WITH SARS-COV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, continuously churning out new variants, 13 cases of two new subspecies of JN.1 variant, KP.2, KP.3, which are members of a group called FliRT, have now been found in Thailand, Thai Rath newspaper said last evening (May 9). Dr. Yongyuth Thammawut, head of Department of Medical Sciences,
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Expert urges strict checking to keep new Covid variants at bay
A MEDICAL expert warned that Thailand should impose intensive testing to delay the spreading of new strains of Covid-19 here for as long as possible, particularly since the door is now wide open for foreign tourists to come in, INN News said today (Jan. 3). In a Facebook post Dr. Yong Poovorawan, head of
Read moreXBB Covid variant spreading in India will soon reach Thailand: expert
A PULMONARY disease expert said in a Facebook post this morning (Dec. 12) that Thailand has to watch what Covid-19 strain is spreading in India because the same variant usually comes here with the one currently taking hold there being XBB, Sanook.com said. Dr. Manoon Leechawengwong, who is based at Vichaiyut Hospital, said the
Read moreFirst Omicron XJ case found with another likely recombinant variant case being checked
JUST a couple of days after it was revealed that a Thai man had got infected with the new Omicron subvariant XE, which is a mix of BA. 1 and BA. 2 strains, the Public Health Ministry today (Apr. 4) said another man was suspected to have been infected with the XJ subspecies with a
Read moreFour cases of mutant Omicron strain BA. 2.2 found in Thailand
THE PUBLIC Health Ministry said today (Mar. 14) that four cases of the Omicron mutation BA. 2.2 that is hitting Hong Kong hard have been found in Thailand, Amarin TV said. Dr. Supakit Sirilak, the head of the Medical Sciences Department, revealed that at present only 0.3 percent of the cases in the country
Read more4 new Delta sub-variants ‘ are not mutating into a Thai strain’
THE Public Health Ministry said today (Aug. 24) that the emergence of four new sub-variants of the Covid Delta strain in Thailand do not mean that they are mutating into a new Thai strain, TV Channel 7 said. Dr Wasan Chantrathit, head of Ramathibodi Hospital’s Centre for Medical Genomics, said earlier today that the Delta
Read moreThere are 4,000 variants of coronavirus that causes Covid-19, says UK Minister
By Wire Agencies and published by Mint (London)- There are around 4,000 variants of the virus that causes Covid-19 around the world now so all vaccine manufacturers including Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca Plc are trying to improve their vaccines, a British minister said. Thousands of variants of the type of coronavirus that causes Covid-19 have
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