Priority health concerns

Education Minister Natthaphon Teepsuwan has ordered all schools nationwide to closed from March 18 onwards, in order to tackle the spread of Covid-19, said the ministry’s permanent secretary Prasert Boonrueng today (March 17).“Taking into consideration the well being of students, we urge all educational institutions ...

The prospect of the Covid-19 outbreak turning into a “Stage 3” full-blown epidemic in Thailand is deepening worries over the dire shortage of face masks.Though the Commerce Ministry’s Internal Trade Department (ITD) has placed controls on domestic mask manufacturing and distribution to prevent hoarding and ...

A majority of people are concerned about the spread of Covid-19, the disease spread by the novel coronavirus, according to an opinion survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.The poll was conducted on March 11-12 on 1,260 people aged 15 and ...

Local technological innovations are helping with the fight against Covid-19 and also fake news surrounding the coronavirus outbreak.One of the most popular is covidtracker.5lab.co, an online map that provides information on the spread of Covid-19 in Thailand. The website features an interactive map with updates ...

The board of the National Health Security Office (NHSO) has approved the inclusion COVID-19 in its health care coverage program which covers all stages from prevention to medical rehabilitation.The NHSO has approved the inclusion of COVID-19 in its health care program which covers prevention, awareness ...

The Covid-19 crisis and the state of the economy topped people’s worries, according to a Suan Dusit Poll on “5 Anxieties”.The survey between March 3-7 of 1,162 people from all over the country allowed respondents to specify more than one concern. Life and money were ...

Postal services began disinfecting all packages received from overseas on Thursday to counter the spread of the coronavirus, although the World Health Organisation has said it is safe to receive post from badly affected countries, like China.The country reported four new cases of coronavirus on ...

Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Tuesday (March 3) approved the latest list of countries and territories at high risk of the Covid-19 infection: Japan, Germany, South Korea, China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Taiwan, France, Singapore, Italy, and Iran. All ...

Thailand has adequate supplies of medicine to treat Covid-19 patients unless the outbreak becomes much worse, and it is seeking to import more drugs from China, Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charvirakul said on Monday.“Thailand has enough drugs to treat patients’ symptoms ...

A medical panel, from Thailand’s National Infectious Committee, will determine the exact cause of the death of a COVID-19 patient, who contracted dengue fever prior to becoming infected with the coronavirus.Disease Control Department director-general Dr. Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoenchai said today the victim, a 35-year old Thai ...