Kampot Vaccination
Kampot Vaccination
KampotThe Vaccination Drive is in full swing. The Referral Hospital at the kampot Riverside, the School at the Andong Khmer Side of the new Bridge aswell as the Sonja Kill Memorial Hospital are now vaccinating everyone that is registered with the local Sangkat. If you are not registered you dont't get the jab. The Period ends July 20 but that date needs verifycation, sofar it's hearsay. Foreigners and locals are welcome but the scene of huge queus waiting in line (couldn't see social distancing there) in the morning put me off. Perhaps i will go at the very last day. To those that don't want to get vaccinated i have a message: The consequence is that later on there may not be any vaccine available .... the stuff is got a shelf life. You probably won't go anywhere outside Cambodia without the Vaccination Proof and perhaps not even to REstaurants etc. People with special health conditions that cannot take the jab will have to wait until everything clears up a bit. That's not the official line but just my personal opinion.
Ends July 20? That's today, the day you posted.
I'm not a negative person, I encourage people all the time...it's usually to f**k off! But, whatever.
No it does not end today there were different dates for different villages to attend, over different three day periods and a Cambodian family I know .. they were to go from 20 -22nd..
At the referral hospital a lot of people went in one day and got a numbered ticket and told to come back the next day at a specific time. Some people reported waiting up to ten hours overall but others less than an hour. My own whole process from arrival to leaving was three hours.
The big delay is in simply registering people.
Once you get a number, if your not told to come back next day, you wait until your told to move forward to another staging area, outside, towards the building. Then at that building your number gets called out and you go into the building and in a queue make your way towards a table where your registration starts then (at least in my case) I took a form they filled in to another table where you get your blue card, photo taken and they register your details on an App. They tell you when your second appointment will be,
Then head towards where the injection is given. The nurse provided details of what side effects are usual, what not to do (no alcohol 14 days, no sea food 7 days, no massage where needle went in - from others this advice varies centre to centre a little) Then gives you the needle which I never felt then you go sit down close by for 10-15 minutes just in case of an allergic reaction. Then you are free to go.
I do not see how they could have made this process any quicker the first time round unless every body perhaps was already registered on an app. But not everyone has a smart phone and even the simple queue system with socially distanced seating caused some confusion among people who are not used to such systems.
All I needed by the way was passport and residence letter.
Social distancing while waiting was not observed by most people... it did not stop me standing well away at all time
At the referral hospital a lot of people went in one day and got a numbered ticket and told to come back the next day at a specific time. Some people reported waiting up to ten hours overall but others less than an hour. My own whole process from arrival to leaving was three hours.
The big delay is in simply registering people.
Once you get a number, if your not told to come back next day, you wait until your told to move forward to another staging area, outside, towards the building. Then at that building your number gets called out and you go into the building and in a queue make your way towards a table where your registration starts then (at least in my case) I took a form they filled in to another table where you get your blue card, photo taken and they register your details on an App. They tell you when your second appointment will be,
Then head towards where the injection is given. The nurse provided details of what side effects are usual, what not to do (no alcohol 14 days, no sea food 7 days, no massage where needle went in - from others this advice varies centre to centre a little) Then gives you the needle which I never felt then you go sit down close by for 10-15 minutes just in case of an allergic reaction. Then you are free to go.
I do not see how they could have made this process any quicker the first time round unless every body perhaps was already registered on an app. But not everyone has a smart phone and even the simple queue system with socially distanced seating caused some confusion among people who are not used to such systems.
All I needed by the way was passport and residence letter.
Social distancing while waiting was not observed by most people... it did not stop me standing well away at all time
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Most of the expats I know have been jabbed in Kampot. Seems they are working through it, slowly.
pew, pew, pew, pew!
Most people are now vaccinated (at least that had a social conscious). The past week was interesting because the hype that was generated suggested that anyone not getting the jab (for whatever reason including health issues) would surely die. The process of getting vaccinated was a bit slow in the beginning but turned out to be really good and even efficient. At the end of their first jab people got their credit card/QR Code Credit Card and most felt much better. It gave people some kind of security which of course will much improve according to the media once you get your second and perhaps even third jab. Nevertheless i think Kampot has done an excellent job, better than in many western/european countries where chaos about freedom/lockdown is still regional the norm. In Cambodia only 1.7% according to one local newspaper of those hospitalized actually died which is pretty much in line with the rest of the world according to the WHO. We don't really know what the future has in stock for us and which types after Type D and D+ will appear but it's pretty certain that Covid is here to stay pretty much like the common flu for which annual vaccinations are promoted aswell.
Contrary to previous comments the Kampot vaccinations are still going on, strong. According to an anonymous source of one hospital the vaccinations will continue at least for another week or more. So if you are a hesitant now you can still decide and get it done. You'll get a nice plastic / credit card sized QR code card with your name, the kind of vaccine you got and a second blank row for the 2.jab a few weeks later. To my personal knowledge Kampot has done pretty well for the time being but that could change anytime soon with the Delta Version of the Virus lurking just around the corner. Once there is a massive outbreak in Kampot .............................................. i'll leave it up to you what the consequences could be. The medical infrastructure here is 3.world standard but medical staff is ubelievable and fighting to save life's.
It has to be seen, whether China's glory Sinovac at 99% vaccination level is sufficient against the India/Delta variant. It could become very challenging.
Experts around the globe claim that "any" available vaccine is better than none. Currently Cambodia has Sinovac, Sinopharm and AstraZeneca in use and...... the US and UK finally made good on their promise to deliver :
US delivers Johnson and Johnson vaccine
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/us-m ... ve-july-30
UK delivers AstraZeneca vaccine
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/uk-g ... a-cambodia
All these vaccines have proven side effects but are still better than getting no jab and end up in hospital.
