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Covid outbreak at Prachuap prison
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/03/2024
» Public health officials are gearing up to open an emergency operations centre (EOC) to control the Covid-19 situation at provincial Prachuap Khiri Khan prison, where clusters of infections have been confirmed.
Surge in cases leads to over 10 fatalities
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/01/2024
» Cases of people catching the JN.1 sub-variant of the Omicron Covid-19 variant rose last week, resulting in an increase in hospitalisations and more than 10 deaths.
DDC to modify jab policy to cope with rising cases
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/04/2023
» The Ministry of Public Health is modifying its Covid-19 vaccination strategy to handle the sudden increase in infections amplified by Songkran festivities.
Govt urges parents to jab toddlers
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/10/2022
» The Ministry of Public Health is inviting parents to inoculate their young children in the first country-wide Covid-19 vaccination campaign for toddlers in the next two weeks.
Plans drawn up for endemic Covid-19
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/09/2022
» Thailand's National Communicable Disease Committee (NCDC) on Wednesday approved an action plan to manage Covid-19 that will become an endemic disease under surveillance next month.
Vulnerable Covid patients to get ready-to-use antibodies
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/09/2022
» The Public Health Ministry plans to treat Covid-19 patients at risk of complications with long-acting antibodies (LAAB), according to the Department of Disease Control.
Doctors urge Covid jabs for young kids
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/09/2022
» The Royal College of Paediatricians of Thailand is to issue guidelines recommending an mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer be given to children aged six months to five years, with the first lot of three million doses expected to arrive next month.
Health ministry defends new Covid 5+5 policy
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/08/2022
» The Ministry of Public Health on Monday defended a reduction of quarantine days from seven to five for asymptomatic Covid-19 patients, saying it was based on academic data and reviewed by relevant parties.
'No let-up' after Covid is downgraded: DDC
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/08/2022
» Monitoring of coronavirus mutations will remain unchanged when the disease is downgraded to "communicable under surveillance" status from Oct 1, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) said on Tuesday.
5 cases of resistant strain found
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/08/2022
» There are now five confirmed infections in Thailand of the antibody-resistant sub-variant of Covid-19, BA.2.75, and health authorities say they are closely watching its development.