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Blue button jellyfish close Similan beach to swimmers
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/02/2026
» PHANG NGA - A public safety warning has been issued after blue button jellyfish were found along parts of the shoreline at Princess beach and in other areas of the Similan Islands National Park.
Schools told to stay open despite Covid
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 29/05/2025
» Schools should not be closed to control a seasonal surge of Covid-19, as proper screening and isolation measures are sufficient to limit the virus's spread within education institutions, says the Department of Disease Control (DDC).
Unsafe levels of smog cover upper Thailand
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/02/2024
» Forty-eight from all 77 provinces, especially those in the Northeast, experienced hazardous levels of ultrafine dust on Thursday morning, according to the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Gistda).
Germany donates bivalent Covid-19 jabs
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/06/2023
» The Ministry of Public Health has received almost one million doses of the bivalent Covid-19 vaccine from Germany, which it plans to distribute to hospitals across the country in the next few weeks.
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.
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.
Booster mix effective against Omicron, study shows
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/01/2022
» The Department of Medical Sciences has found that administering an mRNA-based vaccine such as Pfizer or Moderna as a booster after initial doses of other vaccines like Sinovac and/or AstraZeneca produces a high level of immunity against both the Delta and Omicron coronavirus variants.
2nd death linked to Omicron
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/01/2022
» A second person with the Omicron variant of Covid-19 has reportedly died in Udon Thani province, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) announced yesterday.
Study into whether animal drug can treat Covid
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/07/2021
» The Department of Medical Sciences will study whether Ivermectin, a drug used to kill parasites in cows and horses, will be able to enhance Favipiravia's efficiency to treat Covid-19.
Nation will use AstraZeneca, despite blood-clot fears
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/04/2021
» The AstraZeneca vaccine will be the mainstay for the state's Covid-19 vaccination programme, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul says.