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Adaptation 'is key' to water management
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/01/2026
» Thailand must urgently upgrade its flood and water management systems as climate change intensifies extreme weather, experts warned at the Water Resilience Forum 2026 on Monday.
Covid-19 mainly affecting at-risk groups
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/07/2024
» Covid-19 is now being found primarily among at-risk groups such as the elderly and people with pre-existing illnesses, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) said in its latest situation report on Wednesday.
Farmers swayed from planting off-season rice
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/02/2024
» Second-crop farmers are being asked not to grow off-season rice as the national water supply is now low due to the impact of climate change and other factors.
Kingdom detects first case of the new XAY.2 variant
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/01/2023
» The Department of Medical Sciences yesterday confirmed the first case in Thailand of XAY.2, a Delta-Omicron recombinant variant, one of nearly 350 known cases around the world.
First case of XAY.2 Covid variant confirmed
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/01/2023
» The country has seen its first confirmed case of the XAY.2 variant of Covid-19 but people close to the patient were not infected, according to the Department of Medical Sciences.
First XBC Deltacron Thai case recovers
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/12/2022
» The first patient diagnosed with the XBC Deltacron strain of Covid-19 in Thailand has now fully recovered as the patient did not experience severe symptoms.
Jabs 'saved half a million people'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/07/2022
» A research team from Mahidol University has estimated that the government's Covid-19 vaccination campaign over the past two years prevented nearly 490,000 deaths.
Govt detects 'infectious' sub-variants
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/05/2022
» Ministry of Public Health officials are on high alert after at least one foreign national was detected carrying an Omicron sub-variant with the potential to cause severe infections, according to the ministry's Department of Medical Sciences.
Covid-19 not yet endemic
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/04/2022
» Thailand cannot yet declare Covid-19 as an endemic disease as the country is still at risk of a fresh wave being triggered, Dr Prasit Watanapa, dean of Mahidol University's Faculty of Medicine, warned on Monday.
Deltacron on the move
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/03/2022
» Thailand on Wednesday reported 73 cases of the Deltacron variant, a hybrid of the Delta and Omicron strains of the new coronavirus, and all patients had fully recovered, according to the Department of Medical Sciences (DMS).