AMID a national tally of 10,398 cases and 17 deaths today (Feb. 8) Bangkok broke a seven-day record with a daily total of 1,897 cases, Naewna newspaper said. The Public Health Ministry said today’s nationwide tally raised the cumulative confirmed total since the start of the pandemic to 2,517,869. Another 8,922 patients were cured
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Ministry says Covid stats are real not fake as daily total nears 10,000
THE PUBLIC Health Ministry said today’s (Feb. 4) Covid tally of 9,909 cases and 22 deaths, with another 4,973 people who tested positive via ATK awaiting confirmation by PCR, is within the anticipated range while denying that officials are juggling the figures, Matichon newspaper said. Dr. Kiattipoom Wongrachit, the ministry’s permanent secretary, said the
Read moreCovid briefing reduced to twice a week but spike in Bangkok likely
WHILE the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) is now reducing coronavirus briefing to twice a week because infection has dropped to a moderate level nationwide it warned that Bangkok is likely to see a jump in the number of cases, TV Channel 7 said today (Jan. 31). Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin, CCSA’s spokesman, said
Read moreCovid cases in Bangkok highest in a week amid national total of 7,587
AMID a Covid tally of 7,587 cases and 19 deaths today (Jan. 26) not only does Bangkok continue to top the list of 10 worst-hit provinces the capital’s total of 1,683 cases is the highest since Jan. 20, Naewna newspaper and Amarin TV said. Altogether 7,431 cases were domestic while 156 foreign arrivals tested
Read moreSeveral Covid clusters emerge amid daily tally of 6,718 and 12 deaths
WHILE the Covid count declined to 6,718 cases and 12 deaths today (Jan. 25) the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) warned that several clusters had emerged with the one in Bangkok being at a boxing camp in Bangkok Noi area, Naewna newspaper said. Dr. Sumani Watcharasin, CCSA’s assistant spokesperson, said clusters at factories
Read moreOver 150,000 Covid cases since Jan. 1 amid 4th jab move
WITH THE addition of today’s (Jan. 23) Covid tally of 7,686 cases and 13 deaths the cumulative confirmed total since Jan. 1 has now reached 154,065, and since the start of the pandemic 2,377,500, amid a move to give people in 10 tourist and high infection provinces a fourth jab, Amarin TV said. Of
Read moreBig Covid cluster at Phang Nga prison as cases soar in Bangkok
TWO field hospitals have been set up at Phang Nga prison to treat a large Covid cluster of 428 inmates who are all asymptomatic while the number of cases in Bangkok climbed to 1,630 today (Jan. 21), Amarin TV said. The prison cluster spread from one inmate in Zone 2 testing positive on Jan.
Read moreBetting Omicron has peaked, Johnson drops Covid rules in England
By Alistair Smout, Reuters, published by Swissinfo.ch London -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the end of Covid-19 measures introduced to curb the rapid spread of the Omicron variant in England as he looks to live with the virus after a peak in cases. Johnson’s light touch approach to dealing with the highly transmissible
Read moreThaksin gets Covid for the second time despite 4 jabs
FORMER Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said during a Clubhouse chat last evening (Jan. 18), where he uses the alias Tony Woodsome, that he has contracted Covid-19 for the second time despite receiving four jabs and also gave some advice to the government on handling the pandemic, Sanook.com said today. At one point of the
Read moreBangkok back at the top of Covid list with 753 cases
WHILE Chonburi province overtook Bangkok and topped the list of 10 provinces with the most Covid cases for a few days since the start of the New Year, the capital moved back to the pole position today (Jan. 18) with 753 cases, Amarin TV said. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration said of the city’s total
Read moreThai experts: Covid-19 endgame now in sight
RAMATHIBODI Hospital’s Centre for Medical Genomics said in a Facebook post yesterday (Jan. 16) their specialists are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel with the endgame of the Covid-19 pandemic now likely to set in and the infection will turn into an endemic disease like the flu, Sanook.com said.
Read moreMove to reduce quarantine to 7 days amid better outlook
THE PUBLIC Health Ministry said as the infection rate has now stabilised after escalating at the start of the new year it is being considered to reduce quarantine from 14 to seven days for those who test negative via ATK kit on the fifth or sixth day, Amarin TV said. Dr. Kiatpoom Wongrachit, the
Read moreCovid cases soar in Phuket but drop in Chonburi
WHILE the national Covid count dipped to 7,133 cases and 12 deaths today (Jan. 11) the situation in Phuket remains worrisome as the total rose to 726 cases but improvement occurred in Chonburi, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon. Public Health Ministry officials’ proactive search for patients led to Phuket logging 726 cases today
Read moreOver 700 Omicron cases today amid 70.3% spike in one week
OF THE Covid tally of 7,926 cases and 13 deaths today (Jan. 10) 715 cases were confirmed to be Omicron variant with this increasing this strain’s total during Nov. 1, 2021 to Jan. 9, 2022 to 5,397, Amarin TV said this afternoon. The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) also said that Omicron cases
Read moreThai expert thinks newly-found ‘Deltacron’ is not a hybrid
By Amarin TV and Jerusalem Post A THAI professor at Chulalongkorn University opined that the new “Deltacron” coronavirus variant found in Cyprus is not a hybrid of Delta and Omicron variants but a new strain of the former, Amarin TV said today (Jan. 9). Dr. Jesada Denduangboriban, attached to the Department of Biology, Faculty
Read moreDaily Covid tally soars to 7,526 cases, 19 deaths
THAILAND’S daily Covid count is rising fast, reaching 7,526 cases over the past 24 hours to this morning (Jan. 7) compared to 5,775 yesterday and 3,899 the day before, Sanook.com said. In its briefing at 7.30 a.m. this morning the Public Ministry’s Disease Control Department said there were 19 deaths over the past day,
Read moreCovid control raised a notch as daily tally soars to 5,775
THE PUBLIC Health Ministry raised the Covid alert level from 3 to 4 at 8.30 a.m. this morning (Jan. 6) amid a spike in daily Covid count to 5,775 from 3,899 yesterday but fatalities stayed low at 11, Amarin TV said Dr. Kiattipoom Wongrachit, the ministry’s permanent secretary who made this announcement at Vachira
Read morePhuket expanding hotel isotation facilities as Covid cases rise
AS COVID cases rose to 149 cases yesterday (Jan. 3) the provincial authorities geared up to approve 66 hotels for isolation of those infected and ordered educational institutions to teach online during Jan. 4-14, Matichon newspaper said this morning. At a meeting held at 6.30 p.m. yesterday and presided over by Phuket Governor Mr. Narong
Read moreMove to extend Test & Go suspension till Jan. 31 amid Omicron spike
PUBLIC Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today (Jan. 3) that his ministry is going to propose that the suspension of the Test & Go entry scheme be extended from tomorrow (Jan. 4) till the end of the month amid a spike in Omicron variant cases, Matichon newspaper said. The Department of Medical Sciences revealed
Read moreNew studies reinforce belief that Omicron is less likely to damage lungs
By The Guardian A GROWING body of evidence indicates that the Omicron Covid variant is more likely to infect the throat than the lungs, which scientists believe may explain why it appears to be more infectious but less deadly than other versions of the virus. Six studies – four published since Christmas Eve –
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