Klang Hospital’s wards full of COVID-19 patients, anti-viral drugs still being provided

The BMA General Hospital, popularly known as Klang Hospital is a public tertiary hospital in Bangkok
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration General Hospital, popularly known as Klang Hospital is a public tertiary hospital in Bangkok. Photo: Sry85. CC BY-SA 3.0.

The 8-bed ICU for severe COVID-19 cases requiring ventilators and the 30-bed cohort ward at the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)’s General Hospital, also known as [Read More…]

Mother of Thai actress ‘Tangmo’ seeks second autopsy by Central Institute of Forensic Science

Dummy police officer in Bangkok
Dummy police officer in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: runran / flickr.

The mother of the late Thai TV actress Nida Patcharaveerapong, aka “Tangmo” and her lawyer went to the investigative division of the First Region Provincial [Read More…]

390 Packages of Favipiravir Seized from Illegal Vendors

Thai police and soldiers inspecting an area in Bangkok
Thai police and soldiers inspecting an area in Bangkok. Photo: Policespokesmen / Facebook.

BANGKOK, Oct 27 (TNA) – Officials raided eight locations, arrested nine suspects and seized 390 packages of illegally acquired antiviral favipiravir tablets. Police and officials [Read More…]

Health Ministry Will Administer Favipiravir to All COVID-19 Patients

Healthcare worker at Thailand Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute, Ministry of Public Health
Healthcare worker at Thailand Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute, Ministry of Public Health. Photo: UN Women Asia and the Pacific / flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

BANGKOK (NNT) – The Public Health Ministry has decided to allow health units to administer Favipiravir to all groups of COVID-19 patients, including those currently [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…]

GPO to Increase Favipiravir Production

The U.S. Army personnel in conjunction with the Thai Ministry of Public Health, the National Institute of Allergy and infectious Disease, the National Institutes of Health, Sanofi Pasteur and Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases have uncovered successful results for an AIDS vaccination
The U.S. Army personnel in conjunction with the Thai Ministry of Public Health, the National Institute of Allergy and infectious Disease, the National Institutes of Health, Sanofi Pasteur and Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases have uncovered successful results for an AIDS vaccination. Photo: USAMC-AFRIMS / United States Army.

BANGKOK, Aug 3 (TNA) – The Government Pharmaceutical Organization plans to produce more than 40 million tablets of favipiravir per month from October onwards. GPO [Read More…]