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Children monitored for respiratory illnesses amid China scare
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/11/2023
» The Public Health Ministry has been monitoring clusters of respiratory illnesses in children in northern China as the World Health Organization (WHO) is keeping an eye on the mounting number of cases.
Korean jab maker scouts Asean links
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/12/2022
» SEOUL: A South Korean company is looking for a business opportunity with partners from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to help develop the regional market for its Covid-19 vaccine.
Highly contagious new variant detected
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/09/2022
» The Centre for Medical Genomics at Ramathibodi Hospital has confirmed a case of a highly contagious, third generation of Covid-19.
Covid downgrade 'needs time'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/06/2022
» The Ministry of Public Health has yet to consider when it will reclassify Covid-19 as a communicable disease that requires close surveillance despite the recent easing of more restrictions.
Anutin wants Covid reclassified to let govt avoid paying for treatment
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/06/2022
» Ending the government's burden of paying for Covid-19 treatment is more important than declaring the disease endemic, so the health minister is proposing to reclassify it as a "disease under surveillance".
Big drop in Covid cases forecast for mid-year
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/02/2022
» The Department of Disease Control forecasts that Covid-19 infections will significantly decline later this year, to only 200 cases per day in August.
Govt defends unlicensed ATK sales
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/11/2021
» The Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) on Tuesday defended selling cheap NovaGen Antigen Test Kits (ATK) that have been banned in the EU, saying that they could be used in the country because the product has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of Thailand.
GPO to get 2m test kits from China
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/08/2021
» Two million Chinese-made Antigen Test Kits (ATKs) will be delivered to the Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) next Tuesday, according to the World Medical Alliance, the company authorised to purchase 8.5 million kits for the government's fight against Covid-19.
GPO insists it did not lower test kit criteria
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/08/2021
» The Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) insists it did not lower the specifications for the 8.5 million Chinese-made Covid-19 antigen test kits (ATKs) as it prepares to sign the purchase contract on Monday.
Full approval soon for Pfizer's Covid vaccine
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/08/2021
» The Food and Drug Administration has asked Pfizer for more information about its Covid-19 vaccine and expects to give full authorisation for its regular use soon, after it was approved for emergency use on June 24.