Public urged to get booster shot amid Covid spike
THE Public Health Ministry urged people to get a Covid booster jab as there is a jump in the number of cases with this reaching 4,284 hospitalised patients during Nov. 27-Dec. 3 or an average of 612 a day, Matichon newspaper said. Dr. Tharesakorn Rawiwong, head of the Disease Control Department, added that 105 […]
Read MoreNeurologist worried about Covid-infected tots getting seizures
A PEDIATRIC neurologist said in a Facebook post today (Dec. 3) that over the past two weeks more Covid-infected children have been hospitalised and worryingly many of them get seizures after doing so, TV Channel 7 said. Dr. Kulset Sakphichaisakul, a specialist in neurology and epilepsy at Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health’s […]
Read MoreFines for not wearing face mask being abolished
DEPUTY Prime Minister-cum-Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today (Oct. 20) that one of five bills the National Communicable Diseases Committee approved abolishes fines for not wearing a face mask, TV Channel 7 said. Approved was the drafting of a National Communicable Disease Committee regulation repealing fines for failure to comply with Section 34 […]
Read MoreThai tests positive for fast-spreading BQ. 1 subvariant
A THAI citizen has been found to be infected one of two descendants of Omicron’s BA.5 subvariant, called BQ.1 and BQ.1.1, that are adept at dodging the protective antibodies from prior infection or vaccination and spread faster, TV Channel 7 said this morning (Oct. 18). This new case emerged after two Thais returning from […]
Read More60-70% of Thais have been infected with Covid: Expert
A THAI medical expert said in a Facebook post today (Sept. 21) that blood tests previously carried out indicate that around 60-70% of the population have been infected with Covid-19, particularly the dominant Omicron subvariant, Matichon newspaper said. Dr. Yong Phuworawan, the head of the Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology at the Faculty […]
Read MoreNSC: Dropping emergency decree depends on Covid situation
THE Secretary-general of the National Security Council said today (August 19) that the Covid situation and a certainty that there will not be another crisis would determine whether the emergency decree is cancelled at the end of next month, Naewna newspaper said. Gen. Supot Malaniyom, NSC’s secretary-general, aired his views on this key issue […]
Read MoreCCSA: Over 200,000 people tested positive for Covid-19 via ATK last week
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said this afternoon (August 4) that last week, July 24-July 30, as many as 201,554 people tested positive for this highly-infectious disease via antigen test kit (ATK) or an average of 28,793 cases a day with this total being worrisome, Naewna newspaper said. Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin, CCSA’s […]
Read MoreThai doctor now ignores daily Covid tally amid big jump in ATK positive total
A LEADING doctor at Chulalongkorn University said today (July 26) on his Facebook Page that he no longer pays attention to the daily Covid-19 tally because the total number of people testing positive via antigen test kit (ATK) over seven days has ballooned above 200,000, Matichon newspaper said. Dr. Thiravat Hemachudha, a professor of […]
Read MoreQR code scanning for Covid treatment introduced to cope with spike in Bangkok
THE PUBLIC Health Ministry has come up with a new way to treat Covid patients amid the recent jump in the number of cases in Bangkok by allowing those with mild symptoms or are asymptomatic to scan a QR code to access online treatment without having to go to the hospital and medicine then […]
Read MoreRural doctors: Big shortage of Covid drugs
MEMBERS of the Rural Doctor Society revealed in the group’s Facebook page chat today (July 18) that there is now a big shortage of two key Covid medicines, Favipiravir and Molnupiravir, despite the Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) saying there is no scarcity, Sanook.com said. The rural doctors said supply is so limited that one […]
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