China’s ‘Bat Woman’ Warns New COVID ‘Variants Will Continue to Emerge’

People wearing face mask during the COVID-19 pandemic in China
People wearing face mask during the COVID-19 pandemic in China. Photo: Bicanski / PIXNIO.

Earlier this year, Shi Zhengli flatly denied allegations that the Wuhan Institute of Virology conducted studies with the Chinese military after she was accused by [Read More…]

Delta now dominant variant in Thailand with 78.2% found in new cases in most parts of country

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

The readily transmissible COVID-19 Delta variant, which was first confirmed in Thailand in mid-May in a Thai mother and her 4-year son arriving from Pakistan, [Read More…]

Health Agency Expects Delta Variant Will Be Predominant COVID-19 Strain in Thailand

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

BANGKOK (NNT) – Thailand’s Department of Medical Sciences (DMS) has reported that about 32% of COVID-19 cases across the country in the past week have [Read More…]

First South African variant case, four more clusters with over 500 infections found in Bangkok

Temperature check point at Siam Square One shopping mall in Bangkok
Temperature check point at Siam Square One shopping mall in Bangkok. Photo: © ILO/Alin Sirisaksopit / flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

The first case of a Beta (South African) variant COVID-19 infection and four more COVID-19 clusters, with over 500 infections, have been found in Bangkok, [Read More…]

No Thai Variant of COVID-19: Disease Control Chief

Supermarket cashiers wear masks and face shields to maintain physical distance amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Bangkok
Supermarket cashiers wear masks and face shields to maintain physical distance amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Bangkok. Photo: © ILO/Chet Thaochoo. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

BANGKOK, May 28 (TNA) – Dr Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Department of Disease Control, denied there was a Thai variant of COVID-19. There had [Read More…]