By AFP staff, published by Channel NewsAsia Hong Kong – An affordable anti-microbial drug used to treat stomach ulcers and bacterial infections has shown promise in combatting the coronavirus in animals, scientists in Hong Kong announced today (Oct 12). Researchers set out to explore whether metallodrugs – compounds containing metal that are more commonly used
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Mae Sot checkpoint remains open with Myanmar trucks still rolling in
SMALL Myanmar trucks continued to cross over to Thailand via the second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge at Mae Sot border town despite three drivers having recently tested positive for coronavirus with this triggering a protest yesterday to completely shut the border, Siam Rath reported today (October 12, 2020). These Myanmar trucks all stopped at the loading
Read moreYoung girl is with dad at ICU, not told mum died in horror crash
AMONG the relatives watching over 10 of 42 people still hospitalized after yesterday’s horror train and bus collision that killed 18 travellers is a five-year-old girl who came with her grandfather to be with her dad who is in the intensive care unit, Thai Rath newspaper reported today (Oct. 12, 2020). Mr. Vej Phukongpha, the
Read moreThailand will likely be hit by 3 storms in a row
THREE tropical depressions are expected to roar into Thailand during October 11-20 as observed by Mr. Chawalit Chantararat, chief executive officer of Team Consulting Engineering and Management Plc, or Team Group, Sanook.com reported today (October 12). He warned the public that these storms could bring week-long rain in parts of the country and to be
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