A resident in Bangkok gets vaccinated against COVID-19 (Photo: Xinhua/VNA)Khachit Chatchawanit, Permanent Secretary of the BangkokMetropolitan Administration, told local media that 33,048 out of the 37,466high school seniors in Bangkok who had registered for a vaccine have receivedtheir shots as of October 17. Meanwhile, 29,252 junior high school students whohave registered will be vaccinated by October 20.
School staff who have yet to be vaccinated will receive acombined formula of Sinovac and AstraZeneca vaccines, he noted.
On-site teaching in Bangkok will resume under universalprevention guidelines, with classrooms and schedules being re-arranged toreduce contact. The measure also limits classes to 25 students per room.Students and staff must wear face masks, be vaccinated, and get tested withantigen test kits on the first day of school.
District offices, public health service centres and otheragencies will randomly test at least 10 - 20 percent of students and educationpersonnel with antigen test kits two times each week. In addition, students andeducation personnel must record daily timelines. Outdoor activities must adhereto the public health guidelines set by authorities.
Thailand began a vaccination drive targeting children aged12 - 17 on October 4 with the aim of inoculating 5.04 million students nationwidein preparation for the reopening of educational institutions in November. ItsFood and Drug Administration recently approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine forchildren aged 12 and over.
Thailand has to date recorded 1,793,812 infections ofCOVID-19, including 18,336 deaths. Most of the new cases and fatalities havebeen recorded since April 1, when the third wave of the pandemic began.
In Cambodia, Governor of SiemReap city in Siem Reap province NounPutheara told Khmer Times that theadministration will boost the construction of the 38-road project to befinished before the end of this year as planned.
During the lockdowns, many road projectswere left abandoned due to the shortage of workers. The famous Pub Street wasliterally a ghost town with abandoned buildings and shuttered shops.
Putheara pledged to push the projectforward and keep track to make sure that 100 percent of the roadworks arecompleted, adding that some sectors rely on the roads so it is now a priorityin order to welcome local and foreign tourists back.
During the Pchum Ben holiday fromOctober 5 to 7, the Angkor heritage site in Siem Reap welcomed over 35,000visitors, according to the Authority for theProtection of the Site and Management of the Region of Angkor./.
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