Prompted by large numbers of tourists testing positive for Covid-19 upon arrival, Phuket on Wednesday switched to imposing a repeat RT-PCR Covid-19 test on international tourists arriving under the quarantine-free Test & Go scheme. Phuket has now issued a new order requiring all Test & Go tourists to undergo a repeat RT-PCR Covid-19 test on […]
BANGKOK (NNT) – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is currently offering free COVID-19 tests at several locations across the capital, including at the Southern Bus Terminal in western Bangkok. The Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) is also again selling affordable antigen test kits (ATKs) as demand increases amid the new Omicron wave. The BMA and the […]
BANGKOK, Jan 14 (TNA) – The Department of Medical Sciences has found Thai herbal fever medications can contain COVID-19 in test tubes. Dr Supakit Sirilak, director-general of the department, said it studied the property of “Ha Rak” and “Prasa Proh Yai” herbal medications in containing the Delta variant of COVID-19. Full article: tna.mcot.net TNA
BANGKOK, Jan 11 (TNA) – The Department of Livestock Development has detected the African swine fever (ASF) in a sample collected from a slaughterhouse in Nakhon Pathom province and is looking for the source of the disease. Sorawit Thaneeto, director-general of the department, said that it collected 309 samples of pig blood and surface swabs […]
BANGKOK, Jan 11 (TNA) – The chief of the Department of Livestock Development expected results from tests for the African swine fever (ASF) in 2-3 days. Sorawit Thaneeto, director-general of the department, said samples collected from pigs at farms, housing and slaughterhouses were sent for tests for ASF at the National Institute of Animal Health […]
A complaint was lodged yesterday (Friday) with police on Koh Chang, in Thailand’s eastern province of Trat, by the district communicable disease committee, seeking six Europeans tourists after they tested positive for COVID-19. The tourists include two French men, two Polish men, one Swiss and a Norwegian. Full story: thaipbsworld.com By Thai PBS World
Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health is providing free COVID-19 rapid antigen tests to the public, until January 3rd, at Mor Chit bus terminal and Hua Lamphong railway station. Disease Control Department Director-General Opart Karnkawinpong said that the free service is part of the universal prevention measure for those who travelled back home or to tourist […]
BANGKOK, Dec 29 (TNA) – Eighteen karate athletes, coaching staff and executives of the Thailand Karate Federation tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from the Asian Karate Championships in Kazakhstan but all of them remained stable. Yanisa Torrattanawathana, head coach of the Thai karate athletes who joined the Asian Karate Championships in Kazakhstan, said that […]
