The ongoing push in Parliament to improve Thailand’s appalling record of air pollution offers hope that the decades-long threat to public health posed by PM2.5 smog could soon be curbed….
Read MoreThe ongoing push in Parliament to improve Thailand’s appalling record of air pollution offers hope that the decades-long threat to public health posed by PM2.5 smog could soon be curbed….
Read MoreCOVID-19 infections in Thailand are on the rise, with 718 patients being admitted to hospitals between January 14th and20th. Of these, 11 have died, compared to four a week earlier,…
Read More“There is an organised effort to cover up information and facts about the number of people who have died or are suffering from Long COVID by means of under-reporting their…
Read MoreCOVID-19 will remain Thailand’s most significant health threat this year and the number of infections may reach 650,000, with a predicted death toll of over 800, by the end of…
Read MoreThe current increase in COVID-19 infections is seasonal, like other respiratory diseases, and will continue until the end of January, returning to normal between February and May, according to Dr….
Read MoreSET-listed Syn Mun Kong Insurance announced on Friday that it will indefinitely cease accepting new insurance policy applications of all kinds, after the Central Bankruptcy Court revoked an order placing…
Read MoreMembers of the public are advised to wear face masks, maintain social distancing in crowded places and where air circulation is poor and wash their hands frequently, citing a rising…
Read MoreDr. Yong Poovorawan, head of the Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology at the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, says that there is no need for a person who has…
Read MoreTwo new cases of COVID-19 Omicron sub-variant HK.3 infection have recently been detected in Thailand, but both patients have already recovered and their symptoms were not serious, said Dr. Supakit…
Read MoreScience and technology make life easier, safer and more comfortable for us all. In the medical and healthcare fields, advances in science and medical technology have generated vaccines to tackle…
Read MoreOutgoing Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha bade farewell to the Thai people, after about nine years in the office, in his farewell message on Facebook today (Saturday) by expressing his hope…
Read MoreThe cabinet approved a Bt2.996 billion budget from the Central Fund today (Tuesday), as risk compensation for medical personnel and officials from other ministries and organisations who were involved in…
Read MoreThe Covid-19 pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis and the war in Ukraine have pushed 165 million people into poverty since 2020, the United Nations said Thursday, calling for a pause in…
Read MoreThailand’s sex industry has employed thousands of people for decades, even though soliciting, procuring or operating brothels are all prohibited under the Prevention and Suppression of Prostitution Act of 1996. …
Read MoreNew COVID-19 infections in Thailand and other countries were steadily falling over the past month, with fewer fatalities, according to Dr. Opart Karnkawinpong, public health permanent secretary. He expressed concern,…
Read MoreThe head of US intelligence said Friday that there was no evidence that the Covid-19 virus was created in the Chinese government’s Wuhan research lab. In a declassified report, the…
Read MoreMove Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not be able to attend a meeting of leaders of the eight coalition parties scheduled for this…
Read MoreThailand’s state hospitals are being hard hit by a shortage of medical professionals, including physicians, nurses, dentists, radiologists and other personnel. Some current staff are overloaded, forcing doctors in at…
Read MoreParents are being advised to get their children under one vaccinated, as they are the most vulnerable to COVID-19 infection of all age groups and are at risk of developing…
Read MoreThai authorities are stepping up campaigns encouraging people to roll up their sleeves and get booster shots as COVID-19 makes a comeback. The campaigns are designed to combat a new…
Read MoreThe Siriraj Piyamaharajkarun Hospital in Bangkok announced on its Facebook page yesterday (Friday) that all its hospital beds in its intensive care unit (ICU) and in-patient department (IPD) are fully…
Read MoreThai immigration and Taiwanese police have apprehended a Taiwanese businessman, who allegedly cheated more than 10,000 investors in a fake pharmaceutical company, which he and his associates founded during the…
Read MoreMembers of the public are advised not to lower their guard against COVID-19, as the virus has been staging a comeback since April, infecting as many as 40,000 people a…
Read MoreThai doctors are sounding the alarm over the steady rise in COVID-19 infections, as they advise the public to protect themselves from the disease as recommended by the Ministry of…
