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Record high COVID-19 cases using antigen tests reported in Thailand on Thursday

March 3, 2022
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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New COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours reached a new high of 42,138 using rapid antigen tests and 23,618 using RT-PCR tests, according to the COVID-19 Information Centre and…

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Thailand’s daily new COVID-19 cases reach record high on Thursday

February 24, 2022
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Thailand’s daily new COVID-19 cases reached a new high today (Thursday) with the official number recorded at 23,557, surpassing the record set on August 13th, 2021, at 23,409 cases. Actual…

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Thailand to relax rules for international arrivals from March 1 despite COVID surge

February 23, 2022
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Thailand is set to relax rules for international arrivals from March 1st despite the continual surge in COVID-19 infections in the country. The Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has…

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Thailand to procure more COVID-19 test kits and speed up distribution amid new wave

January 10, 2022
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To meet rising domestic demand, Thailand’s Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has instructed the Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) to procure more rapid antigen test kits, or ATKs, and for the…

Thai FDA joins hands with online platforms to curb sale of substandard ATKs

November 9, 2021
by Mintra Adair
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The Thai Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) is cooperating with Lazada, Shopee and HDmall.com.th to protect shoppers from being duped into buying substandard antigen test kits (ATKs) from unscrupulous traders….

Thai Rural Doctor Society explains why only 14% of the Lepu ATKs delivered to southern provinces were distributed

October 22, 2021
by Nad Bunnag
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Most people in the country’s four southern border provinces, including local hospitals, have rejected the Chinese-made Lepu rapid antigen test kits (ATKs), despite the continuing COVID-19 surge in the region,…

People wait for 30 minutes to monitor for possible side effects after receiving a dose of the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine from a “Mobile Vaccination Unit” set up inside a bus in Bangkok on September 8, 2021. Jack TAYLOR / AFP

Thai Rural Doctors Society claims COVID-19 infections are rising, not falling

October 10, 2021
by Mintra Adair
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The Rural Doctors Society (RDS) has warned Thai people not to lower their guard, noting that COVID-19 infections in Thailand are not declining, as widely misunderstood. On the contrary, are…

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Thai PM urged to review suspension of deal to buy 8.5 million China-made ATKs

August 20, 2021
by administrator
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Ostland Capital, the firm which won the bidding to supply the Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) with 8.5 million rapid antigen test kits (ATKs), worth almost 600 million baht, has asked…

The Dos and Don’ts when Doing a COVID Test at Home

July 24, 2021
by Tulip Naksompop Blauw
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You wouldn’t think about doing Covid-19 self-testing any time soon, but the day may have come. The news that the Food and Drug Administration hadapproved eight antigen Covid-19 test kits…

10% of people in Bangkok given COVID-19 antigen tests since July 12 infected

July 23, 2021
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About 10% of over 50,000 people in Bangkok checked using antigen test kits (ATK) since July 12th, under an active screening campaign, have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the National…

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