran fest

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Mar 24. 2021

By The Nation

Bangkok announced three strict measures to control Covid-19 during the Songkran festival from April 10-15. Violators may be imprisoned for up to two years or fined up to Bt40,000 or both.

Governor Aswin Kwanmuang ordered the three measures, decided by the capital's communicable disease committee, following concern of a possible new Covid-19 outbreak during Songkran.

The measures are:

1) Traditional Songkran activities such as religious ceremonies and paying respects to one's elders can proceed as normal. But any activity with more than 300 persons needs to first gain permission from the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration district office.

2) Organisers of any other activities during Songkran, such as a banquet with more than 100 participants, must submit an event plan and disease control measures to the district office before the event.

The event, if given the go-ahead, should be arranged in an open area with good ventilation. Activities in confined spaces or in air-conditioned rooms must be avoided. The organiser must also strictly refrain from activities that involve large groups of people that may lead to disorder, or activities involving close contact, such as group gatherings, splashing of water, concerts, or foam parties.

3) It is best to avoid catering to or socialising in groups, "lengthy" eating and drinking should be avoided. 

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Swedish travel bookings to Thailand increased by 150 percent - ScandAsia



Swedish travel bookings to Thailand increased by 150 percent

by Mette Larsen • March 23, 2021 • 0 Comments

Mette LarsenMarch 23, 2021

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Swedish travelers are eager to travel abroad again, many are interested in traveling far despite the hassle of vaccinations and the most popular destination is still Thailand. According to Adam Györki communications manager at travel operator Tui, some departures to the land of smiles are already fully booked. 

So far the roll-out of the Covid-19 has been far from problem-free in Sweden with delayed deliveries, concerns about side effects, and hassle with booking appointments but this has not stopped Swedes from dreaming of tropical destinations and bookings for next winter's trip to Thailand is well underway. "We see a record inflow of bookings. Sales to Thailand have increased by 150 percent compared to last year," Adam Györki says to local media Aftonbladet. 

According to him, a trip to Thailand is on average about SEK 1,500 cheaper now compared to a year ago.

Fredrik Henriksson from competing travel operator Ving paints a similar picture. "For Thailand, we see an increase of almost 35 percent. The trend is even clearer among guests who are between 50 and 79 years old. There, bookings have gone up by almost 70 percent," he says.

He adds that they see that more people want to treat themselves to a little extra on the long-awaited holiday and they see that the best rooms at their popular concept hotels are being booked first.  

Thailands överlevnadsplan - Travel News

Thailands överlevnadsplan

Thailand tog emot 39,8 miljoner turister år 2019 men efter att Corona pandemin slog sina klor runt världen sjönk den siffran till 6,7 miljoner år 2020 med majoriteten av turistbesöken koncentrerade till det årets första tre månader.

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Det är en minskning på 83% och en katastrof för både landets ekonomi och sysselsättning, turismen beräknas stå för över 20% av landets BNP och en ännu större andel av befolkningen får sin huvudsakliga inkomst från turist sektorn.

Under oktober månad 2020 öppnade Thailand för att ta emot turister igen efter att ha varit stängt i nästan 6 månader. Många krav och restriktioner ställdes på de som var sugna på en resa till Thailand och där den stora stötestenen för de flesta var och fortfarande är en obligatorisk självfinansierad karantänsvistelse på 15 nätter.

Vi åkte trots det till Thailand i mitten av november 2020 och här är lite reflektioner från den resan.

Den stora skillnaden innan man sitter på planet till Thailand är att man utöver visum måste skaffa sig ett COE, Certificate Of Entry, till Thailand.
Det gör man online via den thailändska ambassadens hemsida och det innefattar bland annat en Covid försäkring, ett bokat och bekräftat karantänshotell samt lite pass och visumkopior.
Precis som med all information från myndigheter låter det hela mycket mer komplicerat än det egentligen är.

Vi flög till Thailand med Qatar Airways och efter ett rigoröst kontrollerande av alla dokument på Arlanda tilldelades vi ett kit med handskar, munskydd, handsprit och en skärm för att täcka ansiktet med under flygningen.

Sen gick flygningen precis lika smidigt som vanligt – mätta och belåtna klev vi av på Suvarnabhumi flygplatsen i Bangkok där vi möttes av en mindre armé med personal klädda i blåa skyddsdräkter.

Efter ytterligare kontroller av dokument, fit to fly intyg och PCR test så satt vi ganska snabbt i vår minibuss på väg till karantänshotellet i Bangkok som hette Well hotel. Hela processen på flygplatsen klarades av på cirka 90 minuter – vilket är ungefär samma tid det normalt brukar ta.

