On August 31, 2021, Labour Minister Mr. Suchart Chomklin assigned the Labour Minister’s Advisor, Mrs. Thiwalrat Angkinan, the Social Security Office’s Inspector-General Mrs. Wantana Natthaphunwat, head of government agencies under the Ministry of Labour in Phetchaburi, the Phetchaburi Provincial Public Health Office and Ban Lat Hospital staff to visit the area to present a certificate of appreciation to the private sector for their contribution in providing facilities and hospitals in the social security network for supporting medical personnel in the COVID-19 vaccinations to Section 33 insured persons. They also visited the administration of the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination services for Section 33 insured persons at the basement of Robinson Lifestyle Shopping Center, Phetchaburi Branch, which can vaccinate 1,250 people daily. For Section 33 insured persons in Phetchaburi, vaccinations are scheduled from August 23 to September 1, 2021 (except public holidays).
Mrs. Thiwalrat said that the government under the leadership of Prime Minister and Minister of Defense General Prayuth Chan-ocha, Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan, who oversees the Ministry of Labour, is concerned about the workforce and the general public amid the COVID-19 situation, promoting vaccinations as a national agenda. The Labour Minister assigned the Social Security Office to work with the Ministry of Interior, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, the Ministry of Public Health by the National Health Security Office (NHSO), the Ministry of Finance by Krung Thai Bank, and public and private social security networked hospitals to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to insured persons. The initiative aims to control the outbreak’s spread from spreading to a wide area in factories and establishments. “Labour Minister Mr. Suchart Chomklin assigned my team and me to visit the vaccination services for Section 33 insured persons and to present a plaque of appreciation to thank the private sector for their contribution in providing facilities and hospitals in the social security network for supporting medical personnel in the COVID-19 vaccinations to Section 33 insured person in Bangkok. The visit also encouraged medical personnel to provide the COVID-19 vaccinations to Section 33 insured persons, which is one of the Ministry of Labour’s measures in prevention and treatment, by expediting vaccinations to insured people following government policy to control the spread of COVID-19 and build immunity among workers for business to move forward,” concluded Mrs. Thiwalrat.
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Division of Public Relations
31 August 2021
