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No signs of Nipah found in arrivals from risk areas
Online Reporters, Published on 27/01/2026
» Screening at three major Thai airports has still detected no potential cases of Nipah virus among arrivals from Bangladesh and India, while the acting public health minister confirms that the disease is not easily transmissible.
New mpox case could be more transmissible strain
Online Reporters, Published on 21/08/2024
» The Department of Disease Control said on Wednesday that Thailand may have its first case of a new, more transmissible strain of mpox.
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.
Five confirmed cases of antibody-resistant Covid
Online Reporters, Published on 08/08/2022
» There are now five confirmed infections in Thailand of the antibody-resistant sub-variant of Covid-19, BA.2.75, and health authorities are closely watching its development.
Covid antibodies offer weak defence against fast-spreading BA.5 sub-variant
Online Reporters, Published on 25/07/2022
» Antibodies are less effective in protecting people from the stronger, now-dominant BA.5 sub-variant of Covid-19, according to the Department of Medical Sciences.
New Omicron sub-variants found to be more severe
Online Reporters, Published on 11/07/2022
» The BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants of Covid-19 are more severe than other sub-variants of the Omicron strain, and less affected by antibodies, according to the Department of Medical Sciences.
Government urged to reimpose strict measures against Covid
Online Reporters, Published on 05/07/2022
» The government is advised to reimpose strict Covid-19 prevention measures, including the mandatory use of face masks, to help limit the spread of Omicron sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5, the head of the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital said on Tuesday.
BA.4, BA.5 sub-variants becoming dominant Covid strain
Online Reporters, Published on 04/07/2022
» BA.4 and BA.5 will soon be the dominant sub-variants of Covid-19 in Thailand, but have so far not been shown to cause severe illness, according to the Department of Medical Sciences.
Double masking enough, health ministry says
Online Reporters, Published on 23/03/2022
» Wearing more than two face masks does not mean better protection from Covid-19, a senior Public Health Ministry official said on Wednesday.
Kalasin's Omicron cluster spreads to 11 other provinces
Online Reporters, Published on 29/12/2021
» Health authorities labelled a couple in the northeastern province of Kalasin Covid-19 super-spreaders after hundreds of people in multiple provinces contracted the Omicron strain of the virus.