SAMUT Sakhon province from where the new round of coronavirus outbreak sprang added 792 new cases yesterday (Jan.26) taking the provincial total to 7,347 cases, Sanook.com reported this morning. Samut Sakhon Provincial Public Relations Office said of this total 714 people were found to be infected through proactive search with three being Thais and 711
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The number of Covid-19 deaths in the UK has surpassed the combined death toll of the Great Plague, the Aids pandemic and every single terror attack and war since 1945. The UK recorded a further 1,631 deaths from coronavirus on Tuesday, taking the official tally above 100,000. The actual number is expected to be much higher when all excess
Read moreSports face vaccine dilemma ahead of Olympics
PARIS – As Olympic organisers deny reports that the Tokyo Games this summer will be postponed again, they, and other sports bodies, are wrestling with the issue of vaccinating participants for Covid-19 at international events. Denis Masseglia, the president of the French National Olympic Committee, said there was no choice but to vaccinate and that
Read moreDaily coronavirus count climbs to 959
By Thai Newsroom reporters and Sanook.com THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration’s (CCSA’s) spokesman Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin today (Jan 26) announced that the daily coronavirus count soared to 959 but there was no additional death with the toll staying stationary at 75. This takes total cumulative confirmed cases to 14,646 with 10,892 having recovered while
Read moreThailand records 2 deaths, 187 new Covid cases
Thailand has logged 187 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic a year ago to 13,687. Two additional deaths were reported, raising the accumulated toll to 75. The 187 new cases comprised 116 found through active searching, 61 local transmissions found in hospitals
Read moreCovid-19 vaccinations slated for Feb 14
Despite the limited availability of the Covid19 vaccine, Thailand’s national vaccine rollout will begin from Feb 14, beginning with healthcare and front-line workers. Permanent secretary of public health Kiattiphum Wongrajit said target groups with higher infection risks would be administered the shots during the first of a three-phased rollout plan. “We will start with medical
Read moreWuhan doctors say they were told to lie about severity of COVID-19
Chinese doctors in Wuhan have been secretly filmed admitting that they knew how serious coronavirus was at the start of the outbreak but that they were ordered to lie by authorities. The damning testimony, which adds to the growing evidence that the Chinese Communist Party intentionally misled the global community in the early stages of
Read moreNakhon Ratchasima municipality wants to buy vaccine with its own funds
BEING eager to get a coronavirus vaccine the Nakhon Ratchasima municipality today (Jan. 23) said it is ready to use 40 million baht of its reserve budget to buy enough doses for 120,000 living within its zone of jurisdiction, INN News and Sanook.com reported. Mr. Surawut Cherdchai, the mayor of Nakhon Ratchasima which is also
Read moreBangkok has second-most Covid cases after Samut Sakhon
THE Public Health Ministry said at noon today (Jan. 23) that Bangkok has risen to become the place with the second highest number of coronavirus cases while Samut Sakhon remains at the top spot with over a hundred cases showing up everyday, Siam Rath newspaper reported. However the ministry’s Disease Control Department also pointed out
Read moreMyanmar gets first batch of Covid-19 vaccines from India
By Reuters Staff and published by Channel NewsAsia Yangon: Myanmar today (Jan. 22) received 1.5 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine supplied by India to inoculate 750,000 people, the first vaccine batch delivered to the Southeast Asian country as it fights one of the worst Covid-19 outbreaks in the region. India is donating millions of
Read more50,000 doses of Italian-made AstraZeneca vaccine coming next month
THE Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it had registered AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine made in Italy on Wednesday January 20 after the company submitted nearly 10,000 pages of documents in making this application, Thai Rath reported today (Jan. 22). The Italian company will deliver the first lot of 50,000 doses next month with another 150,000
Read moreCCSA team at risk as daily Covid count rises to 309
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration’s (CCSA’s) spokesman Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin said today (Jan. 22) he and his news team are now being tested for this feared disease after being exposed to it through a National Broadcasting Services of Thailand (NBT) news presenter, Amarin TV said. He revealed that an anchor at this television station
Read moreCCSA: Uncertain if infected DJ will turn into superspreader
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration’s (CCSA’s) spokesman Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin said today (Jan. 21) that it still cannot be concluded whether DJ Matoom, found to be infected yesterday, has spread the infection in a wide area of Bangkok but those who had close contact with him should isolate themselves, Thai Rath newspaper said. He
Read moreDaily Covid total rises to 142, but 88 domestic infections
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration today (Jan. 21) announced that the daily coronavirus total has again risen over a hundred reaching 142 compared to just 59 cases yesterday but domestic infections only added up to 88, Amarin TV reported This takes the cumulative total to 12,795 cases with 9,842 having been cured and as
Read moreDaily Covid count drops to 59 but there is an additional death
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration today (Jan. 20) announced that the daily coronavirus total has dropped to 59 cases but there is an additional fatality taking the toll to 71, Thai Rath newspaper reported. Dr. Apisamai Srirangsan, CCSA’s assistant spokesperson, said the patient who died is a 48-year-old woman who worked as a driver
Read moreGermany discovers new Covid variant among 35 hospital patients
By CNBC GERMANY is the latest country to discover a new mutation of the coronavirus, with a new variant identified among a group of hospital patients in Bavaria. Local news outlets first reported on Monday (Jan. 18) that an unknown variant of the coronavirus had been discovered among 35 patients at a hospital in the
Read moreSiriraj Hospital personnel infected with Covid
THAILAND’S oldest and largest hospital Siriraj this evening (Jan. 18) confirmed reports that some of its medical personnel had got infected with coronavirus with random testing of nearly a hundred staff members having been undertaken, Siam Rath newspaper reported. Dr. Prasit Wattanapa, the dean of Siriraj’s Faculty of Medicine, will be giving the details at
Read moreYoung man quarantined in run-down building with no amenities
A YOUNG Thai man’s Facebook post showing how he was quarantined in a building that has fallen into disrepair with there being dusty fans and no cleaning for 15 days in Ranong province has now gone viral online, Siam Rath newspaper reported today (Jan. 18, 2021). In his post this young man said, “”Yes, this
Read morePM extends Samut Sakhon closure amid 369 new Covid cases
PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha this morning (Jan. 18) ordered the extension of closure of risky places such as restaurants in eight sub-district of Samut Sakhon province to February 1 while the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced that over the past 24 hours there were 369 coronavirus cases, Sanook.com reported. Gen. Prayut together with
Read moreIndia’s Covid-19 vaccination drive hits bump due to app glitch
By Reuters and published by Channel NewsAsia Satara, India: India’s Covid-19 vaccination drive hit a bump on the first day due to glitches in an app called Co-Win that is being used to coordinate the campaign, according to several officials involved in the immunisation programme. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched what his government has described
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