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Thai bats carry Nipah virus, but the danger comes from infected tourists
Online Reporters, Published on 26/01/2026
» Some Thai fruit bats carry a strong strain of the Nipah virus, but the bigger danger comes from infected people arriving from countries where there is an outbreak of the disease, health authorities said on Monday.
Covid strains from West more serious than from China, says virologist
Online Reporters, Published on 06/01/2023
» New coronavirus strains from visitors arriving from western countries could pose a higher health threat than older strains from tourists arriving from China, according to virologist Yong Poovorawan.
First patient with Deltacron covid strain in Thailand fully recovered
Online Reporters, Published on 30/11/2022
» The first patient diagnosed with the XBC Deltacron covid strain in Thailand has fully recovered and the symptoms were not severe, the director-general of the Department of Medical Sciences said on Wednesday.
Raise your guard against dangerous new Covid wave, govt warns
Online Reporters, Published on 28/11/2022
» Health authorities are urging people to raise their guard against Covid-19 as infections rise sharply and new strains multiply amid gatherings and an influx of foreign arrivals.
First local case of BQ.1 Covid variant found in foreign man from China
Online Reporters, Published on 19/10/2022
» The first case of domestic infection with the highly-transmissible, immunity-evasive BQ.1 Omicron variant of Covid-19 is a 40-year-old foreign man who arrived from China, according to the Medical Sciences Department chief.
Highly contagious, 3rd generation Covid arrives
Online Reporters, Published on 13/09/2022
» The Centre for Medical Genomics at Ramathibodi Hospital has reported confirmation of a case of a highly contagious, third generation of Covid-19.
2,328 new Covid cases, 19 more deaths
Online Reporters, Published on 03/07/2022
» The country registered 2,328 more Covid-19 cases and 19 new fatalities during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Sunday morning, as the number of patients in serious condition remained high.
181 cases of new Omicron subvariants
Online Reporters, Published on 24/06/2022
» Thailand has 181 recorded cases of Covid-19's latest worrisome subvariants, BA.4 and BA.5, which are similar to the Delta variant and therefore potentially harmful to a patient's lungs, according to the Department of Medical Sciences.
Medical specialists concerned over cannabis use, as govt plans massive handout
Online Reporters, Published on 10/06/2022
» The Department of Agriculture will start distributing 1 million cannabis plants to members of the public this month, while a paediatricians' organisation warn that young people are vulnerable to cannabis' effects because their brains are still developing.
57 Covid deaths, 5,420 new cases reported Tuesday
Online Reporters, Published on 06/07/2021
» Health authorities on Tuesday warned the Delta strain of the novel coronavirus was rapidly spreading throughout the country after 57 more Covid-19 fatalities and 5,420 new transmissions were found on Monday, bringing the accumulated toll to 2,333 deaths and the number of cases since the start of the pandemic to 294,653.