A couple who have been taking their two young children with them when they deliver narcotics to customers, in an effort not to raise the suspicions of authorities, were arrested by police in Samut Prakan this morning (Monday). Police, who had laid in wait at a school on Suksawat Road in Bang Chak sub-district, stopped […]
Consumer protection police raided a sausage factory in Chon Buri and seized products worth about 700,000 baht for examination after children in five provinces developed a blood disorder after eating food produced there. Consumer Protection Police Division (CPPD) commander Pol Maj Gen Anan Nanasombat and representatives from the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced […]
Thailand’s Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health has accepted 59 young children infected with COVID-19 for medical treatment and care since the outbreak of the Omicron variant, according to Director-General of the Medical Services Department Dr. Somsak Akksilp. 46 of the children have been placed in home or community facilities, under the care of […]
Muslim leaders in the southern Philippines on Friday urged President Rodrigo Duterte to repeal a recently signed law criminalizing child marriage, saying it was part of their culture. The law, which became effective last month but was announced late Thursday, prohibits the marriage of anyone younger than 18. The community in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region […]
BANGKOK (NNT) – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is preparing to launch a vaccination campaign for children 5-11 years old in February. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will be the main vaccine for this rollout. The BMA will use the lower-dose pediatric version of the vaccine. Children aged 5-11 will receive a 10-microgram dosage for each of […]
BANGKOK (NNT) – A doctor has warned people not to downplay the threat posed by the Omicron coronavirus variant while urging unvaccinated people, especially children, to get inoculated as soon as possible. According to an SNS post by Dr Manop Pithukpakorn, chief of the Siriraj Center of Research Excellence in Precision Medicine, reports from the […]
BANGKOK, Dec 21 (TNA) – The government is ready to acquire the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer for 5 million children after the Food and Drug Administration approved its use for children aged 5-11. Deputy government spokesperson Rachada Dhnadirek said the FDA endorsed the use of Pfizer’s Comirnaty Vaccine for children aged 5-11 in addition […]
BANGKOK (NNT) – The Royal Thai Police has cautioned that Netflix’s Squid Game contains excessive scenes of violence that could lead children and youngsters to copy barbaric characters from the famous series. Squid Game is a popular South Korean survival drama television series streaming on Netflix. Deputy Spokesman for the national police Pol Col Kissana […]
