Not one Bangkok hospital could be found Friday able to register non-Thai nationals for COVID-19 vaccinations.
Despite repeated assurances that the vaccine supply would be equitably distributed and that foreign nationals could directly register at hospitals, a poll of 12 facilities in the capital found none able or willing to register non-citizens, with one insisting it could only do so after 70% of Thai nationals were vaccinated.
Yesterday, five days after registration began through a smartphone app only available to those over 60 holding national ID cards – over a million have signed up so far – the pandemic task force said that noncitizens should register directly with local hospitals.
That does not seem to be the case. Inquiries with 12 hospitals throughout metropolitan Bangkok on Friday morning were met with various negative responses. Registration is…
