Government Considers Future Use of Covid-19 Passports
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said the government will look into the future use of Covid-19 passports. He has ordered the Foreign Ministry to conduct a study into the adoption of Covid-19 vaccine passports in preparation for future travel under the “new normal” that is currently being discussed in other countries….
No Evidence to Show Thai Bats Cause Covid-19
Thai researchers have insisted that the coronavirus found in a horseshoe bat population in Chachoengsao province last year is not a strain that is transmissible to humans, after several reports suggested that the Covid-19 pandemic may have originated in Thailand. Supaporn Wacharapluesadee, a researcher with the Thai Red Cross Emerging…
10 Groups of People Are Prohibited from Receiving Sinovac Vaccine
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has received 66,000 doses of Sinovac vaccine allotted by the government and had started inoculating the target groups since Monday. Deputy Bangkok governor Sophon Phisutthiwong said medical professionals will be the first group to receive the vaccine. The second group will be public health volunteers,…
Misquoted information regarding the origins of the virus
WHO convened an international group of experts to undertake a series of studies on the origins of the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. The experts constituting the team are independent scientists. One expert member of this group was recently misquoted as suggesting that the origin of the virus was…
Public invited to mark Makha Bucha Day online
People concerned of visiting a temple to celebrate Makha Bucha Day due to COVID-19 are being invited to participate in an online circumambulation taking place at www.มาฆบูชาเวียนเทียนออนไลน์.com Prime Minister’s Office Minister Anucha Nakasai, as head of the National Office of Buddhism, explained that while Buddhist activities are held nationwide each…
First batch of Covishield delivered to COVAX: Adar Poonawalla calls it historic
Ghana has become the first country in the world to receive vaccines acquired through the United Nations-backed COVAX initiative Adar Poonawalla says SII will continue to be at forefront of fighting the pandemic with affordable and immunogenic vaccines. Adar Poonawalla, CEO, Serum Institute of India, describes COVAX receiving the first…