På karantänshotellet vidtog 15 nätter, eller om ni så vill 14 hela dagars karantän med helpension serverad på rummet. Efter 5 dagar – och ytterligare ett avklarat negativt PCR test – fick vi möjlighet att vistas på hotellets takterass under en timme varje dag.

Karantänshotellen finns runtom i Thailand, även på turistorter som Phuket och Koh Samui, och är vanliga hotell som uppfyller en rad krav från myndigheterna för att eliminera riskerna för eventuell smittspridning.

Man kan numera även tillbringa sin karantän på en golfresort om man vill träna sin drive eller gå en runda på banan – ensam förstås.

Det är flera projekt på gång angående karantänstiden, ett är redan genomfört och det är att de 15 nätternas karantän inte längre räknas in i visumtiden, oavsett om du får ditt 30 dagars visum automatiskt på Bangkoks flygplats eller ansöker om visum innan avresa, alla visum får numera 15 dagar extra i Thailand för att kompensera för tiden i karantän.
Kostnaden för karantänen varierar beroende på vilket hotell och paket man valt, priserna startar på cirka 7 500SEK för ett enkelt karantänspaket och sen går det uppåt men det ingår alltid helpension, minst två covidtester och transfer från flygplatsen till hotellet i karantänspaketen.

Turismsektorn i landet har stimulerats med skatteförmåner och andra incentiv för lokalbefolkningen och det har i viss mån hjälpt företag inom turistsektorn att klara krisen.
Phuket har drabbats mycket hårt av de uteblivna turistströmmarna och där har branschen nu gått samman för att finansiera vaccininköp på världsmarknaden.
Genom det hoppas man se till att minst 70% av öns vuxna befolkning vaccineras under de närmsta månaderna för att på så vis uppnå flockimmunitet till den 1 oktober. Efter det hoppas man kunna öppna upp för  vaccinerade turister att resa till ön utan 14 dagars karantän.

Hela Thailands befolkning ska enligt myndigheterna vaccineras men det beräknas inte vara slutfört innan utgången av 2022.
"Vi kan inte vänta så länge, måste vi vänta kommer vi inte att överleva" säger Bhumkitti Ruktaengnam till Bloomberg, han är ordförande i Phuket Tourist Association som representerar mer än 300 hotell och turistföretag på ön "Missar vi detta års högsäsong också får vi vänta ytterligare ett år och det går inte"
Phukets plan väntar på godkännande från myndigheterna innan de kan skrida till verket.

Hur som helst är det klart är att det brådskar med att få fart på turismen igen, enligt Thai Hotels Association (THA) så är bara 30 – 40 procent av hotellen på stora turistdestinationer som Phuket, Koh Samui och Chiang Mai fortfarande operativa och även de börjar nu få rejäla likviditetsproblem.

Av: Stefan Christensen/Destination Asien i samarbete med TAT. 

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Government spokeswoman Traisuree Taisaranakul said that Thais were free to travel at Songkran - it was the government's way of giving happiness to the people, reported INN News.

 

It was true that the CCSA (Covid steering committee) had recommended no water splashing, no concerts, no powder and no foam parties but that didn't mean travel was off the table.

 

She said that Thais were free to travel to their villages or go off for tourism jaunts as they pleased.

 

Though this should be along the lines of the "new normal".

 

She said that Monday 12th had been declared a special extra holiday meaning that from Saturday 10th to Thursday 15th was a six day Songkran holiday.

 

INN made no comment about what many Thai watchers will feel - that expecting Thais to return to work on Friday 16th is unrealistic; Thaivisa notes that most non-government workers not required to be in work will consider Songkran 2021 to be a nine day break.

 

INN further reported that tourism minister Pipat Ratchakitprakan would be proposing two Songkran schemes to the cabinet namely the "Tour Thailand" plan and phase three of the "Let's Travel Together" plan.

 

Loopholes that led to widespread corruption of the latter have now been plugged, said the media. 

 

 

 

Thailand reported 401 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, a huge surge in new cases compared to previous weeks. Thai Visa

 

 

Thailand reported 401 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, a huge surge in new cases compared to previous weeks.

 

Of the new cases, 337 were local transmissions, while 18 were imported from people entering quarantine. 46 others were found from  contact tracing. 

 

A further 103 people were discharged from hospital having made a full recovery.

 

1,419 people remain in hospital or held in a migrant worker quarantine centre.

 

1 more death was also reported. 

 

Most of the new cases are linked to an outbreak at immigration detention centres in Bangkok at Bang Khen and Suan Plu.

 

Tuesday's cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 28,277 with 92 deaths. 

