Tag: Strain

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Thailand detects its first case of COVID-19 XAY.2 variant

  • By TN
  • January 6, 2023
This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus
This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Image: CDC via AP.

Thailand’s first case of COVID-19 XAY.2 variant has been diagnosed and has been reported to GISAID, Dr. Supakit Sirilak, director-general of Medical Science Department, said [Read More…]

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

  • By TN
  • July 5, 2022
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…]

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

  • By TN
  • June 26, 2022
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…]