Thailand’s face mask requirement in public may be eased in mid-June

Women wearing mask selling on the market during the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in Thailand
Women wearing mask selling on the market during the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in Thailand. Photo: Thailand becausewecan / Pixabay.

The Ministry of Public Health will consider relaxing the mandatory wearing of face masks in public in some areas, tentatively by the middle of next [Read More…]

Thailand set to end mandatory face masks

Woman wearing face mask during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand.
Woman wearing face mask during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand. Photo: UN Women/Ploy Phutpheng / flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Mandatory mask-wearing will be limited to people with underlying illnesses, the elderly and pregnant women. The easing of pandemic restrictions will come into effect in [Read More…]

Government asks elderly to get vaccinated ahead of Songkran festival

Thailand's national COVID-19 vaccination rollout
Thailand's national COVID-19 vaccination rollout. Photo: ประยุทธ์ จันทร์โอชา Prayut Chan-o-cha / Facebook.

Thailand’s Department of Disease Control (DDC) urged more than two million elderly people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of the Songkran festival, as infections [Read More…]

Fourth Vaccine Shot Approved for Elderly and Medical Workers

COVID-19 vaccination at Srinakharinwirot University in Bangkok
COVID-19 vaccination at Srinakharinwirot University in Bangkok. Photo: Chainwit. CC BY-SA 4.0.

BANGKOK (NNT) – The National Vaccine Institute has approved a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to boost immunity among specific groups. According to Dr Opas [Read More…]

Elderly man beaten to death at Nakhon Si Thammarat temple

A procession of Buddhists at Wat Phra Maha That Woramahawihan, Nakhon Si Thammarat
A procession of Buddhists during Hae Pha Khuen That Festival at Wat Phra Maha That Woramahawihan in Nakhon Si Thammarat . Photo: KOSIN SUKHUM.

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A man was arrested after beating an elderly man to death with a piece of firewood at Wat Khiriwong temple in Lan [Read More…]

Thailand’s newly developed Favipiravir syrup to be given to children, elderly from Friday

Thai herbal drinks
Thai herbal drinks in glass bottles.

The new syrup form of Favipiravir antiviral COVID-19 medication, developed by Chulabhorn Royal Academy (CRA), Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Thai research organization [Read More…]

Postponed vaccinations of elderly, those with specific diseases in Bangkok to resume on Wednesday

A nurse during COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in April 2020
A nurse during COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in April 2020. Photo: UN Women Asia and the Pacific / flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

COVID-19 vaccine jabs for the elderly and those with any of seven specific non-communicable diseases in Bangkok, whose vaccination appointments were postponed due to an [Read More…]