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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 …
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THE Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today (Oct. 19) issued a warning against believing exaggerated claims by three brands of toothpaste in their advertisements run on social media, Matichon newspaper said. The three brands are as follows: - 3D Premium Plus toothpaste, sold under the trade name ATK, registration number 10-1-6400019767. Claims to be …
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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 …
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A THAI MAN who worked as a masseur in Qatar and fell ill there was confirmed to have contracted monkeypox upon returning home and is now country's 11th case, Naewna newspaper said today (Oct. 17) Dr. Thares Krasanairawiwong, acting head of the Disease Control Department, said the 40-year-old unidentified man developed symptoms on Oct. …
HONG KONG has found 29 people from overseas infected with the new Covid variant XBB and while the majority came from Singapore, three are from Thailand, TV Channel 7 said today (Oct. 13). Dr. Anan Jongkaewwattana, director of the National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology’s Veterinary Health Innovation and Management Research Group, said …
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THE widely-followed Panda Lab Doctor Facebook page warned people walking through muddy water amid the current heavy flooding in many parts of the country that they risk getting Melioidosis, also called Whitmore's disease, a life-threatening infection, Sanook.com said today (Oct. 12). Mr. Pakphum Dejhassadin, a medical technologist who runs the popular Panda Lab Doctor page, …
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ALTHOUGH the Covid vaccination service at Bang Sue Grand Station is ending on Friday Sept. 30 it will be continuing at the Institute of Dermatology near the Victory Monument from Saturday Oct. 1 onwards, Amarin TV said today (Sept. 27). The Central Vaccination Centre (CVC) said on its Facebook page that this service will …
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A DECISION was taken at the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) executive committee meeting today (Sept. 23) presided over by caretaker Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan to revoke the state of emergency decree from Oct. 1 and in doing so disbanding itself thenceforth, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon. Dr. Udom Kachintorn, adviser to CCSA, …
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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 …
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THE Public Health Ministry is moving to purchase updated Covid vaccines with this expected to take place next year and all those in the high-risk groups would require one jab each, Matichon newspaper said today (Sept. 6). Dr. Sophon Iamsirithavorn, deputy head of the Disease Control Department, said the ministry has been working with …
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THE widely-followed website Panda Lab Doctor highlighted the sale of fake medical certificates by a Twitter account holder with samples and customer reviews also posted, Sanook.com said this morning (August 31). Mr. Pakphum Dejhassadin, a medical technologist who runs the popular Panda Lab Doctor website, said he was stunned by this scam and asked, …
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THE Public Health Ministry said today (August 28) that a Thai woman who had a close relationship with a foreign man was confirmed to have contracted monkeypox becoming the country's seventh case of this disease to date, Naewna newspaper said. Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, head of the Disease Control Department, said the unnamed 37-year-old patient …
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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 …
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By Irish Mirror CHINA has reported that 35 people have been infected with an entirely new zoonotic virus believed to be spread to humans through a shrew. The “Langya” virus has already infected dozens across two of China's eastern provinces. According to Taiwan's Centres for Disease Control (CDC), the virus is entirely new and …
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TRAT provincial authorities revealed this evening (August 7) that the French tourist suspected of having caught monkeypox has been cleared of the disease in one test with confirmation of the second test expected tomorrow, Naewna newspaper Mr. Surachai Jeamkul, deputy public health doctor at this province, said blood tests were conducted by the Public …
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A FRENCHMAN who developed blisters on his hands while holidaying in Trat province has likely been infected with monkeypox and if so he would become the country's fifth case of this infectious viral disease, TV Channel 7 said today (August 6). The unnamed 32-year-old tourist rode a motorcycle to a private hospital in this …
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THE PUBLIC Health Ministry confirmed today (August 5) that a 22-year-old Thai woman who frequently visited entertainment venues popular with foreigners in Bangkok has caught monkeypox, thus becoming the country's fourth case of this infectious viral disease, Naewna newspaper said. Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, head of the Disease Control Department, said there are two Thai men …
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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 …
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A THIRD monkeypox case has cropped up in the country with this being a German man who came to Phuket on July 18 and soon afterwards started having symptoms and later tested positive, Matichon newspaper said today (Aug. 3). Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, head of the Public Health Ministry's Disease Control Department, said it has …
THE PUBLIC Health Ministry is speeding up the search for people who might have got infected with monkeypox after 13 persons linked to the country's second case, a Thai man who got infected in Bangkok, are now under observation for symptoms and quarantined for 21 days, Matichon newspaper TV Channel 7 said today (July …
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By Spencer Kimball, CNBC THE World Health Organisation yesterday (July 27) recommended that gay and bisexual men limit their number of sexual partners to protect themselves from monkeypox and help slow transmission of the rapidly spreading virus. The WHO’s monkeypox expert, Rosamund Lewis, said men who have sex with men are the group at …
A RAPID test for Monkeypox with the result available within 24 hours was launched today (July 27) by Chulalongkorn University's Emerging Infectious Diseases Health Science Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Matichon newspaper said. Dr. Thiravat Hemachudha, a professor of neurology and head of this centre, said tests will be conducted by real time PCR, Conventional …
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