On January 20, 2022, Labour Minister Mr. Suchart Chomklin assigned the Labour Minister’s Advisor, Mrs. Thiwalrat Angkinan, and the Ministry of Labour’s Spokesperson (on politics), Mrs. Theanrat Nawamawat, to visit the area and encourage insured persons under Section 33 to get their third jab (booster dose) of the COVID-19 vaccine at Section 33 Insured Persons Vaccination Center at Guts Investigations Security Guard Co., Ltd., Phra Khanong Nuea Subdistrict, Watthana District, Bangkok. In this regard, the Social Security Office’s Secretary-General, Mr. Boonsong Thapchaiyut, assigned the Social Security Office’s Inspector-Generals Mr. Sakdinat Sonthisakyothin and Director of the Social Security Office Area 12, Mr. Pornthep Siripaiboon, attended the visit as well.
Mrs. Thiwalrat said that the government under the leadership of Prime Minister and Minister of Defense General Prayuth Chan-ocha, and Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan, who oversees the Ministry of Labour, has the policy to provide health care and safety for workers, employees, and insured persons, focusing on the third dose (booster dose) of the vaccine to build immunity and reduce the severity of all types of variants, including the Omicron variant. Today, the Labour Minister, Mr. Suchart Chomklin, assigned her and the committee to visit the COVID-19 Vaccination Center for booster doses at Guts Investigations Security Guard Co., Ltd., under the responsibility of the Bangkok Social Security Office Area 12. The number of insured persons who need a third dose of vaccinations is 168,751. Medical staff and nurses from Sikarin Hospital are vaccination providers. The facility can vaccinate 1,200 people per day. The third dose vaccination services will be open from January 17 to March 31, 2022, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays.
Mrs. Thiwalrat continued that for the third does of the COVID-19 vaccination for insured persons; there are 20 vaccination points in Bangkok and 13 vaccination points in the ten important economic areas (Songkhla, Chonburi, Rayong, Chachoengsao, Samut Prakan, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Nakhon Pathom, Samut Sakhon, and Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya). Hospitals have provided cooperation in the social security system, ready to carry out vaccinations to insured persons to achieve the best value, and can continue to do so. They asked that insured persons under Section 33, when they know the appointment schedule, please get ready, as with all previous vaccinations, get enough sleep, abstain from strenuous exercise, wear a shirt that is convenient for vaccinations, such as a short-sleeved shirt, and most importantly, have their original ID card with them on the day of vaccination and arrive on time as scheduled. The effort will allow insured persons to join in building group immunity together.
For the cumulative number of vaccinations from the first to third dose, 3,384,968 doses have been injected; 2,888,768 are for Thai workers, and 496,200 are foreigners. For the booster dose from January 17 to 19, 2022, there have been 92,307 doses administered, comprising 82,048 doses for Thai workers and 10,259 for foreigners. For January 19, 2022, alone, 30,747 doses were administered, comprising 26,927 doses for Thai workers and 3,820 doses for foreigners. Insured persons who have questions about the vaccination can contact the 1506 hotline, press 6 and 7, from 08.00 to 18.00 hours every day, including public holidays.
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Division of Public Relations
20 January 2022
