Public Health Ministry to Consider Ending Hotel and Hospitel Isolation Measures

COVID-19 field hospital to provide urgent care and assistance to people in Bangkok
COVID-19 field hospital to provide urgent care and assistance to people in Bangkok. Photo: ประยุทธ์ จันทร์โอชา Prayut Chan-o-cha / Facebook.

BANGKOK (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health will consider ending hospitel and hotel isolation in September as the Covid-19 situation gradually improves in Thailand. [Read More…]

Private clinics to be allowed to prescribe Molnupiravir for COVID-19

Preventive measure in a pharmacy in Thailand during COVID-19 pandemic
Preventive measure in a pharmaceutical shop in Thailand during COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: © ILO/Suwandee Nokpum / flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

The Public Health Ministry plans to allow private clinics to purchase and prescribe the antiviral medication molnupiravir for Covid-19 patients, as private hospitals already do. [Read More…]