 

 

Thailand's billionaire tourism minister Pipat Ratchakitprakan is prepared to declare Pattaya and Chonburi as a "sandbox" if officials there can stop one thing. - Thai Visa





Picture: Manager

 

Thailand's billionaire tourism minister Pipat Ratchakitprakan is prepared to declare Pattaya and Chonburi as a "sandbox" if officials there can stop one thing.

 

Foreigners sneaking out elsewhere.

 

A "sandbox" is the latest Thai jargon meaning an area where foreign tourists would be allowed to go where they would not have to quarantine at all. 

 

This is expected to be just for vaccinated tourists and the earliest it would start is July 1st of 2021. 

 

Picture: Manager

 

Pipat as reported by Manager said that being in a sandbox is dependent on vaccination and the readiness of Chonburi people.

 

They would need to be able to ensure that foreign tourists didn't go out of Pattaya and Chonburi.

 

So sneaking off for a night out in Bangkok, for example, would be a definite no-no. 

 

Sandbox is a term often reserved for what children play in, notes Thaivisa.

 

Pipat was at City Hall yesterday along with provincial governor Phakrathorn Thienchai and Pattaya's mayor Sontaya Kunplome on the top table at a meeting of Pattaya and Chonburi tourazzi. 

 

Anybody who is anyone in the tourism industry. 

 

Pipat outlined the current situation that 7 day quarantine will await specific foreign tourists who had received two doses of vaccine against Covid-19 under the Area Quarantine plan.

 

Ten day quarantine for those that hadn't been jabbed. 

 

Africans - 14 days. 

 

But the way forward thereafter - that's where the sandbox comes in. 

 

Sontaya chipped in that Pattaya is ready for Area Quarantine. 

 

There were already 11 hotels offering State Quarantine and 20 catering to Alternative Local State Quarantine. 

 

In addition another 20 had expressed an interest in offering Area Quarantine. 

 

He explained that two zones would be created in Pattaya - the sandbox zone and the area quarantine zone. 

 

There would be specific areas where Thais and foreigners could be together.

 

This interesting tidbit was not expanded on by Manager, notes Thaivisa.

 

Picture: Manager

 

Maybe it could mean that foreign tourists could actually go to bars and clubs if they were in the sandbox zone come July.

 

In other news Sontaya said that the tourism sector has requested up to a million doses of vaccine so that people in the industry including foreigners and foreign migrants could be vaccinated ahead of the sandbox plan. 

 

 

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Phuket to submit plan to reopen July 1 - Bangkok Post

Phuket to submit plan to reopen July 1

BANGKOK: Phuket will submit its reopening plan to the Centre for Economic Situation Administration (CESA) for approval this Friday (Mar 26) in a bid to let inoculated tourists visit without quarantine in July, while Samui also hastened the reopening process with a sealed model.

Tourism Authority of Thailand Governor Yuthasak Supasorn said the reopening plan, known as the Phuket Tourism Sandbox, will depend largely on vaccine allocation to the Andaman island as it must achieve herd immunity by inoculating 70% of the population before letting foreign visitors in by that date, reports the Bangkok Post.

The plan, to be submitted to CESA on March 26, will include a vaccination proposal, indicating the number of doses needed and the timeline of inoculation that will be suitable for a safe reopening.

He said public communities tend to consent to this plan more than last year's Phuket model as it is equipped with a more elaborate plan that can convince them with health safety measures.

According to the sandbox proposal, Phuket needs to vaccinate at least 466,587 people which requires 933,174 doses. To reach the immunity goal within the time frame, it should start the first round of inoculations by April 15, followed by the second from May 15 onward.

"Previously, Phuket set the Phuket First October for quarantine-free entry. But the new sandbox with an earlier starting date will benefit the whole country as we can evaluate this programme first before Thailand reopens all its borders in October," said Mr Yuthasak.

He said long-haul markets are likely to visit Thailand in the initial stage. The post-pandemic travel which needs extra requirements, such as a COVID-19 test and insurance, means travellers will opt for a longer stay and spend more for each trip.

Bhummikitti Raktaengam, president of the Phuket Tourist Association, said the tourism sandbox will help contribute at least B84.3 billion to the island's economy, which is higher than the previous reopening plan set for October that expected to generate B55bn.

At present, the private sector and provincial government are confident about the plan, but the success factor is based on the vaccination programme which is the only unclear direction. Local operators still want the central government to make a decision.

Under the sandbox plan, tourists who want to join the quarantine-free programme are required to show a vaccine certificate, vaccine passport or IATA travel pass. They still have to take a PCR test at the airport and activate the ThailandPlus tracing application while in Phuket.

