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Ministry steps up Nipah virus vigilance
News, Apinya Wipatayotin and Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 04/02/2026
» The Ministry of Public Health has intensified preventive and surveillance measures against the Nipah virus, even as authorities stress that the risk of infection in the country remains very low.
Songkran ushers in new variant
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/04/2023
» Health authorities have raised concern about the rising Covid-19 caseloads in the wake of the Songkran festival, though they insist the situation remains under control.
Covid surges in capital, tourist areas
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/11/2022
» Covid-19 cases last week rose over 12% over the previous week, mostly in Greater Bangkok and tourist provinces in the East and the South, the Department of Disease Control said yesterday.
Ministry hails 'return to normal' as variants 'now manageable'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/10/2022
» The Public Health Ministry has eased the Covid-19 alert level as the situation is stabilising and current variants are considered manageable, according to a director at Bangkok Siriroj Hospital.
Drug stores get Covid script go-ahead
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/08/2022
» The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finished drafting an announcement allowing drug stores to sell anti-viral pills to Covid-19 patients with a prescription.
Raids yield haul of illegal antivirals
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/08/2022
» The Ministry of Public Health warned the public not to purchase antiviral drugs without a prescription after its staff joined police to raid houses in Bangkok. They seized 80,000 illegally imported tablets worth about 10 million baht being sold online.
28,000 new cases a day reported in last week
News, Mongkol Bangprapa and Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/08/2022
» Severe Covid-19 infections and deaths are on the rise with more than 28,000 new cases of Covid-19 a day observed over the past week, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said.
Clinics approved to prescribe antivirals
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/07/2022
» The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the green light for clinics to purchase and prescribe molnupiravir and other antiviral drugs for Covid-19 patients.
Clinics can give out new antivirals
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/07/2022
» The Public Health Ministry plans to allow private clinics to purchase and prescribe the antiviral medication molnupiravir to Covid-19 patients, as private hospitals already do.
Probe to check Covid deaths of vaccinated
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/05/2022
» Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has agreed to launch an investigation to find out why so many people have died from Covid-19 despite having had three vaccination shots.