We will witness shortly what Covid19 Variant D will play which role in Europe and beyond. What we DO know is that we really don't know how everything will play out in the long run. My personal prediction is that for the next 2 years we will have to deal with this shit one way or another and it's going to get messy.
US delivers Johnson and Johnson vaccine
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/us-m ... ve-july-30
UK delivers AstraZeneca vaccine
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/uk-g ... a-cambodia
All these vaccines have proven side effects but are still better than getting no jab and end up in hospital.
We will witness shortly what Covid19 Variant D will play which role in Europe and beyond. What we DO know is that we really don't know how everything will play out in the long run. My personal prediction is that for the next 2 years we will have to deal with this shit one way or another and it's going to get messy.
Who knows what quality of vaccines Cambodia will get delivered:
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration halted production at the factory three weeks later, after J&J's vaccine was found to be contaminated with material used in the AstraZeneca shots.
FDA inspectors later documented unsanitary conditions and poorly-trained staff at the plant, which had been rapidly overhauled to make vaccines during the pandemic. read more Production had remained halted, with tens of millions of doses of both vaccines in regulatory limbo.
source:https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ ... 021-07-29/
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration halted production at the factory three weeks later, after J&J's vaccine was found to be contaminated with material used in the AstraZeneca shots.
FDA inspectors later documented unsanitary conditions and poorly-trained staff at the plant, which had been rapidly overhauled to make vaccines during the pandemic. read more Production had remained halted, with tens of millions of doses of both vaccines in regulatory limbo.
source:https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ ... 021-07-29/
Of course.Expatissimo wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 11:39 pmExperts around the globe claim that "any" available vaccine is better than none.
......
Though it has to be seen, whether Sinovac is able to keep the R0<<1 for the India/Delta variant, to avoid increasing spread of this variant in the vaccinated Cambodian population. People won't get sick/die at a large scale as without the vaccine, however, still can become carriers and infect others. Things can get endemic again, without the casualties, though with still the risk of another more lethal mutant.
Said that, it has become quite quiet on the front of new more infectious mutants, despite a huge spread of the India/Delta variant, which might suggest, the India/Delta variant might have been the last possible viable mutation option for the Covid-19 brand. Let's hope so.
Hint: Anti-vaxxers get your jabs, to avoid potential bad mutants popping up.
Yeah, though that was already some time ago. And we should not forget, the Western QA principles are extremely strict. Those stated deviations would be already pretty good, compared to the average pop-and-mom factories in Cambodia. The fact the actual production is not according to the official production documentation, does not right away imply the production result is not useful. It just isn't according to the paperwork, but the deviation could be pretty harmless.Expatiissimo wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 11:52 pmWho knows what quality of vaccines Cambodia will get delivered:
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration halted production at the factory three weeks later, after J&J's vaccine was found to be contaminated with material used in the AstraZeneca shots.
FDA inspectors later documented unsanitary conditions and poorly-trained staff at the plant, which had been rapidly overhauled to make vaccines during the pandemic. read more Production had remained halted, with tens of millions of doses of both vaccines in regulatory limbo.
source:https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ ... 021-07-29/
Went for my first shot today after a prolonged period of hesitation, i admit. I admire how things are handeled in Kampot's Vacc. Center near the new bridge (a school of sorts). Once you got your residence proof letter / family book or simiilar all you need is your passport, valid visa and you're ready to go. This turned out to be a truly one window service that i would only dream about in Europe. Your details are entered in a vaccination list which immediately fills out a plastic credit card vaccination pass which incl. a QR Code, Next you got your picture taken via a Tablet and on to the next table where you get the shot. The info is than registered a second time into a "already vaccinated list", some more info added to the credit card like type of vaccine and date for the 2. shot. You receive the card once you left the room from a window. The costs? Nothing ! Cambodia is A GREAT SOCIAL STATE ! Try that at home.
Expatissimo wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 5:08 pmWent for my first shot today after a prolonged period of hesitation, i admit. I admire how things are handeled in Kampot's Vacc. Center near the new bridge (a school of sorts). Once you got your residence proof letter / family book or simiilar all you need is your passport, valid visa and you're ready to go. This turned out to be a truly one window service that i would only dream about in Europe. Your details are entered in a vaccination list which immediately fills out a plastic credit card vaccination pass which incl. a QR Code, Next you got your picture taken via a Tablet and on to the next table where you get the shot. The info is than registered a second time into a "already vaccinated list", some more info added to the credit card like type of vaccine and date for the 2. shot. You receive the card once you left the room from a window. The costs? Nothing ! Cambodia is A GREAT SOCIAL STATE ! Try that at home.
This is pretty much exactly the same as all over Europe, except the data then appears on an app within minutes also.
It seems that the first shot vaccination drive in Kampot has ended for at least a week or so. Both the Referral Hospital and the School at the new Bridge are empty...., nobody in waiting line anymore. The second jab is planned to start in about a weeks time but not sure yet where it will take place. Same place or another. ? It's clear now that the ones with the first jab already have the QR coded Blue Vaccination Card and that the trace via QR Code REader on your Smart Phone works just fine. Those that did opt-out and did not get vaccinated (there are many credible reasons) simply missed out to get the Vaccination Card which i personally believe will be much harder to get at a later stage, perhaps even includes additional costs while the first jab was free of charge.
Kampot again has done a remarkable job. Let's hope it stays that way.
Kampot again has done a remarkable job. Let's hope it stays that way.
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