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Kraken, Othrus subvariants 'more transmissible'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/02/2023
» The new Covid-19 subvariants Kraken and Orthrus are considered highly transmissible and the Public Health Ministry is urging people with underlying conditions and the elderly to get vaccinated.
Latest Covid variant 'not a concern'
Gary Boyle, Published on 08/02/2023
» The new Omicron subvariant CH.1.1, which has been detected in 67 countries including Thailand, can evade immunity produced by some vaccines but its rate of transmission is low, the Department of Medical Sciences said.
Latest Covid-19 variant 'not a concern'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/02/2023
» The Department of Medical Sciences says a new Omicron subvariant -- CH.1.1 -- which has been detected in 67 countries including Thailand, can evade immunity produced by Long-acting Antibody (LAAB) jabs, but its rate of transmission is low.
Latest Covid variant 'not a concern'
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/02/2023
» The new Omicron subvariant CH.1.1, which has been detected in 67 countries including Thailand, can evade immunity produced by long-acting antibody (LAAB) vaccines but its rate of transmission is low, according to the Department of Medical Sciences says.
Japan to scrap mask rule in May
Published on 27/01/2023
» TOKYO: The government of Japan will drop its recommendation to wear masks indoors and downgrade its medical classification for Covid-19, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday.
China: Covid cases peaked at 7m daily
Published on 25/01/2023
» HONG KONG: China’s daily new Covid-19 infections hit a peak of more than 7 million per day around Dec 22, while deaths reached a daily peak of more than 4,000 on Jan 4, the country’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.
Vaccine misinformation spawns 'pure blood' movement
AFP, Published on 25/01/2023
» WASHINGTON - Vaccine skeptics blocking transfusions for life-saving surgeries, Facebook groups inciting violence against doctors and a global search for unvaccinated donors -- Covid-19 misinformation has bred a so-called "pure blood" movement.
Airport testing shows Covid numbers on arrival 'very low'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/01/2023
» Five international travellers who arrived in the kingdom in the past two weeks tested positive for Covid-19, while 300-400 departing travellers, including Thais, were infected with the virus, according to health authorities.
Expert rules out Covid rebound in China
Published on 21/01/2023
» BEIJING: The possibility of a big Covid-19 rebound in China over the next two or three months is remote as 80% of people have been infected, a top government scientist said on Saturday.
Chinese doctors avoid the C-word
Published on 17/01/2023
» BEIJING: During a busy shift at the height of Beijing’s Covid wave, a physician at a private hospital saw a printed notice in the emergency department: doctors should “try not to” write Covid-induced respiratory failure on death certificates.