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Nipah screening at airports, travel warning for India
Gary Boyle, Published on 26/01/2026
» Disease control has been intensified at Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang and Phuket airports, screening travellers from West Bengal in India where there is a confirmed outbreak of the potentially deadly Nipah virus disease.
China-only livestreamers busted at Bangkok mall
Gary Boyle, Published on 13/06/2025
» Police have arrested a group of Chinese and Thai nationals who set up a livestreaming operation in a shop at a Bangkok mall to sell unlicensed Thai products exclusively to Chinese people, generating at least 30 million baht per day.
Monkeypox screening begins at Suvarnabhumi
Gary Boyle, Published on 25/05/2022
» Suvarnabhumi airport has begun to screen travellers from abroad for monkeypox, using the Thailand Pass system, Department of Disease Control (DDC) chief Opas Karnkawinpong said.
TEST YOURSELF: Double standards
Gary Boyle, Published on 25/02/2021
» On Thai TV, men can kiss but women cannot.
TEST YOURSELF: The artist giving the junta headaches
Gary Boyle, Published on 28/08/2020
» Headache Stencil wants to annoy the government
Experts warn of rainy season diseases
Gary Boyle, Published on 17/06/2020
» The Covid-19 pandemic will not be the only threat to Thai students when schools reopen in July as rain will also bring other common wet-season diseases, an expert warns.
TEST YOURSELF: Restaurants and the new normal
Gary Boyle, Published on 22/05/2020
» Eating out isn’t what it used to be
City Hall shares reopening plan
Gary Boyle, Published on 28/04/2020
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration plans to reopen restaurants, markets, exercise venues, parks, hairdressers, clinics, animal hospitals and grooming parlours, golf courses and driving ranges.
No, coronavirus isn't the same as the flu
Gary Boyle, Published on 12/03/2020
» PARIS: Aches and pains, sore throat, fever -- although they may feel similar to those suffering from their symptoms, the novel coronavirus is not the same as the seasonal flu, experts stressed Wednesday.
TEST YOURSELF: Understanding Covid-19
Gary Boyle, Published on 06/03/2020
» All the answers on testing, infection and masks