Tag: coronavirus.Covid19
Chaos at police station probing Tangmo Nida case as chief catches Covid
THERE was chaos at the crowded Mueang Nonthaburi police station, which is investigating the drowning of actress Pataratida Patcharawirapong, or Tangmo Nida, in Chao Phraya river during a speedboat trip in February, after the superintendent tested positive for Covid-19 via an antigen kit yesterday (Apr. 4), TV Channel 7 said. Dozens of people, including journalists …
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First Omicron XJ case found with another likely recombinant variant case being checked
JUST a couple of days after it was revealed that a Thai man had got infected with the new Omicron subvariant XE, which is a mix of BA. 1 and BA. 2 strains, the Public Health Ministry today (Apr. 4) said another man was suspected to have been infected with the XJ subspecies with a …
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Covid kills a dentist while 512 health workers are infected
THE current wave coronavirus outbreak has led 512 medical personnel becoming infected in 57 provinces with one dentist who was suffering from an underlying disease succumbing to the disease, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon. Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman of Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), said the majority of the 512 medical workers infected …
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Covid vaccine ‘won’t prevent infection but is a weapon to fight it’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters QUESTIONS have arisen about the effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine in protecting people against the “double mutant” coronavirus variant that emerged in India. This issue came to the limelight after Dr Rajendra Kapila, an infectious disease expert at Rutgers University in US, died upon getting infected with the Indian strain during …
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Doctors giving key drug to Covid patients sooner than before
AS coronavirus patients in the current third wave of the outbreak are sinking faster and dying sooner than before Thai doctors have started giving them the drug Favipiravir at the first sign of abnormalities without waiting for symptoms to appear, TV Channel 7 said this evening (May 2). Dr. Prasit Wattanapa, dean of Faculty …
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PM: No curfew or lockdown this time round
PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said at 3.45 p.m. today (April 16) after a video meeting of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration’s (CCSA) executive committee that there will neither be a lockdown nor a curfew to control the new spike in coronavirus cases, Thai Rath newspaper said. However he added that the opening hours …
PM holding meeting on surge of Covid cases tomorrow
PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is concerned about the rise in the number of coronavirus cases over the past few days and will be holding a video meeting of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration’s (CCSA) executive committee at 1.30 p.m. tomorrow, Siam Rath newspaper said, Gen. Prayut has also held talks with both the Public …
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Chula doctor: British Covid strain spread here from Cambodia
A CHULALONGKORN University doctor suspects that the fast-spreading British variant of coronavirus that has now emerged in Thailand likely came across the border from Cambodia where a severe outbreak is raging, Siam Rath newspaper said this afternoon (April 8) Dr Yong Poovorawan, head of the Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology at the Faculty of …
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Covid cases emerge at Hua Hin pub, restaurant
AFTER the flare up of coronavirus at Thonglor entertainment venues led to closure of such outlets in three Bangkok districts for 14 days starting today (April 6) Hua Hin seaside town was similarly hit with a couple from Nonthaburi spreading the infection at a pub and a Korean restaurant, Siam Rath newspaper said. Prachuap Kriri …
10 Thai returnees infected with South African Covid variant
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) revealed today (April 2) that 10 Thai nationals returning from Tanzania, United Arab Emirates and Mozambique have been found to be infected with the South African variant of Covid-19, Sanook.com said. Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin, CCSA’s spokesman, said half of the 10 returnees showed symptoms but the other half …
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GPO starts human trials of domestically developed Covid-19 vaccine
THE Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) has started human trials of a domestically developed Covid-19 vaccine and expects to deploy it next year, NNT said today (March 23, 2021) The trials are being conducted in cooperation with Mahidol University’s Faculty of Tropical Medicine by delivering shots to 18 volunteers on Monday. The home-grown vaccine candidate is …
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PM slams media for playing up fake vaccination allegations
PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha criticised the media for play up social media comments that the jab he received yesterday (March 16) might just be water or saline solution and not the AstraZeneca vaccine, pointing out that he was ready for a vaccination anytime at all with this depending on doctors’ advise, Voice TV and Sanook.com …
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Thailand plans to sign vaccine passport deals next month
THAILANLD is expected to begin signing vaccine passport deals with low-incidence countries which had begun vaccinating their people against Covid-19, NNT said today (March 15). Department of Disease Control Director-General Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong has announced that Thailand was planning to enter into bilateral agreements on vaccine passports with other countries and the vaccine passport scheme …
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PM moves to ease restaurant dine-in regulation tomorrow
PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said in a message posted on his Facebook page today (Feb. 22) that the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration’s (CCSA’s) big committee will consider relaxing a regulation on people eating and drinking in restaurants and pubs at its meeting tomorrow, Siam Rath newspaper said. On January 4 the Bangkok Metropolitan …
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110 new coronavirus cases, 64 local infections
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced late this morning (Dec. 26) that 110 more coronavirus cases emerged over the past 24 hours with 64 being local infections, 35 among migrant workers while 16 travellers from overseas have been quarantined, Siam Rath newspaper reported. As a result, the total number of cases from proactive …
Govt moves to extend visa-free entry to 45 days while allaying Covid-19 fears
THE Foreign Ministry is moving to increase visa free entry from 30 to 45 days in keeping with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s direction to further ease measures for foreigners entering the country, Sanook.com quoted Voice TV as saying today (Dec. 7, 2020). This easing of the visa regulation was mentioned at a meeting of an …
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