The Samui Sealed Route model is committed to the same schedule to bring back vaccinated travellers from July 1 despite hurdles from the fresh round of infections.
Ratchaporn Poolsawadee, president of the Tourism Association of Koh Samui, said vaccine rollouts have already gathered pace in Koh Samui as approximately 30% or 25,000 people already received two doses, while reports of side effects are very few.
However, as vaccines have to be distributed to other provinces to fight the contagion, vaccine shipments to Samui of around 160,000 doses for 80,000 residents might be delayed.
He said once another batch arrives, vaccinations can begin a few days later. The island has the capacity to administer 25,000 shots within five days at four vaccine centres.
“We firmly believe that the…