Read MoreLONDON, May 5 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization on Friday declared an end to COVID-19 as a global health emergency, marking a major step toward the end of the…
Read MoreMany people have shown up since Songkran to get COVID-19 vaccine booster doses, provided by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said today (Friday). At some vaccination…
Read MoreCOVID-19 infections in Thailand between 23rd and 29th of April increased to 1,811, or an average of 258 cases a day, and ten deaths, according to the Department of Disease…
Read MorePfizer Inc and BioNTech’s new proposal to the European Union, amid a glut of COVID-19 shots, includes a provision for member states to pay half price, or about 10 euros ($11), for…
Read MoreCOVID-19 infections in Bangkok have doubled to about 700 cases a day since the Songkran festival, with the number of actual infections possibly surpassing 1,000 cases day, including those not…
Read MoreSome 67 million children partially or fully missed routine vaccines globally between 2019 and 2021 because of lockdowns and health care disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the United Nations…
Read MoreThailand is once again on the defensive against COVID-19 after laboratory tests showed that the new, more contagious subvariant XBB.1.16 has landed on these shores. Dr Supakit Sirilak, director-general of…
Read MoreTwenty-seven cases of Omicron XBB.1.16 sub-variant infection have been detected in Thailand, according to the latest information released on April 17th, but there is no evidence that the sub-variant is…
Read MoreCOVID-19 infections are expected to increase two weeks after the Songkran festival, but the situation will remain under control, because hospitals have the capacity to take the extra patients, according…
Read MoreVirologists have been trying to identify why 20% of the Thai population have not been infected with COVID-19, despite being in close contact with the infected or at high risk…
Read MoreNone of the 30 students who fell ill at a secondary school, located only 3km from a foundry where caesium-137 radiation was detected, have been affected by radiation or COVID-19,…
Read MoreWe are now three years into the pandemic that has infected almost 760 million people around the world and killed almost 7 million, according to figures released by the World…
Read MoreChina will once again start issuing a range of visas to foreigners as of Wednesday, the country’s foreign ministry said, in a major easing of travel restrictions in place since…
Read MoreThe Ministry of Public Health sought approval from the Cabinet today (Tuesday), to double the allowance for about one million public health volunteers to 2,000 per month. Deputy Public Health…
Read MoreThailand spent about 444 billion baht in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 to 2022, according to Dr. Rungruang Kitpati, spokesman for the Public Health Ministry and head…
Read MoreHong Kong is scrapping its mask mandate from Wednesday, Chief Executive John Lee announced, ending the financial hub’s last major Covid curb as it seeks to emerge from the pandemic….
Read MoreSouth Korea will not require travellers from China to test for COVID-19 after arrival starting next month, although they will still need to take pre-departure tests, a senior South Korean official said on Wednesday,…
Read MoreThis year is “game over” for COVID-19, as the World Health Organisation is expected to stop counting global daily infections, because reports of infections by every country submitted to the…
Read MoreThe Thai Medical Sciences Department has confirmed two cases of COVID XBB.1.5, a hybrid of Omicron BJ.1 and BM.1.1.1 sub-variants, but there is no information to suggest that the hybrid…
Read MoreThe first tour group from China, since the end of COVID-19 restrictions, arrived in Bangkok this morning (Monday) on a direct Spring Airlines flight from Guangzhou. The Chinese Government is…
Read MoreThe International Monetary Fund on Tuesday raised its 2023 global growth outlook slightly due to “surprisingly resilient” demand in the United States and Europe, an easing of energy costs and the reopening of China‘s economy after Beijing abandoned…
Read MoreThe COVID-19 situation in Thailand is steadily improving, with the number of hospital admissions and the death toll dropping by 30%, to an average of 90 and six respectively, between…
Read MoreAt least one COVID-19 vaccination centre will be set up in every province in Thailand, to provide services at a cost, exclusively for foreign tourists on voluntary basis. This will…
Read MoreThailand’s Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today (Thursday) that tourists from India and China, both countries which require a negative RT-PCR test result and US$10,000 health insurance coverage when…
