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Medics on alert for status shift
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/06/2022
» The Ministry of Public Health is urging medical staff nationwide to draw up plans so they are fully prepared to deal with Covid-19 after it is declared an endemic disease. It is also asking the public to get a booster shot to stay safe.
Govt ups monkeypox alert level
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/05/2022
» Monkeypox is now classified as a communicable disease that requires close surveillance.
Govt mulls ending Thai Pass
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/05/2022
» The Ministry of Public Health has given a loose time frame for when it will decide upon dropping the Thailand Pass for foreigners.
Govt seeks 'painless' transition
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/05/2022
» Ever since the Covid-19 outbreak began more than two years ago, people have had to learn to live with the disease. Finally, the national committee on communicable disease is preparing the country for what it hopes will be a painless transition to endemic status.
New 'sandbox' for Samui, Chang and Phuket islands
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/05/2022
» The Public Health Ministry will propose declaring Covid-19 endemic on three major tourist islands -- Koh Samui in Surat Thani, Koh Chang in Trat and Phuket -- paving the way for night entertainment venues there to reopen.
Measures sought for nightspots
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/05/2022
» The public health committee has asked the Department of Disease Control (DDC) to seek effective Covid-19 measures if nightclubs, bars and other night entertainment venues are allowed to reopen.
Govt detects 'infectious' sub-variants
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/05/2022
» Ministry of Public Health officials are on high alert after at least one foreign national was detected carrying an Omicron sub-variant with the potential to cause severe infections, according to the ministry's Department of Medical Sciences.
Covid alert downgraded
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/05/2022
» As the overall Covid-19 situation in the country has significantly improved, the Ministry of Public Health on Monday resolved to lower its Covid-19 alert level from Level 4 to Level 3, allowing most members of the public to resume their daily activities with fewer restrictions.
End nigh for entry hurdles
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/04/2022
» The government will consider whether to scrap antigen testing and Thailand Pass registration requirements for foreign visitors after the Test & Go entry scheme and RT-PCR tests upon arrival are cancelled next month.
Thailand Pass, ATK tests may be scrapped if Covid slows: Anutin
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/04/2022
» The Public Health Ministry looks set to propose that mandatory antigen tests and Thailand Pass registration be cancelled if the latest easing of entry restrictions does not lead to a rise in Covid-19 infections after the measures take effect from May 1.