THIS Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) this afternoon (June 23) ruled out locking down Bangkok as proposed by some medical personnel and will instead use a Bubble and Seal approach to tackle locations heavily hit by coronavirus infection such as construction camps and factories, Sanook.com said. CCSA’s announcement followed a Facebook post by Dr.
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Over 900 of today’s 3,174 new Covid cases in Bangkok
THE COVID crisis in Bangkok remains dire with 956 out of 3,174 new cases appearing in the past 24 hours being in the capital which also currently has 210 patients in severe condition, Siam Rath newspaper said this afternoon (June 23). Out of 51 fatalities over the past day, 34 were in Bangkok, the Centre
Read moreHospital beds for severely sick urgently needed in Bangkok, vicinity
THE Medical Service Department urged all sectors to quickly help find beds for patients in Bangkok and its neighbouring provinces because there were only 20 vacant beds available for the severely sick this morning (June 22), Amarin TV said. Dr. Somsak Ankasil,the department’s director-general, said the number of patients infected with coronavirus has been
Read moreBangkok lifts restrictions on dining in non-air-conditioned restaurants
THE Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has lifted restrictions on dining in non-air-conditioned restaurants and increased the maximum seating limit in air-conditioned venues from today June 21, NNT said. According to the latest BMA order, signed by Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang, non-air conditioned restaurants may operate at 100% capacity, while air-conditioned venues are allowed to occupy
Read moreFour new Covid clusters found in Bangkok, Samut Prakan
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said this afternoon (June 21) that four new coronavirus clusters have emerged in Bangkok and adjacent Samut Prakan province amid 3,175 new cases over the past 24 hours and 29 fatalities, Siam Rath newspaper said. CCSA’s assistant spokeswoman Dr. Apisamai Srirangsan said the one new cluster in
Read more10 provinces have over a hundred Covid cases today, up from 5
THE number of provinces with over a hundred coronavirus cases rose to 10 today (June 20) from five yesterday amid 3,682 new cases of infection and 20 fatalities which took the overall death toll to 1,629 since the start of the pandemic and 1,535 in the current wave that started on April 1, TV
Read morePfizer-BioNTech shots ‘have stronger antibody response than Sinovac’
By Reuters, Bloomberg and published by The Straits Times Hong Kong – People who are vaccinated against Covid-19 with Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine were found to have “substantially higher” levels of antibodies than those who received Sinovac’s jab, the South China Morning Post reported today (June 19), citing a Hong Kong study. Some who received the Sinovac
Read moreCovid still surging in Bangkok, vicinity with daily count of 2,209
BANGKOK and its five neighbouring provinces are still badly hit by the second coronavirus wave which started in April logging 2,209 cases and 26 fatalities over the past 24 hours amid a national tally of 3,667 cases and 32 deaths, Siam Rath newspaper said this morning (June 19). The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration
Read moreAll schools in Chainat shut again to prevent Covid infection
SCHOOLS in Chainat province started shutting down this morning (June 18) after it was found that a number of parents had got infected with coronavirus after having worked in high-risk areas and then visiting the children in schools thus risking the spread of infection in their premises, Sanook.com said. Teaching in this province will now
Read moreCovid fear grips Parliament after part-time worker gets infected
FEAR spread among Parliament officials and employees after a part-time worker was found to have been infected with coronavirus today (June 17) despite tight screening, Siam Rath newspaper said. Those entering the Parliament have to fill out details in an application stating their coronavirus status and that they have at least received one Covid
Read moreCentre debunks fake news on Covid jab’s impact on dentistry
THE ANTI-FAKE News Centre this morning (June 17) urged the public not to believe a warning spreading online for those who have got a Covid jab to avoid dentistry for a month pointing out that this is not true, Siam Rath newspaper said. The centre checked with the Public Health Ministry’s Medical Department that said
Read moreMedia company hit by Covid cases amid daily total of 2,331
AS news is circulating that a television station has been badly hit after a large number of its workers got infected with coronavirus, media company Workpoint Entertainment Plc said over its morning news programme that two of its reporters have been infected and are now hospitalised, Amarin TV said this afternoon (June 16). Workpoint stated
Read more3.2m signed up for Sinopharm jabs, Thailand’s mRNA vaccine candidate enters human trials
THAILAND’S provider of Sinopharm vaccine has seen 3.2 million people sign up for the alternative offering in the government’s main vaccination drive, while Thailand’s homegrown mRNA Covid-19 vaccine has entered human trials, NNT said today (June 15). Chulabhorn Royal Academy (CRA), the sole provider of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine in Thailand as an alternative offering to
Read moreEx-policeman dies 5 days after AstraZeneca jab
A 73-year-old former policeman who previously worked at Plubplachai police station in Bangkok died in his Samut Prakan home this morning (June 15) five days after receiving the AstraZeneca coronavirus jab, Sanook.com said. A Bang Pu police station team rushed to a townhouse in Bang Pu Mai subdistrict after being alerted of the death
Read moreThai netizens keen on going to Laos to get Pfizer jab
AS news spread in Thai social media that Laos has announced that foreigners with a work visa may get the much sought after Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine many have said they are keen on crossing the border to get this jab rather than what is currently available but in short supply in Thailand, Sanook.com said this
Read moreBangkok’s parks remain shut despite order to reopen
THERE was confusion at Bangkok’s public parks this morning (June 14) with people who had gone there to exercise finding that the gates were locked despite Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha having announced the reopening of five business groups and activities from today, Amarin TV said. Amid the disappointment among those who had gone specially
Read moreSeveral Bangkok hospitals postpone vaccination next week
AN announcement posted on the Facebook page Bangkok Metropolitan Adminisration’s Medical Service Department today (June 13) said hospitals in its network are postponing first shot Covid vaccination for those due to receive one during June 14-17 by having made an appointment via Mor Phrom app, TV Channel 7 said. The department added that the
Read moreSurat Thani only has one case today but nationwide 2,804 new cases
SOUTHERN Surat Thani province reported its best result in two months and 11 days this morning (June 13) with only one coronavirus case emerging in the past 24 hours but nationwide there were 2,804 new cases, Siam Rath newspaper said. Among the southern provinces Nakhon Si Thammarat province had the highest number of cases
Read moreBangkok still tops Covid crisis list
OF the 3,277 coronavirus cases reported over the past 24 hours to this morning (June 12) 858 were in Bangkok with the capital remaining the worst affected in the ongoing health crisis, Siam Rath newspaper said. The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) also said that there were 29 fatalities in the past day with
Read moreAstraZeneca side effects ‘more common in young people, women’
A PROMINENT virologist said today (June 11) that the side effects of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine are showing up more frequently among young people and women while the Sinovac vaccine has fewer of these after-effects, Thai Rath newspaper said. Dr Yong Poovorawan, head of the Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology at the Faculty of Medicine,
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