und genau in dieser Stimmungslage muss man sich jetzt diese Ohrfeige vorstellen,
die Astra Zeneka der Regierung verpasst,
indem er quasi sagt - die Regierung veröffentlicht Fake News,
um den Impfstoffmangel auf Astra Zeneka zu schieben,
doch
dem ist nicht so.
Wahrscheinlich hat AZ das letzte Schreiben an die Regierung eben auch der Presse zugespielt,
denn so beginnt der Artikel.
Leaked correspondence between the Thai government and the Covid-19 vaccine manufacturer AstraZeneca has raised a big question about the former’s commitment to administer 100 million doses by the end of this year.
Isra News Agency on Saturday posted
a letter sent by Sjoerd Hubben, vice-president for global corporate affairs of AstraZeneca Inc, to Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul 22 days ago.
The letter explains to the ministry that the most Thailand would get from the European drugmaker’s local contract manufacturer would 5-6 million doses a month, which is consistent with their earlier discussions.
Man wollte wohl aus Liebe zu China, den 5x teureren weniger wirksamen Sinovac Impfstoff als Hauptstütze benutzen, die nun ja weggebrochen war.
Was danach passierte, war ein rumgeeiere der politischen Verantwortlichen,
die nach diesem Gesichtsverlust das Land quasi gegen die Wand fahren
Siam Bioscience Co Ltd, a company owned by His Majesty the King, was retooled to manufacture the vaccine. The government subsidised 600 million baht for the upgrade and officials later said the company would pay back the sum in the form of shots.
The letter caught many by surprise since the government had repeated many times that 100 million doses would be administered by the end of the year to inoculate at least 70% of the population, with 61 million of them being locally produced AstraZeneca.
On various occasions, the government assured people that AstraZeneca would supply at least 10 million doses a month for the rest of the year.
The question that naturally followed is what vaccines the government would buy to achieve that goal, especially when all sides have agreed that Sinovac, which is the most readily available, cannot effectively shield against the Delta variant of the coronavirus. Sinovac also costs at least four times more than AstraZeneca.
According to the letter, the Ministry of Public Health to date has placed two orders for 61 million doses of AZ vaccine in total. The first, concluded in January this year, was for 26 million doses, and the second, closed in May this year, was for 35 million doses.
These 61 million doses were part of the 175 million that Siam Bioscience has been contracted to make. Thailand is to get 34.9% of its output, or 5-6 million doses a month. The rest will be shipped to other countries, AstraZeneca says in the letter.
Furthermore, the letter revealed that in early September last year the government was committed to buying only 3 million doses a month. Therefore, AZ says it hopes Thailand should be pleased that it is now receiving 5-6 million doses a month.
The company also mentioned that it had urged the government back in September last year to enter the Covax vaccine-sharing facility, along with buying directly from manufacturers. Thailand is one of a handful of developing countries that have not joined Covax.
The dates when the agreements were actually concluded, as mentioned in the letter, also raised eyebrows. It showed the agreement for the second batch of 35 million doses was concluded as recently as May this year, even though the third wave has been raging through the country since the start of April.
Mr Anutin told Isra that Thailand had in fact reserved the supply early this year. In any case, the cabinet approved the budget for it on March 5 and it took two months after that to sign the agreement.
Dr Nakorn Premsri, director of the National Vaccine Institute, on July 2 was the first to reveal the
shortfall of AstraZeneca supplies.
Deputy Public Health Minister Sathit Pitutecha also admitted on Thursday that AstraZeneca would not be able to deliver all 61 million doses under the two contracts until May next year. The original deadline was supposed to have been December.
Contrary to what people had assumed earlier, he said 10 million doses a month was in fact Thailand’s capacity to vaccinate people, not the number of vaccines it would get from AstraZeneca. He said the company had seen the vaccination plan but had said nothing.
The revelation had led some Thais to think it was AstraZeneca that had failed to honour the contract, potentially derailing the country’s immunisation plan.
The Opposition even urged the government to exercise its authority under the vaccine law to ban exports of Thai-made vaccines when there are shortages in the country.
Leaked correspondence between the Thai government and the Covid-19 vaccine manufacturer AstraZeneca has raised a big question about the former’s commitment to administer 100 million doses by the end of this year.
www.bangkokpost.com
wer das liesst, wird nicht verstehen, warum man der einzigen Alternative, - den privaten Krankenhäusern,
das Importieren so schwer macht.
Was waren die Gedankenfehler
- man dachte, wir gehen den Weg von Australien, verschleppen das Impfen, treten dem Covax nicht bei, wer schwach ist, stirbt, wer stark ist, überlebt die Krankheit und imunisiert sich selber.
mit der Alpha Variante hätte das klappen können - mit Delta nicht.
- man setzte auf den China Impfstoff als Zwischenlösung, - danach sollte die landeseigene AZ Produktion das Land versorgen. Fürs erst und beginnende zweite Quartal war Sinovac eine Hilfe, doch mit der Ausbreitung der Delta Variante, war das Weiterimpfen mit Sinovac noch noch fürs politische Überleben da.
Was lief schief bei der Eigenproduktion ? Der Herstellungsprozess ist ein über 50 Schritte gegliederter Prozess, wo die Substanz nicht kontaminiert werden darf, und Sterilität das oberste Gebot ist.
Wenn man in England bei Temperaturen von 15 bis 20 Grad für Sterilität sorgt, ist das eine andere Nummer,
als wenn man unter tropischen 30 Grad Temperaturen für Sterilität sorgen muss, wo sich die Bakterien und Keime sprunghaft vermehren. Man kann schliesslich auch keine komplette Fabrik unter eine Glaskuppel stellen, wo Aircons für gewünschte Temperaturen sorgen.
Sowas hatte die Firma noch nie gemacht, und anders, als Marburg, wo man in 3 Monaten 270 Mio Dosen Impfstoff herstellen kann,
war Thailand mit der komplexen Anforderung überfordert, und der drohende Gesichtsverlust wurde mit einer Verschleppungstaktik begegnet, da ging die Zeit verloren, die jetzt fehlt.
Das wissen die Verantwortlichen, und jetzt der Öffentlichkeit AZ als den Übeltäter zu bezeichnen, ist keine Strategie mit Zukunft.
Um das Land nicht völlig in den Abgrund zu reissen, müssen jetzt Dealer ran, die den Impfstoff für die privaten Krankenhäuser aus Lagerbeständen in der arabischen Welt zusammenkaufen.
10 Mio Impfungen pro Monat war die Vorgabe
sinnloses Sinovac Impfen einstellen,
5 Mio AZ Dosen, die pro Monat geliefert werden, verimpfen,
und die Lücke von 5 Mio Dosen schnellstens durch kompetente Einkäufer schliessen