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'No more closures, please'
News, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 03/01/2022
» Ten year-old Kaemsai Simasan's smile faded away when she learned from her mother that she can't yet return to her class after New Year. The school is still closed as parents are worried about infections from the Omicron variant.
Doubts linger over 2022
News, Published on 02/01/2022
» Tourism in major tourist destinations has clearly been picking up despite the lingering spread of Covid-19, especially since the country's reopening on Nov 1. But all of a sudden, there came an unexpected turning point – the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
Private sector tech start-ups join government in fight against coronavirus
News, Published on 27/06/2021
» Trust in the skills of the private sector is crucial if the government wishes to navigate a way out of the Covid-19 crisis, says a Start-up network group which has been helping the government on the ground for more than a year.
Uni hospital bears brunt
News, Published on 09/05/2021
» Thammasat University Field Hospital, which opened in early 2020 when the first wave of coronavirus hit the country, is on 24-hour alert to receive further admissions as hospitals spill over during this far more deadly third round of infections.
Poor communities take virus fight into own hands
News, Published on 04/05/2021
» The air is thick with fear of contagion in the slum of Klong Toey, where many people live eave-to-eave in its densely populated neighbourhoods.
Former patients face community rejection
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 02/05/2021
» Alarmed by a surge of infections in the kingdom's third wave, a support group has been formed to help patients cope with stress brought on by the illness and discrimination they may experience despite fully recovering.
It's time for a rub-down
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 24/01/2021
» To curb the Covid-19 pandemic, massage parlours and gyms were among the first businesses and premises to be ordered closed. Facing the impact of two waves of the coronavirus, business owners and employees said they were more concerned about making ends meet than the disease itself.
Punter's paradise
News, Published on 17/01/2021
» The new committee set up to tackle illegal gambling and legalising gambling dens will not yield any substantial results as long as the police force is not reformed, academics and a former senior police officer say.
Authorities refine virus strategy
News, Published on 06/09/2020
» The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has insisted the country's health care system is well equipped to deal with a possible second wave of Covid-19 outbreak.
'Strategy' winning fight against virus, forum told
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 11/06/2020
» Public health measures and more than 1,000 epidemiological teams conducting contact-tracing nationwide have been hailed as key factors in curbing the spread of the coronavirus, a forum was told.