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Monkeypox cases reach 40 for the year, govt urges caution
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 13/07/2025
» The government confirmed there have been 40 confirmed cases of monkeypox in Thailand so far this year, with officials urging vigilance, particularly among high-risk groups and travellers returning from affected regions.
DDC to track outbreak of tomato flu
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 28/08/2022
» Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has assigned the Department of Disease Control to monitor India's tomato flu outbreak despite the lack of cases in Thailand, says deputy government spokeswoman Traisuree Taisaranakul.
Visas extended to boost tourism
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 20/08/2022
» The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has approved longer visas for foreign visitors to the country from Oct 1 until March 31 as part of efforts to revitalise the economy as the pandemic eases, the agency said on Friday.
Reduction in Covid cases expected by mid-October
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 14/08/2022
» Covid-19 infections are expected to level off by mid-October, says Yong Poovorawan, chief of the Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology at Chulalongkorn University.
State of emergency extended by 60 days
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 09/07/2022
» The government has extended the state of emergency for another two months, until the end of September, to continue to facilitate Covid-19 controls and protect people's lives, according to a spokesman.
P knowlesi malaria 'on the rise'
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 07/05/2022
» The government is warning that cases of malaria stemming from the Plasmodium knowlesi (P knowlesi) parasite are on the rise, leading to more than 70 cases in five months, about seven times the yearly average.
Pressure builds to reopen
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 13/04/2022
» The desperate need to get the economy back on track is leaving the government no choice but to work toward a full-scale reopening of the country amid lingering fear of a post-Songkran festival spike in Covid-19 cases, according to experts.
Covid war far from won, PM says
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 07/04/2022
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has admitted that the end of the Covid-19 outbreak in Thailand is nowhere in sight and stressed the need for at-risk groups, now including unvaccinated young children, to get their Covid-19 shots as soon as possible.
Govt eases overseas entry rules
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 24/02/2022
» The government has agreed to relax entry requirements for overseas arrivals by replacing the second RT-PCR test with an antigen test kit (ATK) and reducing health insurance coverage for foreign visitors from at least US$50,000 to $20,000.
Prayut eyes extra effort to stem rise in infections
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 19/02/2022
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered the governor of every province to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 infections after the country logged over 18,000 new cases yesterday.