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No signs of Nipah found in arrivals from risk areas
Online Reporters, Published on 27/01/2026
» Screening at three major Thai airports has still detected no potential cases of Nipah virus among arrivals from Bangladesh and India, while the acting public health minister confirms that the disease is not easily transmissible.
Covid drug output boosted as cases surge in Thailand
Post Reporters, Published on 27/05/2025
» The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) has accelerated the production of the antiviral drugs favipiravir and molnupiravir in response to the rising number of Covid-19 infections in Thailand.
Food and Drug Administration hastens approval for mpox kits
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/08/2024
» The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has opened registration for mpox diagnostic test kits amid growing concerns over the spread of the viral infection.
New mpox case could be more transmissible strain
Online Reporters, Published on 21/08/2024
» The Department of Disease Control said on Wednesday that Thailand may have its first case of a new, more transmissible strain of mpox.
New highly-transmissible Covid strain will elude vaccines: expert
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/06/2024
» The KP.2 strain of Covid-19 will become dominant in Thailand, according to a renowned virologist. It will be more transmissible and vaccines will be hard-pressed to keep up with its mutations, but its symptoms will not be more severe that those of previous strains of the virus.
Highly transmissible but mild Covid strain now dominant
Post Reporters, Published on 11/01/2024
» The JN.1 strain of Covid-19, which is highly transmissible but with mild symptoms, is now dominant in the country, says the well-known virologist Yong Poovorawan.
Flu spike prompts warning
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/09/2023
» The Public Health Ministry is warning that many respiratory diseases are spreading during the rainy season, especially influenza, with a higher patient rate than last year, said Dr Opas Kankawinpong, the ministry's permanent secretary.
Infections could force schools to shut
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 17/08/2023
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is ordering schools in the capital to follow preventive measures for hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and dengue fever since the viruses have become widespread among school kids.
136 monkeypox cases found in Bangkok
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 16/08/2023
» A total of 136 monkeypox cases have been found in Bangkok, including some among HIV-positive patients, according to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.
Covid deaths dropping
Post Reporters, Published on 29/05/2023
» Covid-19 related deaths declined last week as the dominant strain is neither more transmissible nor more severe, according to the Public Health Department.