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Thailand detects its first case of COVID-19 XAY.2 variant

January 6, 2023
by Nad Bunnag
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Thailand’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…

Thailand has its first case of Deltacron, patient has recovered

November 30, 2022
by Nad Bunnag
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The 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….

Cannabis THC content test kits developed by Thailand’s Medical Sciences Dept.

June 23, 2022
by Chanwanpen
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The Thai Medical Sciences Department has developed a kit which can test whether the amount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in cannabis oil and other extracts exceeds the legal limit of 0.2%…

A colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (green) heavily infected with Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (purple), isolated from a patient sample, at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. (Photo by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

COVID-19 Omicron BA.2 will supersede BA.1 in next two weeks in Thailand

April 11, 2022
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The Thai Medical Sciences Department has predicted that, in less than two weeks, the BA.2 sub-variant of the Omicron variant will account for 100% of new COVID-19 infections in Thailand….

Photo: The US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

BA.2 sub variant of Omicron becoming dominant strain in Thailand

March 7, 2022
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The BA.2 sub variant of the COVID-19 Omicron variant is spreading rapidly across Thailand and is replacing the BA.1 as the dominant sub variant. Medicine which is effective against the…

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Omicron now dominant COVID-19 variant among new cases in Thailand

January 10, 2022
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The Omicron variant is now the dominant COVID-19 strain in Thailand, representing 70.3% of new infections in the week between January 2nd and 8th, with total Omicron cases numbering 5,397,…

Thailand records 20% infection rate among those tested for COVID in past 40 days

September 8, 2021
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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The Thai Medical Sciences Department has reported a 20% COVID-19 infection rate among people undergoing tests in the past 40 plus days. Of 40,007 people tested on September 4th, at…

Delta variant now 95.4% of Bangkok’s new cases, spreads to almost all provinces

August 10, 2021
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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The Delta variant now accounts for 95.4% of new COVID-19 infections in Bangkok and has spread to 76 out of Thailand’s 77 provinces, said Director-General of Medical Sciences Department Dr….

An illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM/CDC/Handout via REUTERS.

Delta now dominant variant in Thailand with 78.2% found in new cases in most parts of country

August 4, 2021
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The readily transmissible COVID-19 Delta variant, which was first confirmed in Thailand in mid-May in a Thai mother and her 4-year son arriving from Pakistan, has now spread through 74…

Delta variant in Thailand may replace Alpha in few months, says Medical Science Dept.

June 16, 2021
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Medical Sciences Department Director-General Dr. Supakit Sirilak predicted that, in the next 2-3 months, the Delta (Indian) variant of COVID-19 may replace the Alpha (UK) strain as the dominant COVID-19…

Eight more COVID-19 South African variant cases found in Thailand’s Narathiwat

May 24, 2021
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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Eight more cases of the South African variant of COVID-19 have been found in the Tak Bai district of Thailand’s southernmost province of Narathiwat, bringing confirmed cases to 11 so…

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