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April 10, 2020

Interior Ministry instructs all provinces to place arrivals from abroad under strict quarantine

Thailand’s Ministry of Interior has instructed all governors to follow guidelines for quarantining persons traveling into the kingdom and report to the Ministry of Interior every day via LINE application. Interior Ministry Permanent Secretary Chatchai Phromlert has instructed the governors to quarantine arrivals at facilities arranged for them. The guidelines are as follows: 1. The […]

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April 10, 2020

Health ministry determines guidelines for reducing congestion at hospitals

The number of COVID-19 patients in Thailand is rising daily. The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has established guidelines for supporting treatment at public hospitals to reduce the risk of infection for other patients and medical personnel. They include reducing congestion at the hospitals and adjusting the treatment method for patients suffering from COVID-19, so […]

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April 9, 2020

Favipiravir to be distributed to hospitals around Thailand

Even though there is still no vaccine nor official treatment for the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19, doctors in many countries have reported successful treatments using existing drugs, one of which is Favipiravir. Thailand has already received 100,000 Favipiravir tablets which will be distributed to hospitals. The Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) ordered the 100,000 Favipiravir […]

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April 9, 2020

RCOT suggests doctors look for “Smell Disorders”

The Royal College of Otolaryngologists – Head and Neck Surgeons of Thailand, suggests those in the health sector mark smell disorders as one of the primary symptoms that appears in Covid-19 patients; the symptoms may range from a weak ability to smell, to a complete loss of the ability to smell. A number of research […]

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April 8, 2020

Thailand grants automatic visa extensions for foreigners affected by COVID-19 crisis

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) would like to inform foreigners in Thailand who have been affected by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) that they will be granted automatic visa extensions. The measure, which was announced this evening, 8 April, 2020, in the Royal Thai Government Gazette with immediate effect, covers three groups of foreigners […]

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April 8, 2020

Officials in Northern Thailand working around the clock to put out forest fires

The Governor of Chiang Mai, Charoenrit Sanguansat, had a meeting with related units to discuss the forest fire situation at Doi Suthep – Pui National Park, after nearby areas were hit by fires several times last week. Although officials have been able to extinguish the blazes, new fires have flared up. The officials have now […]

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April 8, 2020

Chiang Rai authorities help workers from Myanmar stranded in Mae Sai to return home after closure of border crossing

– As borders closed, many migrant workers from Myanmar working in Thailand tried to return to their country. Some didn’t make it in time, and are now stranded at the Mae Sai Thailand-Myanmar border crossing in Chiang Rai, waiting for Myanmar authorities to reopen the border. The authorities decided to seal off the border in […]

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April 8, 2020

Thai government prepares for Thai returnees

The Thai government has prepared to receive Thai nationals returning from abroad by taking into consideration the number of returnees and Thailand’s capacity on communicable disease control. Following the government’s decision to extend a ban on incoming flights to Thailand until April 18, to help contain the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the […]

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April 7, 2020

COVID-19: 38 new cases, one more death

The Spokesman for the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin, said today that Thailand now has an accumulated total of 2,258 confirmed cases in 66 provinces. The total number of recovered patients is 824, while the death toll has risen to 27. The country has reported fewer new cases, after the curfew […]

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April 7, 2020

Health ministry advises elders on preventive measures against COVID-19

The Department of Health Director General Panpimol Wipulakorn said today that most COVID-19 patients in Thailand are of working age, however they could carry and unknowingly transmit the virus to elderly family members at home. She said almost half of the people who have died from coronavirus disease complications are in the 60-89 years old […]

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Interior Ministry instructs all provinces to place arrivals from abroad under strict quarantine

Health ministry determines guidelines for reducing congestion at hospitals

Favipiravir to be distributed to hospitals around Thailand

RCOT suggests doctors look for “Smell Disorders”

Thailand grants automatic visa extensions for foreigners affected by COVID-19 crisis

Officials in Northern Thailand working around the clock to put out forest fires

Chiang Rai authorities help workers from Myanmar stranded in Mae Sai to return home after closure of border crossing

Thai government prepares for Thai returnees

COVID-19: 38 new cases, one more death

Health ministry advises elders on preventive measures against COVID-19

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