THE Public Health Ministry said clinical observation shows that the current round of coronavirus outbreak which started in entertainment venues is mostly spreading among youths who only display slight symptoms, Thai Rath newspaper said today (April 10). Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Department of Disease Control, said while the original advice on Covid symptoms
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Daily Covid count climbs to 789 while 1m doses of Sinovac vaccine arrive
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said that there were 789 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours while a million more doses of Sinovac vaccine arrived this morning (April 10), TV Channel 7 said. The new batch of cases raised the cumulative confirmed total to 31,658 but there was also another fatality
Read moreBang Khen police chief catches Covid, daily count soars to 559
THE head of Bang Khen police station has tested positive for coronavirus and is now being treated at Police Hospital while there were 559 coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, Sanook.com said today (April 9). Bang Khen Public Health officials thoroughly sprayed the whole station with disinfectant while the timeline of the station’s police
Read moreChula 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
Read moreCCSA decides against declaring Covid red zone
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) decided not to declare Bangkok and four adjacent provinces a red zone despite a request from the Public Health Ministry to do so, Sanook.com said today (April 7). On Monday the ministry’s Centre for Action during a Public Health Emergency Committee held an urgent meeting and proposed that
Read more9 Thonglor policemen and Transport Minister catch Covid-19
HOT on the heels of news spreading that Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob has contracted coronavirus the Royal Thai Police revealed that nine policemen attached to Thonglor station too had got infected, Siam Rath newspaper said today (April 7). Pol. Lt .Gen. Phakphong Phongphetra, head of the Metropolitan Police, said nine out of 184 policemen at
Read moreCovid 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
Read moreMinistry: No minister visited Thonglor pub with Japanese envoy
THE Public Health Ministry today (April 4) came out to deny that any Thai minister had gone to a pub in Thonglor area with the Japanese ambassador who is infected with coronavirus and hospitalized but is in stable condition, Siam Rath newspaper said. Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, the director-general of the Disease Control Department, denied social
Read moreAlert issued after entertainment Covid cluster emerges
THE Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) today (April 4) warned those at high-risk of contracting coronavirus after visiting nine pubs and other entertainment venues from where a new Covid cluster has emerged to immediately contact the health officials, Siam Rath newspaper said. In his Facebook post, Pol. Capt. Pongsakorn Kwanmuang, BMA’s spokesperson, said this cluster consists
Read morePhuket accelerates vaccination for July 1 reopening
PHUKET authorities started speeding up Covid vaccination of local residents two days ago to meet the government’s target to reopen the island to vaccinated tourists on July 1, 2021, Siam Rath newspaper said today (April 3). Mr. Narong Woonciew, the governor, said the target is to vaccinate 70% of the residents, or 466,587 people, by
Read more10 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
Read moreQuarantine cut to 7 days for some Covid vaccinated travellers
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced that starting today (April 1) those travellers entering Thailand who have been vaccinated against coronavirus at least 14 days before departure need only be quarantined for seven days, down from at least 14 days previously, Sanook.com said. Those who have not been vaccinated or received the jab
Read moreLeaders of 23 countries back pandemic treaty idea for future emergencies
By Reuters Staff, published by US News & World Report Geneva/Brussels – Leaders of 23 countries and the World Health Organization today (March 30) backed an idea to create an international treaty that would help deal with future health emergencies like the coronavirus pandemic by tightening rules on sharing information. The idea of such a
Read moreMinistry probing patient’s death after Covid vaccination
THE Public Health Ministry is investigating the death of an abdominal aneurysm patient who died of this same ailment after being given a Covid vaccine jab, Sanook.com said this morning (March 26, 2021). Deputy Public Health Minister Sophon Mekthon, who chairs the Subcommittee of Covid-19 Vaccine Administration and Management, said the unidentified patient who was
Read moreNew Covid cluster found at Bangkok confectionery factory
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said today (March 24) that a new cluster of 17 coronavirus cases has been found at a confectionery factory in Bang Khun Thian district with three of them being Thai and 14 Myanmar citizens, Sanook.com said. CCSA’S assistant spokeswoman Dr. Apisamai Srirangsan said after revealing the daily Covid
Read moreGPO 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
Read moreNew Covid clusters at a factory and construction camps
TWO new coronavirus clusters have been found with one being at a factory in Bangkok’s Bang Khun Thian district and the other at some construction camps in Samut Prakan province, Amarin TV said this morning (March 22, 2021). Two factory workers were examined at Rachaphiphat Hospital on Friday (March 19), and doctors found that they
Read more92 new Covid cases today, True employee infected
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said at 11 a.m. this morning (March 18) that there were 92 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours and one additional death raising the toll to 89 while True Corporation announced that one of their employees has been infected but he/she does not deal with clients,
Read more77 immigration detainees catch Covid at Bang Khen centre
THE Immigration Bureau today (March 17) said 77 foreign immigration detainees have tested positive for coronavirus at the Bang Khen detention centre but none had done so at the Suan Phlu centre where almost 1,000 are held, Sanook.com said. Pol. Lt. Gen. Sompong Chingduang, head of this bureau, said currently there were over 2,000 immigration
Read morePM 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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