More vaccines supplies needed
published : 10 Jun 2021 at 09:09
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Mongkol Bangprapa
More Covid-19 vaccine supplies will be sought for Bangkok, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Wednesday.
He visited a vaccination unit at a shopping mall in Bang Khae which is capable of injecting at most 3,000 people with a Covid-19 vaccine per day but is currently supplied with only 500 doses each day.
He didn't explain how the shortfall came about. It comes amid reports some people are being kept waiting for hours for a jab.
The lower-than-expected amount of vaccine supplies came despite the fact that about 2 million doses of the vaccine were allocated to Bangkok last week for the mass vaccination drive which started on Monday.
Bangkok has been designated a dark red zone or maximum- and strict-control zone by the Public Health Ministry since the new wave of infections began.
As of Wednesday, 70 major clusters of Covid-19 infections have been detected in 35 districts of Bangkok, said the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).
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Vocabulary
- allocate (verb): to officially give something to someone - จัดสรร, จัดแบ่ง
- amid: at the same time as - ท่ามกลาง
- capable: able to do something; very good at a job - มีความสามารถ
- cluster: group of people, animals or things close together - กลุ่ม
- designated: marked, separated, or given a name for a particular purpose - ถูกกำหนด
- despite (prep): used to show that something happened or is true although something else might have happened to prevent it; used to show that somebody did not intend to do the thing mentioned - ถึงอย่างไรก็ตาม, ทั้ง ๆ ที่
- dose: an amount of drug that has been measured so that you can take it - ปริมาณยาที่ให้ต่อครั้ง
- drive: a planned effort to achieve something - การผลักดัน,ความพยายาม
- jab: a vaccination - การฉีดวัคซีน
- shortfall: an amount which is less than the level that was expected or needed - จำนวนที่ขาดไป, ปริมาณที่ขาดไป
- sought (past tense of seek): tried to get/do something; asked for something - พยายามได้, พยายามได้มา
- zone: an area that has an important or typical feature; an area where a particular activity is allowed or not allowed - พื้นที่, บริเวณ, เขต