Read MoreJapan and South Korea defended public health restrictions on travelers from China on Wednesday, a day after China stopped issuing new visas in both countries in apparent retaliation. Chinese embassies…
Read MoreChiang Mai has launched a COVID-19 vaccination campaign, as a precautionary measure ahead of the return of tourists from China, with the first direct flight between Shanghai and Chiang Mai…
Read MoreThe Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) has rescinded its travel restrictions, requiring foreign arrivals, from countries which require RT-PCR tests, to have at least US$10,000 health insurance coverage for…
Read MoreDue to an anticipated increase in foreign arrivals, Chinese tourists in particular, everyone, especially the those over 60, people with chronic diseases, pregnant women, those who weigh over 90kg, small…
Read MoreThai Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob and Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn will be at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport on Monday to welcome the first…
Read MoreThailand’s first case of COVID-19 XAY.2 variant has been diagnosed and has been reported to GISAID, Dr. Supakit Sirilak, director-general of Medical Science Department, said today (Friday). He explained that…
Read MoreThailand’s Public Health Ministry has adopted four measures to be applied to all tourists visiting Thailand, including those from China after the Chinese Government eases travel restrictions on their citizens…
Read MoreThai travel agencies are not worried about the possibility that some Chinese tourists may be infected with COVID-19, because most of their staff are fully vaccinated, but they are concerned…
Read MoreA Pheu Thai MP is questioning the Thai Government’s readiness to cope with the expected increase in tourist arrivals from China, estimated to reach about five million this year, following…
Read MoreAuthorities around the world are imposing or considering curbs on travellers from China as COVID-19 cases there surged following its relaxation of “zero-COVID” rules. China has rejected criticism of its COVID data….
Read MoreThe World Health Organization criticised Wednesday China’s “very narrow” definition of Covid deaths, warning that official statistics were not showing the true impact of the outbreak. “We still do not…
Read MoreThe Chinese government sharply criticized COVID-19 testing requirements imposed on visitors from China and threatened countermeasures against countries involved, which include the U.S. and several European nations. “We believe that…
Read MoreCOVID-19 infections in Thailand this year are expected to increase as there are more arrivals from China, but there is no reason to be overly concerned as long as they…
Read MoreAround a dozen countries have slapped fresh travel regulations on travellers from China, as the world’s most populous nation faces a surge in Covid cases following its decision to relax strict virus restrictions. Here is a run-down of the countries that have imposed mandatory Covid tests and…
Read MoreTaiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen extended an olive branch to Beijing on Sunday, pledging to offer assistance if needed as coronavirus cases surge in China after its abrupt lifting of pandemic restrictions. “As long as there is a need, we…
Read MorePresident Xi Jinping said Saturday the “light of hope is right in front of us” as China faces an explosion of Covid-19 cases after an abrupt lifting of restrictions. Three…
Read More(AFP) – China’s manufacturing activity contracted sharply in December for the third month in a row, according to official figures released Saturday, despite Beijing’s loosening of Covid restrictions at the…
Read MoreLife in Thailand began returning to normal at the start of this year after two years of COVID-19 crisis that turned lives, businesses and the education sector upside down. Though…
Read MoreBruised, defiant but clueless, humans entered 2022. At that time, COVID-19 was the main plot, but, as 2023 approaches, the bruise has largely gone and defiance has probably morphed into…
Read MoreChina’s sprawling and thinly resourced countryside is racing to beef up medical facilities before hundreds of millions of factory workers return to their families for the Lunar New Year holiday…
Read MoreThailand is expected to benefit from China’s recent easing of travel restrictions, and Thai tourism and tourism-related businesses are preparing to cope with a surge in Chinese tourists after three…
Read MoreChina will stop requiring inbound travellers to go into quarantine starting from Jan. 8, the National Health Commission said on Monday in a major step towards easing curbs on its borders,…
Read MoreHalf a million people in a single Chinese city are being infected with Covid-19 every day, a senior health official has said, in a rare and quickly censored acknowledgement that the country’s wave of infections is not being reflected in official statistics….
