By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY DEMOCRAT LEADER Satit Pitutacha today (Mar.6) categorically denied the government’s measure to increase the monthly pay for all village-based public health volunteers is primarily designed to woo votes. Satit who concurrently performs as deputy public health minister confirmed his agency has planned to raise the monthly pay for all
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Avoid popular fried dough sticks, iced tea for breakfast: health official
By Channel News Asia THAILAND’S Department of Health has asked consumers to avoid the locally popular Pa Thong Ko fried dough with Thai iced tea for breakfast, as they can provide too much energy and undermine health. The advisory came shortly after the two local favourites made it to the top ten rankings on
Read moreItalian police use water cannon to break up health pass protest at port
By Reuters and published by Channel NewsAsia Trieste, Italy – Italian police used water cannons and tear gas today (Oct. 18) to clear a sit-in at the port of Trieste, where opponents of the government’s mandatory Covid-19 health pass have tried to block access. The north-eastern port has been the focal point of protest
Read moreCovid kills a dentist while 512 health workers are infected
THE current wave coronavirus outbreak has led 512 medical personnel becoming infected in 57 provinces with one dentist who was suffering from an underlying disease succumbing to the disease, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon. Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman of Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), said the majority of the 512 medical workers infected
Read more‘We thought this was only a respiratory virus’
By Reuters, published by Channel NewsAsia Chicago: Scientists are only starting to grasp the vast array of health problems caused by the novel coronavirus, some of which may have lingering effects on patients and health systems for years to come, according to doctors and infectious disease experts. Besides the respiratory issues that leave patients gasping
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