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Health ministry defends new Covid 5+5 policy
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/08/2022
» The Ministry of Public Health on Monday defended a reduction of quarantine days from seven to five for asymptomatic Covid-19 patients, saying it was based on academic data and reviewed by relevant parties.
Rules on travellers to ease
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/09/2021
» The National Communicable Disease Committee (NCDC) will propose shorter quarantine periods for some foreign visitors to revive the tourism industry and stimulate the economy.
Ministry proposes shorter quarantine from next month
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/03/2021
» The Public Health Ministry is to ask the government to consider reducing the length of mandatory quarantine for incoming travellers from 14 days to 7-10 days, from next month.
Race to finish field hospital, more planned
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/12/2020
» Samut Sakhon: Workers were Sunday racing against time to transform the provincial stadium in Muang district into a field hospital with a capacity of 540 beds.
Covid-19 situation from Tachilek 'under control'
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/12/2020
» Health authorities confirmed on Thursday that the Covid-19 situation related to 10 illegal returnees from Myanmar's border town of Tachilek was under control.
Officials defend screening measures
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/11/2020
» The discovery of an Indian patient with Covid-19 after he had stayed in Thailand for three months has raised questions about whether the Public Health Ministry is implementing measures aggressive enough to identify asymptomatic people at the kingdom's border, which is considered a "risky" area.
ASQ under investigation after Samui Covid case
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/10/2020
» The Department of Disease Control has begun urgently investigating whether a French woman patient who tested positive for Covid-19 was allowed to pass on the infection to two others staying in the same quarantine facility as her.
Half of at-risk people test negative for Covid
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/09/2020
» Half of almost 1,000 people in contact with the first locally transmitted Covid-19 patient in 100 days have tested negative.
Inmate first case in 100 days
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/09/2020
» Just one day after passing the landmark 100 days in which the country has been free of locally transmitted coronavirus infections, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) on Thursday confirmed a new case of Covid-19, prompting the department to issue a warning to the public over social distancing and mask-wearing.
Ministry relaxed as Thais have Covid
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/08/2020
» The Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday dismissed fears of a Covid-19 second wave, despite confirming that two Thai returnees who completed a 14-day quarantine had tested positive for the virus.