Read MoreThailand’s Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is confident that COVID-19 infections during the New Year celebrations will be kept under control, as the Public Health Ministry is fully equipped with…
Read MoreThailand’s King and Queen have tested positive for COVID-19, but their symptoms are very mild, the Bureau of the Household said in a statement on Saturday. The infections were found…
Read MoreThe Nakhon Ratchasima provincial administration plans to reopen the COVID-19 monitoring centre next week, in the wake of a rising trend in new infections. Currently, an average of two COVID-19…
Read MoreCrystal clear turquoise waters, white sandy beaches, corals and rich marine life have become the charms of most islands in the Andaman Sea, after they were closed to tourists during…
Read MorePeople in China’s capital Beijing on Tuesday were allowed to enter supermarkets, offices and airports without having to show negative COVID tests, the latest in a mix of easing steps…
Read MoreAuthorities in China’s financial hub of Shanghai will from Monday scrap some testing requirements in the country’s latest relaxing of its strict zero-Covid policy following nationwide protests unseen in decades. Multiple cities have started to roll back some restrictions…
Read MoreSome communities in Chinese cities where COVID-19 is still spreading are easing off on testing requirements and quarantine rules ahead of an expected shift in virus policies nationwide after widespread social unrest. The uneven…
Read More(AFP) – Fresh clashes have broken out between police and protesters in a southern Chinese city, part of a wave of Covid lockdown-sparked demonstrations across the country that have morphed…
Read MoreThe Thai Medical Sciences Department has detected the country’s first infection of the COVID-19 Omicron XBC variant, or Deltacron. The patient has, however, already recovered from the disease, said Dr….
Read MoreTwitter said it has stopped enforcing a policy intended to prevent the spread of Covid misinformation, as new owner Elon Musk — who has clashed previously with US officials over…
Read MoreA security guard, thought to be suffering from COVID-19, was found dead on Sunday in his rented room in Bangkok’s Din Daeng area. Huai Khwang police said they found a…
Read MoreHundreds of demonstrators and police clashed in Shanghai on Sunday night as protests over China‘s stringent COVID restrictions flared for a third day and spread to several cities in the wake of a deadly fire in the country’s…
Read MoreThe Institute of Dermatology will resume providing free COVID-19 vaccinations to members of the public on December 17th, as many people have shown interest in getting booster shots during the…
Read MoreThailand’s Ministry of Public Health has instructed all state hospitals to provide free vaccinations to members of the public, in the wake of a resurgence in COVID-19 infections, which they…
Read MoreThailand’s Disease Control Department is waiting for the autopsy report, from the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the Police General Hospital, on a man found dead in his Bangkok condo….
Read MoreCOVID-19 infections are expected to rise with the arrival of cold season, as more group activities are held and more people travel, but the infection rate will drop in February…
Read More(AFP) – Hong Kong leader John Lee tested positive for Covid-19 on his return from an Asia-Pacific summit, the city’s government said Monday, days after he met Chinese President Xi…
Read MoreCOVID-19 infections continue to rise in Thailand. Last week there were 3,957 cases, averaging 565 cases a day, an increase of 24.97% on the previous week, according to the Disease…
Read MoreCOVID-19 infections in Thailand last week increased 12.8%, compared to a week earlier, and it is anticipated that the number of patients requiring hospitalisation is likely to increase in the…
Read MoreCOVID-19 infections in Thailand appear to be on the rise again, especially among those who are unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated, while daily infection and death rates averaged 394 and…
Read MoreThe COVID-19 infection rate in Thailand continues to drop steadily, with an average of 364 new cases being reported per day and four fatalities for the week from October 23rd…
Read MoreThe Centre for Medical Genomics, at Ramathibodi Hospital, has found the first case in Thailand of a descendant of the COVID-19 Omicron BA.5 sub-variant, called BQ.1. The centre said, in…
Read MoreTwo Omicron XBB cases have been found in Thailand, but both patients have already recovered, according to Dr. Supakit Sirilak, director-general of the Medical Sciences Department. The first case is…
Read MoreThe rapid spread of COVID-19’s latest subvariant – XBB – is grabbing attention worldwide, including in Thailand. Three weeks after it was first detected in Singapore, XBB now accounts for…
Read MoreThailand’s Disease Control Department is seeking more information, through International Health Regulations (IHR), about three passengers who arrived in Hong Kong from Thailand infected with a new Omicron sub-variant, known…
Read MoreSymptoms associated with COVID-19 are changing, as the virus has evolved over the three years since the initial Wuhan outbreak, according to Dr. Yong Poovorawan, head of the Centre of…
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