"Both the private and public sectors in the province are ready. But to proceed with the plan, we need vaccine rollouts within the timeline," said Mr Bhummikitti.

Meanwhile, Ratchaporn Poolsawadee, president of the Tourism Association of Koh Samui, said Koh Samui will introduce sealed routes to international tourists that keep them away from residents.

Both vaccinated and non-vaccinated tourists are required to stay in their hotel rooms for the first two days and get a swab test on the second day. If the result is negative, they can travel to designated areas within the island such as Ang Thong Marine National Park and Koh Tan from the fourth to the seventh days.



Thailand Economic Monitor January 2021: Restoring Incomes; Recovering Jobs - World Bank

Thailand Economic Monitor January 2021: Restoring Incomes; Recovering Jobs

COVID-19 has severely affected the Thai economy, which was already weakening even prior to the global outbreak. While signs of improvement have emerged in the most recent data, the second wave of COVID-19 cases could constrain domestic demand in the near-term. 

• The Thai economy is expected to have contracted by 6.5 percent in 2020.
• Private consumption is expected to have contracted by 1.3 percent in 2020 due to the imposition of mobility restrictions and social distancing measures, and the resulting reductions in jobs and incomes.
• Private investment is expected to have declined by 4.4 percent amid continued uncertainty around the medium-term outlook for exports and growth.
• The external sector remains depressed. Services exports have suffered a severe contraction as international border restrictions remain in place and international tourism remains negligible. Goods exports have been hit by deteriorating external goods demand but recovered toward the end of 2020.
• Supported by an easing of mobility restrictions and the provision of government stimulus, the economy saw a smaller contraction of -6.4 percent in Q3 2020 (yoy) compared to the -12.1 percent contraction in Q2. Partial indicators of consumption and investment continued to improve in October and November. 
• The contraction of 6.5 percent expected for the full-year 2020 has been revised upwards by 1.8 percentage points since the October 2020 East Asia and Pacific Economic Update, due to this stronger-than-expected performance in the second half of the year.  
• The financial sector has so far been able to weather the pandemic shock. However, increased corporate vulnerabilities and elevated levels of household debt pose significant risks as household debt in Thailand is the second highest in East Asia (at 80.2 percent of GDP in March 2020) and NPLs are particularly high for SMEs.

The policy response has acted to bolster economic activity and support the livelihoods of the most vulnerable.

• Thailand has performed relatively well compared to its peers in the region in terms of the scale, speed, and targeting of its fiscal response, which has centered on a 1 trillion baht package to fund cash transfers, the medical response, and economic and social rehabilitation. New large-scale cash transfer programs have been established to support vulnerable groups who would not otherwise have been covered by existing social assistance mechanisms.
• The implementation of measures to provide soft loans to SMEs as part of the overall pandemic response has proved challenging. The disbursement of these loans has fallen below expectations while overall credit growth to SMEs has slowed.
• The fiscal deficit widened sharply as the government ramped up spending to mitigate the economic impacts of the COVID-19 on households and firms. The budgetary central government deficit expanded to 5.9 percent of GDP in FY2020 (year ended September), from 2.3 percent of GDP in FY2019, while government debt increased to 49.4 percent of GDP in September 2020.

Thailand's economy is expected to recover gradually over the next two years, but the outlook remains highly uncertain.

• Following an estimated contraction of 4.4 percent in 2020, global growth is projected to be 4.0 percent in 2021
• Thailand's economy is projected to rebound to 4.0 percent in 2021 and pick up further to 4.7 percent in 2022, underpinned by a recovery in domestic demand and supportive fiscal policy.
• But Thailand's economic outlook remains highly uncertain due to risks from external and domestic sources. If the new wave of infection in Thailand is not well contained, or if global cases continue to rise and progress on distributing a vaccine is slower than anticipated, economic activity could continue to be disrupted by social distancing measures and lockdowns. The premature removal of fiscal and financial relief could also hinder Thailand's recovery.
• There are also downside risks due to financial vulnerabilities, a resumption of trade tensions and supply-chain disruptions, and political unrest. COVID-19 may also have longer-term scarring impacts on potential output, including through its effects on the labor market.

