“Kick-Off Injection of Dual Vaccine for COVID-Flu Extraction Begins Tomorrow! Ministry of Public Health Confirms Doctor Information Records Ready”

2023-05-02 10:40:53

tomorrow! Kick-off injection “Dual Vaccine” to extract COVID-Flu The Ministry of Public Health confirms that the record of the doctor’s information is ready.

Today (2 May 2023) Dr. Tares Krassanairawiwong Director General Department of Disease Control Ministry of Public Health (Sor.) revealed that after the National Communicable Diseases Committee. Has a resolution to vaccinate COVID-19 It’s an annual vaccine. By injecting in accordance with the epidemic situation that is expected to increase infection during the rainy season which will be injected with the influenza vaccine Begin simultaneously across the country from May onwards. But because people still have concerns in the case of receiving both types of vaccines at the same time Therefore, I would like to understand that according to the results of the study and recommendations of the World Health Organization It states that both vaccines can be injected at the same time on the same day. by the resulting immunity will not resist each other

“Therefore, according to the Ministry of Public Health, there has been a flu vaccination campaign for risk groups. It will be injected before the rainy season or in May of every year. This year is the first year to start vaccination with COVID-19 as a dual (Dual) whichDeputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul will lead the public health officials to kick off the “Dual Immunity” activity at Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute at 11:00 a.m. on May 3. The 2 types of vaccination at the same time are injected for many diseases. The most common is the child vaccine that will be injected at the same time for many diseases. Therefore, it is not new,” said Dr. Tares.

Director-General of the Department of Disease Control said that for the question How will the Duodos vaccine be recorded? People at risk groups can receive both types of vaccines at government hospitals. Then the staff will save the information to the original database, which is the COVID-19 vaccine. It sends log data to the MOPH Immunization Center (MOPH IC), which is centrally located.

“What the public can check is “Doctor Ready” and the influenza vaccine. It will be recorded at that hospital database. As for the concern that If the Duodos vaccine has been administered Adverse reactions were found after the injection. People can contact the hospital for diagnosis as usual. However, both types of vaccines are very safe. As for the injection in pairs, there is actually an attempt to study the injection in the same tube as well. To increase convenience for the people, ”said Dr. Tares.

Reporters reported that forThe COVID-19 vaccine is available to people of all genders, ages, rights, including foreigners living in Thailand. You can get it for free. partflu vaccine preliminary willFree service from May 1 to August 31, 2023 in 7 risk groups entitled to National Health Security or a 30 baht gold card. Including 1. Pregnant women, gestational age of 4 months or more (available throughout the year) 2. Children aged 6 months to 2 years 3. People with 7 chronic diseases, namely COPD, asthma, heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, kidney failure Cancer undergoing chemotherapy and diabetes. 4. Persons aged 65 years and over. 5. Thalassemia and immunocompromised people. (Including symptomatic HIV-infected) 6. Obesity (weight > 100 kg or BMI > 35 kg/m2) and 7. People with mental retardation who can’t help themselves.

whilePeople insured in the social security system Recently, the Social Security Office (SSO) announcedFree influenza vaccination from May 1 to August 31, 2023, covering insured persons under Section 33 and insured persons under Section 39 who are 50 years of age or older. Because it is an age group that is at risk of illness and death from severe complications. which can receive services at a medical facility according to the rights of the insured

however On May 1, the Department of Disease Control reported on the situation of COVID-19 in Thailand weekly between April 23-29, 2023, an additional 1,811 patients were hospitalized, an average of 258 cases per day. There were 157 pneumonia patients, 79 requiring intubation, and 10 additional deaths, an average of 1 case per day. The total number of patients hospitalized since January 1, 2023, has been 8,382, with 288 deaths.