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Anutin: Most Covid controls to be lifted
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/06/2022
» The Public Health Ministry expects the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration to lift nearly all Covid-19 restrictions nationwide, meaning the virtual full-scale resumption of business and other activities including entertainment.
Tourists give thumbs-up to new rules
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/05/2022
» Tourists have given positive feedback after the government's decision to scrap the Test & Go scheme, a rescinding that took effect on Sunday.
Ministry mulls closing field hospitals
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/09/2021
» The Public Health Ministry is going to consider shutting down two field hospitals -- at Impact Muang Thong Thani exhibition centre in Nonthaburi province and the Nimibutr Stadium in Bangkok -- after seeing a decline in Covid-19 patients occupying medical beds in the capital.
Provincial hospitals 'coping'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/08/2021
» The Ministry of Public Health says provincial hospitals are taking care of almost 100,000 Covid-19 patients transferred from Bangkok.
Race to finish field hospital, more planned
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/12/2020
» Samut Sakhon: Workers were Sunday racing against time to transform the provincial stadium in Muang district into a field hospital with a capacity of 540 beds.
Much needed breathing room
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/05/2020
» After five months of battling the Covid-19 pandemic, normalcy is gradually returning to the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute (BIDI), a specialised hospital for emerging infectious diseases and respiratory illnesses.
Skytrain rapped for 'weak' distancing
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/05/2020
» The Department of Disease Control (DDC) on Tuesday urged the BTS Skytrain operator to do better by improving its "weak" social-distancing measures to avoid causing a second wave of Covid-19 in the capital.
Tests on at-risk groups to double in next month
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/04/2020
» The number of Covid-19 tests on at-risk groups, such as healthcare workers, migrants and new prisoners, is expected to double next month, in line with the government's efforts to contain the virus, according to the Department of Disease Control.
Dluxx standing on coronavirus frontline
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/04/2020
» In normal times, the 14-floor Dluxx dormitory was used to provide accommodation at the Rangsit campus of Thammasat University in northern Bangkok. Placed in the Asean Games zone, the building was also opened to the public and athletes pouring onto the campus for the sporting event. But times have changed with the Covid-19 crisis. Now, a facility once known for its creature comforts has been converted into the country's first coronavirus field hospital.
Recent Covid-19 deaths linked to Lumpinee Boxing Stadium
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/04/2020
» Three of the last four Covid-19 deaths are linked to the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok -- the country's main source of coronavirus transmission, says a spokesman from the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration.