Charoen
Pokphand Group joins forces with Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited
(CP Foods) and CP Intertrade Company Limited (CPI) to support Thailand’s mass
vaccination campaign, distributing foods and drinks for people who received
COVID-19 vaccines at the Bang Sue Railway Central Station.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, together with Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, and Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob, visited CP Foods and CPI’s food booths at Bang Sue Railway Central Station as Thailand kicks start the national's mass vaccination today (June 7) to build group immunity.
CP Group and CP Foods distribute free meals, sausages, snacks and healthy drinks, including newly launched plant-based meat products, "MEAT ZERO", to facilitate the people who received vaccines.
The PM expressed his thanks to CP Group and Dhanin Chearavanont, senior chairman, for the contribution to the country battling against Covid-19 pandemic.
CP Foods has been providing food products for on-site medical staffs at Bang Sue Grand Station since May 24. Moreover, the company and CP Group have supplied foods and drinks for medical staffs at 46 vaccination sites across Bangkok for the inoculation of workers under Section 33 of the Social Security Act as well as a vaccination center for general public in the Emporium Department Store on Sukhumvit Road.
Since beginning of the outbreak, over million packs of foods and drinks have been distributed to over 400 locations, including hospitals, field hospitals, vulnerable communities, and government agencies. This effort aligns with CP Group’s policy made by Senior Chairman Dhanin Chearavanont to support the country during the COVID-19 crisis./