The Education Ministry plans to vaccinate more than 4 million students aged 12–18 years old with the Pfizer vaccine next month.
The ministry will roll out 3 million Pfizer vaccine doses, arriving in September, for students aged 12–18 across the country.
The ministry is seeking more doses to cover more than 4 million students.
The ministry said the vaccination is planned to be completed in a month before schools reopen, adding over 600,000 out of 900,000 teachers nationwide have been vaccinated.
Ramathibodi Hospital, Siriraj Hospital and Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital in Bangkok will be responsible for the vaccine distribution while local hospitals in the surrounding provinces will handle the roll-out.
A total of 1,503,450 Pfizer doses donated by the US arrived in Thailand early this month.
Besides the 700,000 doses set aside as boosters for the health workers, 645,000 doses will be allocated to the elderly and patients with seven underlying conditions, minors above 12 years old, and women who are 12 or more weeks pregnant.
About 150,000 doses are for expats who are elderly or are suffering from one or more of seven underlying conditions, pregnant women, and students planning to go abroad.
There are also 5,000 doses for research purposes and 40,000 doses to be held in reserve for outbreaks.
