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Dept finds five cases of EG.5.1 subvariant
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/07/2023
» Thailand has detected five cases of a new coronavirus XBB subvariant called EG.5.1 which is known to spread quickly but has mild symptoms, according to the Department of Medical Sciences.
Five cases of new Covid subvariant found
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/07/2023
» Thailand has detected five cases of a new coronavirus XBB subvariant called EG.5.1 which is known to spread quickly but has mild symptoms, according to the Department of Medical Sciences.
Volunteers wanted for vaccine study
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/07/2023
» Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Medicine is recruiting volunteers to take part in a new study aimed at assessing the efficacy of the Moderna bivalent Covid-19 vaccine in protecting against new sub-variants of the Omicron virus and whether or not it should be recommended as an alternative booster shot in Thailand.
No missteps
News, Postbag, Published on 02/07/2023
» Re: "Walkway safety alert at airport", (BP, June 30).
Japan LGBT law watered down amid culture war
News, Published on 24/06/2023
» Japan enacted a law to promote LGBT understanding last Friday after months of debate, but for some activists, the discussions did as much to entrench existing discrimination as encourage more open attitudes.
Spending patterns of super-rich show Asia is most expensive region
South China Morning Post, Published on 20/06/2023
» HONG KONG: Asia remains the costliest region in the world to live in, with Singapore taking the number one spot, followed by Shanghai and Hong Kong, according to Julius Baer's latest Global Wealth and Lifestyle report.
First post-Covid jab claims land in German courts
AFP, Published on 12/06/2023
» FRANKFURT (GERMANY) - German courts will from Monday begin examining a series of claims over adverse effects suffered after coronavirus vaccinations, more than two years after one of the world's fastest and most extensive innoculation campaigns.
Combatting fake news the Asean way
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 06/06/2023
» Three weeks have passed since the general election, and the Thai media is still flooded with fake news and disinformation of all kinds. Essentially, these are designed to harm a particular individual, a political group or the country. Overall, the country's domestic environment is very fluid. Aside from efforts to form a new coalition government, the most important issues are related to national security and diplomacy.
Factory owes workers B20m
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 01/06/2023
» Labour authorities have ordered an operator of a textile factory in Samut Prakan province to speed up paying about 109 workers 19.33 million baht in total, plus 15% interest, in wages the employer had failed to pay them from July 2020 until this April.
The only way to eliminate polio
News, Published on 23/05/2023
» When Jonas Salk's polio vaccine was found to be safe and effective in 1955, following a successful trial involving nearly two million American children, it marked a turning point in the fight against a highly infectious disease causing incurable paralysis or even death. Prior to Salk's discovery, between 25,000 and 50,000 cases were recorded each year in the United States alone, and little was known about how the virus spread.