Returnees from Africa Contacted to Undergo COVID-19 RT-PCR Testing

Healthcare workers performing COVID-19 coronavirus tests
Healthcare workers performing COVID-19 coronavirus tests. Photo: UN Women Asia and the Pacific / flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

BANGKOK, Dec 1 (TNA) – The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) ordered strict screening for arrivals and 252 Thais, returning from eight African countries [Read More…]

Doctor who discovered Omicron variant of COVID talks about ‘unusual’ but mild symptoms it causes

COVID-19 coronavirus testing at BNH Hospital, Bangkok
COVID-19 coronavirus testing at BNH Hospital, Bangkok.Photo: Courtesy of BNH Hospital / flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

The B.1.1.529 variant of the coronavirus, baptized by the WHO as the Omicron variant, has half the world on tenterhooks after it was detected this [Read More…]

Boer and Afrikaner Minorities in South Africa Face Worsening Situation, Says Rights Activist

Pretoria, South Africa
View of Pretoria in South Africa. Photo: Jérôme Bon. CC BY 2.0.

Gruesome farm attacks all over the “Rainbow Nation” continue, with white farmers being targeted by criminals; several NGOs are calling for international attention to the [Read More…]

Thailand Finds First Case Of South African COVID-19 Variant

Healthcare worker performing a COVID-19 test at Thailand Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi
Healthcare worker performing a COVID-19 test at Thailand Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi. Photo: UN Women/Pathumporn Thongking / flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

NONTHABURI, Feb 15 (TNA) – Thailand found its first case of COVID-19’s South African variant but health authorities assured it was under control. Dr Opas [Read More…]