Omicron’s new BA.4, BA.5 subvariants: How worried should we be?

Seating arrangements and measures at Bangkok Hospital during COVID-19 Outbreak
Seating arrangements and acrylic shields installed to prevent the spreading of COVID-19 coronavirus and to keep social distance between nurses and patients at the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration General Hospital, a public hospital in Bangkok. Photo: © ILO/Alin Sirisaksopit / flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Thai health authorities are keeping a close eye on two new Omicron subvariants – BA.4 and BA.5 – that are fast becoming dominant COVID-19 strains [Read More…]

Disease Control Dept Monitors COVID Situation Closely

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

BANGKOK, July 4 (TNA) – The Department of Disease Control is following up closely the local COVID-19 situation, especially the number of severely ill patients [Read More…]

Prayut urges public not to panic over COVID-19 Omicron’s BA.4 and BA.5 variants

PM Prayut Chan-ocha working at the Government office
PM Prayut Chan-ocha working at the Government office. Photo: ประยุทธ์ จันทร์โอชา Prayut Chan-o-cha / Facebook.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O’Cha urges the public not to panic over Covid-19 Omicron’s BA.4/BA.5 strain, insisting that the Ministry of Public Health has been monitoring [Read More…]

Thailand’s COVID infections fall to below 10,000 first day in months on Monday

Thai people wearing a mask in the public during COVID-19 pandemic
Thai people wearing a mask in the public. Photo: © ILO/Suwandee Nokpum / flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Daily new COVID-19 infections are slowing, with 9,331 confirmed cases reported today (Monday), the first time the rate has dropped below 10,000 cases since early [Read More…]