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No sign yet of sub-variants
News, Published on 14/04/2022
» Two new Omicron sub-variants, BA.4 and BA.5, still have not been detected in Thailand, Ramathibodi Hospital's Centre for Medical Genomics (CMG) says.
Govt eyes purchasing Covid pills
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 15/10/2021
» The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Thursday approved a plan to buy 50,000 courses of molnupiravir pills -- the world's first oral medication to treat Covid-19.
Deal for Merck's new anti-Covid pill nears
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/10/2021
» A draft agreement to buy anti-Covid Molnupiravir pills is complete and will be scrutinised by the government's legal body before the deal is signed, the Department of Medical Services said. The shipment is likely to arrive in December.
Govt to finalise deal for anti-Covid pills 'in 2 weeks'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/10/2021
» Thailand will finalise the contract to purchase molnupiravir -- the world's first oral medication to treat Covid-19 -- in the next two weeks, the Public Health Ministry said, adding the first shipment of the drug could arrive as early as November.
Govt in talks for Covid pill
News, Published on 05/10/2021
» The government is in talks with US drugmaker Merck & Co to purchase 200,000 courses of the company's experimental Covid-19 pill, an official said on Monday.
Govt in talks with Merck for 200,000 courses of anti-Covid pills
Reuters, Published on 04/10/2021
» The government is in talks with US drugmaker Merck & Co to purchase 200,000 courses of the company's experimental antiviral pill for Covid-19 treatment, an official said on Monday.
1,000 test positive in city camp
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/05/2021
» City Hall has sealed off a camp for construction workers in Laksi district after more than 1,000 tested positive for Covid-19, with 36 of 80 samples analysed so far showing the highly contagious variant first found in India.
Prayut: Pfizer shots may be available in July
Online Reporters, Published on 20/04/2021
» Thailand is waiting for price quotes from US-based Pfizer Inc before the country can buy 5-10 million doses of Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to be shipped from July to December this year, according to the prime minister.
'No evidence' Thai bats to blame for Covid-19 outbreak
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/03/2021
» Local researchers attempted to allay public fears by saying the coronavirus found in a horseshoe bat population in Chachoengsao last year is not a strain that is transmissible to humans, after several reports suggested that the Covid-19 pandemic may have originated in Thailand.
Dept slams claims virus came from Thailand
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/02/2021
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation on Wednesday dismissed news reports suggesting Thailand was the source of the Covid-19 pandemic, saying it had conducted tests on various types of wildlife claimed to have contained the virus that causes the disease and found the claims were untrue.