THE Public Health Ministry has not yet confirmed that a 57-year-old Frenchwoman found infected with Covid-19 on Koh Samui after travelling there with her family upon clearing 14-day quarantine in Samut Prakan province has in fact caught the disease in Thailand, Sanook.com reported this afternoon (Oct. 23). Dr. Sophon Iamsirithaworn, director of the General Communicable
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Ruamrudee Alumnus Creates Novel Full-Face Respirator
A TEAM of UBC (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada) engineering students, led by Faheem Saeed, a fourth-year UBC Mechanical Engineering student specializing in Biomedical Engineering, have created an affordable, breathable, full-face N99+ respirator that is reusable and completely transparent – possibly the first of its kind. Made of optical-grade polycarbonate, it provides a complete
Read moreDrug used to treat stomach ulcers ‘successful against coronavirus’
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
Read moreMae 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 moreMae Sot locals stage protest to shut border and keep Covid-19 out
A GROUP of residents at Mae Sot border town staged a protest at the second Thai Myanmar Friendship Bridge this afternoon (Oct. 11) calling on the authorities to shut all border crossings to prevent the spread of Covid-19 to Thailand, TV Channel 7 reported. Their demonstration was triggered by two Myanmar truck drivers testing positive
Read moreFrantic Covid-19 testing in Mae Sot after infected Thai crosses over from Myanmar
FEAR gripped Mae Sot town on the border with Myanmar after a Thai businessman who crossed over today (Oct. 8) tested positive for coronavirus with doctors and officials frantically testing cargo vehicle drivers coming over the Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge, Sanook.com reported. The Thai businessman was only found to be infected with this deadly infection after
Read moreTrump tests positive for the coronavirus
By New York Times Washington — US President Trump said early this morning (Oct. 2) that he and the first lady have tested positive for the coronavirus, throwing the nation’s leadership into uncertainty and escalating the crisis posed by a pandemic that has already killed more than 207,000 Americans and devastated the economy. “Tonight, @FLOTUS
Read moreThammasat: Reports of students infected with Covid-19 fake news
THAMMASAT University today (Oct. 1) categorically denied any of its students have been infected by Covid-19 as claimed by widely circulated news reports with the administrators branding them as fake news, Siam Rath newspaper reported. The false reports are based on a fake document dated September 22, 2020 which the university administration debunked and stated
Read moreScientists puzzled by Africa’s low fatality rates from pandemic
By Reuters staff, published by The Hindu AFRICA’S overburdened public health systems, dearth of testing facilities and overcrowded slums had experts predicting a disaster when Covid-19 hit the continent in February. The new coronavirus was already wreaking havoc in wealthy Asian and European nations, and a United Nations agency said in April that, even with
Read moreMyanmar’s ‘maximum containment’ Covid plan pushed to brink as virus surges
By Reuters, published by Yahoo News Yangon – Myanmar has quarantined tens of thousands of people to prevent a coronavirus outbreak from overwhelming its fragile healthcare system but public health experts and doctors say the strategy is on the brink of collapse as infections surge. The Southeast Asian nation is housing more than 45,000 people,
Read moreScientists: UK heading for 50,000 coronavirus cases per day if no action is taken
By CNBC London — The UK could be headed for a second, “mini” lockdown for two weeks to counter a resurgence in coronavirus cases, as the government’s top scientists predict how quickly the virus could spread if no action is taken. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is reportedly considering another national lockdown to act as a
Read moreInterpreter flown back from Saudi Arabia dies of Covid-19
A LABOUR Ministry interpreter who got infected with Covid-19 while working in Saudi Arabia and was flown back to Thailand after his condition improved died around noon today (Sept. 18, 2020) at Ratchawithi Hospital, Sanook.com reported. Mr. Prida Chuphoodee, an advisor to Chularajmontri, said the 54-years-old Muslim interpreter is a resident of Chachoengsao province and
Read moreCovid-19 infected boy’s parents worked in Korat, Ayutthaya
THAI health officials have found out that the parents of the two-year-old Myanmar boy who tested positive for coronavirus after the family crossed over to Myawaddy from Mae Sot border town had worked in Nakhon Ratchasima (also known as Korat) and very briefly in Ayutthaya province, Siam Rath newspaper reported today (Sept. 17, 2020). Dr.
Read moreMyanmar boy infected with Covid-19 crossed over by natural route
THE two-year-old Myanmar boy who was found to be infected with Covid-19 at Myawaddy town, across the border from Thailand’s Mae Sot town, on Sunday September 13 after departing Thailand on September 4 did not go across via the official checkpoint but through one of 50 natural channels, Thai Rath newspaper reported today (Sept. 16,
Read moreThai footballer likely infected with Covid-19
THE Public Health Ministry is holding a press conference at 5 p.m. today (Sept. 11) after a football player of the Thai Premier League was reported to have tested positive for Covid-19 infection, Thai Rath Newspaper reported. This likely infection was found just as the new football season is to start this weekend, Sept. 12-13.
Read moreAstraZeneca pauses coronavirus vaccine trial, shares slip on rollout doubts
By Reuters, published by US News London – AstraZeneca has suspended global trials of its experimental coronavirus vaccine after an unexplained illness in a participant, knocking the British drugmaker’s shares today (Sept. 9) as prospects for an early rollout dimmed. The vaccine to combat Covid-19, which AstraZeneca is developing with the University of Oxford, has
Read moreTeam checks apartment block where Covid-19 infected Korean man stayed
THE Bangkok Metropolitan Administration today (Sept. 9) sent its team to an apartment building in Ladphrao area where the Covid-19 infected South Korean man had stayed prior to flying home with 72 persons seen to be at risk of contracting this deadly diseas, Siam Rath newspaper reported. Moving in to inspect Smile Mansion, at
Read moreKorean man returning home from Thailand infected with Covid-19
WHILE one Thai man returning from India was found to be infected with Covid-19 over the past 24 hours till morning (Sept. 7) and he has been placed in state quarantine, South Korea too has found that one of their nationals returning from Thailand has tested positive for this disease, Thai Rath newspaper reported. The
Read moreVideo clip of illegal aliens crossing into Thailand sparks fear online
ALTHOUGH governors of provinces bordering Myanmar have been told to step up control of natural crossings to prevent Myanmar job-seekers from slipping through, with the neighbouring country now hit by a second wave of Covid-19 outbreak, many of them continue trying to illegally get across, Sanook.com reported today (Sept. 6, 2020). The well-known Mor Lab
Read moreFirst domestic Covid-19 case after 100 days
A LOCALLY TRANSMITTED case of Covid-19 has been found in Bangkok after the country passed 100 days without any domestic transmission with the patient being a male inmate who was undergoing the first step of the detention process when the infection was discovered, Sanook.com reported this evening (Sept. 3, 2020). Speaking at an urgent press
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