This edition of the Thailand Economic Monitor provides an in-depth analysis of recent developments in Thailand's labor market and discusses policies to drive a jobs recovery from COVID-19

• The COVID-19 outbreak has created several additional challenges in the labor market. The primary impact has been a spike in unemployment, with a large increase among young people, and a widespread reduction in hours worked.
• As a result of the pandemic, the unemployment rate doubled from 1.0 percent in the first quarter of 2019 to 2.0 percent in the second quarter of 2020, the highest level since 2009 with a particularly large increase for young people. 
• By the second quarter of 2020 there were 700,000 fewer jobs in aggregate than a year earlier, and 340,000 fewer than the previous quarter.
• Employment losses were widespread across sectors with more significant losses in terms of numbers of jobs lost in Manufacturing and Wholesale and Retail, while the Agriculture sector acted as a safety net. 
• Hours worked fell by 5.7 percent for men and 7.2 percent for women between the first and second quarters of 2020, reflecting a spike in zero-hour workers and an increase in workers working fewer than 40 hours a week. The reduction in hours worked and other labor market adjustments resulted in a decline of private sector average monthly wages of 5.4 percent in the Agriculture sector and 1.9 percent outside of it.
• By the third quarter, some of these impacts had moderated. The labor force participation rate increased in the third quarter and employers added nearly 850,000 jobs resulting in year-on-year job growth of more than 1 percent. This continued in the first two months of the fourth quarter. 
• Still, the unemployment rate remained elevated at the end of 2020, hours worked have not fully recovered, and several sectors including Manufacturing remain smaller than a year ago.
• Thailand's rapidly aging population means that the working age share of the population will decline. Absent other changes. this will decrease average annual growth in GDP per capita by 0.86 percent in the 2020s. 
• For the recovery from the COVID-19 outbreak to be sustainable in the context of Thailand's rapidly aging population, good jobs will need to be created in high-productivity sectors associated with Thailand's emerging knowledge economy. Productivity improvements and increases in the labor market participation of older people and women can counterbalance the negative growth effects of an aging population. 
• Policy recommendations for a sustained jobs recovery include:

In the short term:

(i) Deploy upskilling and reskilling training programs and provide financial support to help displaced workers get back to work.

(ii) A resurgence of the COVID-19 outbreak in Thailand could require a renewed focus on employment retention policies like wage subsidies that seek to keep workers in their jobs and job creation policies that could help make up for reduced working hours.

These programs should be followed by longer-term efforts which include:

(iii) Create a more demand-driven and results-oriented workforce development system by revamping skills training courses and modernizing employment services.

(iv) Promote employment in the care sector, particularly in the evolving market for aged care, which will require both lower skilled workers and highly trained specialists.

(v) Make childcare more accessible and decrease its cost to help increase female labor force participation.

(vi) Encourage firms to adopt flexible working arrangements for older people and invest in age-friendly workplaces, deploy performance-based compensation schemes and considering increasing the retirement age to extend the working lives of older people. 

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Thai-developed Covid-19 vaccine starts human trials - Bangkok Post

Thai-developed Covid-19 vaccine starts human trials

Dr Nakorn Premsri, director of the National Vaccine Institute, and Dr Lorenz Von Seidlein, a vaccine expert at the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), join the forum on "Covid-19 and Thailand's Vaccine Strategy" at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand (FCCT) in Bangkok on Jan 13. Jonathan Head, the BBC Southeast Asia correspondent and FCCT vice president, moderated the event. (Photo by Thana Boonlert.)

The government started human trials on Monday of a domestically developed coronavirus vaccine and expects to deploy it next year, which its health minister said could give the country more freedom with its vaccine policy.

The vaccination drive is targeting the inoculation of half the adult population by the end of the year using 61 million doses of AstraZeneca's vaccine, which will be locally produced from June.

The home-grown vaccine candidate is being developed by state drug maker, the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO), with Mahidol University's Tropical Medicine Department and an American non-profit and uses an inactivated virus to trigger immunity.

"The vaccine, produced by Thais for Thais, is expected to be used next year," Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn, chairman of the Mahidol University Council, told a news conference.

Thailand's progress comes as countries including Japan and Taiwan speed up domestic vaccine development programmes amid tight global supply and concerns about new Covid-19 variants.

Vietnam last week said its locally developed vaccine would be available by the fourth quarter of this year.

Mahidol University's dean, Bangjong Mahaisavariya, said 460 volunteers would be accepted for the human trials, 210 of whom would be used in the first phase. Phase two is expected to begin in July, with results by year-end.

The Thai vaccine candidate modifies the avian Newcastle Disease virus with a Covid-19 spike protein and is replicated using egg-based technology, the GPO said.

Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said the vaccine would give Thailand more options with less constraints.

"Even though we can produce vaccines in the country, it is from technology transfer and under management of brands," he told the news conference.

"But today, if we are successful we can set our own direction."

Another homegrown vaccine is being developed by Chulalongkorn University and uses Messenger RNA (mRNA) technology. It is expected to start human trials soon.

Thailand has recorded 27,876 coronavirus cases in total, with 91 deaths. 

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