50,000-100,000 COVID-19 Cases Expected Daily After Songkran Holiday

Beautiful girl splashing water at Songkran festival in Ayuttaya
Beautiful girl splashing water at Songkran festival in Ayuttaya Province. Photo: JJ Harrison.

BANGKOK, April 12 (TNA) – The Department of Health expected the country to log 50,000 to 100,000 new COVID-19 cases daily following the Songkran festival [Read More…]

Isolation Days For High-Risk Covid Exposure To Be Cut To 5 After Songkran

Busy road in Thailand during the COVID-19 pandemic
Busy road in Thailand during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: Thailand_becausewecan / Pixabay.

BANGKOK (NNT) – Health authorities have been adjusting service protocols for those infected with COVID-19 so people can adapt ahead of Covid being made an [Read More…]

COVID ‘endemic’ status still some way off: expert

Woman selling seafood at local market in Thailand during the COVID-19 pandemic
Woman selling seafood at local market in Thailand during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: Thailand_becausewecan / Pixabay.

The kingdom is expected to record about 100,000 new Covid-19 cases per day following the Songkran holiday, according to Dr Prasit Watanapa, dean of Siriraj [Read More…]

COVID Vaccination Center Open to Thai and Foreign Nationals

Thailand's national COVID-19 vaccination rollout
Thailand's national COVID-19 vaccination rollout. Photo: ประยุทธ์ จันทร์โอชา Prayut Chan-o-cha / Facebook.

BANGKOK (NNT) – MBK Center and the Princess Mother National Institute on Drug Abuse Treatment of the Ministry of Public Health have been operating a [Read More…]

CCSA advisor claims Thailand’s daily infections could be as high as 100,000

Vaccination at Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok
Vaccination at Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok. Photo: Bumrungrad International Hospital.

Advisor to the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) Dr. Udom Kachinthorn, claimed today (Friday) that actual daily infections at present may be around 100,000 [Read More…]

Health Ministry Warns of More Severe Cases After Songkran

A man rides a motorbike in Bangkok during the COVID-19 pandemic
A man rides a motorbike in Bangkok during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: UN Women/Ploy Phutpheng / flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

BANGKOK (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health has voiced concern that more COVID-19 patients may require ventilators after the Songkran holidays. According to Dr [Read More…]

Thai medical professionals say ‘Get a vaccine booster jab before Songkran’

COVID-19 vaccination service at the Pathum Thani Provincial Administrative Organization
COVID-19 vaccination service at the Pathum Thani Provincial Administrative Organization. Photo: Chulabhorn Royal Academy. www.cra.ac.th.

As the long Songkran break approaches, Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health and five of the country’s medical associations are urging people who have had two [Read More…]