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Test confirms new case
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/06/2025
» Sa Kaeo: A 53-year-old man who admitted to frequently eating raw beef has been found to be infected with anthrax.
Nobel chemistry laureate targets climate change, cancer
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/12/2023
» Chemistry has played an important role in finding the best solutions for humankind amid potentially existential threats like climate change as well as myriad health problems, says Roger Kornberg, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2006.
Endemic switch on track
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/04/2022
» The Ministry of Public Health is keeping to its original schedule of declaring Covid-19 an endemic disease on July 1 despite a forecast indicating an increase in fatalities, mainly among senior citizens.
Health Ministry eyes night-venue shutdowns
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/04/2021
» The Ministry of Public Health is set to recommend the closure of night entertainment spots in high-risk areas of Bangkok, in order to deal with the fast-spreading UK variant of the coronavirus.
Province holds 4,000 workers
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/12/2020
» Permanent secretary for health, Kiatiphum Wongrajit, on Tuesday expressed confidence that authorities in Samut Sakhon will be able to bring the spread of Covid-19 under control in the next few weeks, adding that around 4,000 workers living at the epidemic centre have been detained for over 10 days, meaning they are unlikely to spread the disease to others in the province.
Officials defend screening measures
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/11/2020
» The discovery of an Indian patient with Covid-19 after he had stayed in Thailand for three months has raised questions about whether the Public Health Ministry is implementing measures aggressive enough to identify asymptomatic people at the kingdom's border, which is considered a "risky" area.
Ministry relaxed as Thais have Covid
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/08/2020
» The Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday dismissed fears of a Covid-19 second wave, despite confirming that two Thai returnees who completed a 14-day quarantine had tested positive for the virus.
Mobile stroke unit 'proves a success'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/05/2020
» Stroke victims who receive emergency treatment from the Siriraj Mobile Stroke Unit -- the country's first mobile telemedicine unit -- face a lower risk of paralysis or death, according to the director of Siriraj Stroke Centre.
Ministry reports 35 more cases
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/03/2020
» The Public Health Ministry yesterday reported 35 new cases of coronavirus disease, raising the number of local infections to 212, and warned that lack of personal discipline could make the outbreak uncontrollable.
35 new infections, most ever, prompt warning
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/03/2020
» The Public Health Ministry on Wednesday reported 35 new cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), raising the number of local infections to 212, and warned that lack of personal discipline could make the outbreak uncontrollable.