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Study suggests two doses 'not enough'
News, Bloomberg News, Published on 15/12/2021
» LONDON: Two doses of Pfizer and AstraZeneca's Covid vaccines induced lower levels of antibodies against the Omicron variant, researchers found, increasing the risk of infection.
Phuket tourism experiment risks suspension as Covid cases surge
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/07/2021
» A flareup in coronavirus cases in Phuket, the country’s first tourism hotspot to waive quarantine for vaccinated foreign visitors, is threatening to scuttle the experiment seen as a model for other tourism-reliant nations to reopen borders.
New Suvarnabhumi airport terminal to become Covid hospital
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/07/2021
» Authorities plan to convert a terminal at the main international airport into a field hospital as a surge in coronavirus infections that’s straining the public health system shows little sign of easing.
Thailand ready to tackle outbreak from reopening - minister
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/06/2021
» Thailand will limit the movement of foreign tourists to smaller islands that it’s initially throwing open to vaccinated foreign visitors in the event of a flareup in local coronavirus infections, a minister said.
Govt considers releasing 50,000 inmates as Covid hits prisons
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/05/2021
» The government, already trying to manage Thailand’s worst coronavirus outbreak since the start of the pandemic, is considering cutting its prison population by as much as 16% to counter the rapid spread of infections among inmates and workers in overcrowded facilities.
Philippines negotiating for 178m Covid vaccine doses
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/02/2021
» Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte pledged to keep the economy afloat amid the coronavirus pandemic as his administration raced to secure vaccines enough for most of its adult population.
Thailand to get 2 million shots of China’s Sinovac
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/01/2021
» Thailand will get its first lot of Covid-19 vaccines from China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd next month, allowing the country in the middle of a resurgence of the coronavirus outbreak to begin inoculating people with the highest risks for infections.
Herbal Covid treatment cleared, vaccine registration opens
Bloomberg News, Published on 30/12/2020
» Health officials said Thailand is ready to register Covid-19 vaccines after separately approving the use of a herbal plant extract to treat early stages of the disease as a pilot program amid a flareup in the coronavirus outbreak across the country.
Thailand in talks with Russian, Chinese, UK vaccine developers
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/10/2020
» Thai officials are in talks with several Chinese, Russian and UK vaccine developers to secure viable inoculations against the coronavirus as soon as they became available, according to Nakorn Premsri, director of the National Vaccine Institute.
100 days free of local virus cases, but Thailand pays heavy price
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/09/2020
» Thailand has reported zero locally-transmitted Covid-19 cases for 100 days in a row, joining a small group of places like Taiwan where the pathogen has been virtually eliminated.