Passengers on 7 Phuket Flights Are Urged to Take Covid-19 Tests
Authorities have asked 157 passengers on seven recent domestic flights to or from Phuket to take Covid-19 tests and go into quarantine as they were deemed at risk of exposure to passengers who were found to have been infected. The Phuket Covid-19 information center on Saturday released seating charts showing…
Tech Organizations Will Join Efforts to Fight Covid-19 Pandemic
More than 36 tech organizations, in coordination with the Digital Council of Thailand (DCT) and the Medical Council of Thailand (TMC), have vowed to provide digital solutions and infrastructure as they join the effort to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. DCT president Suphachai Chearavanont said digital technology can play an immense…
Thailand sends medical supplies to India
The Thai government has sent medical supplies by military aircraft to help fight the devastating surge of COVID-19 in India, before returning to Bangkok with infected embassy officials in need of treatment. The Royal Thai Air Force Airbus A320 aircraft today departed Bangkok at 7 a.m. bound for New Delhi,…
National Communicable Disease Committee: COVID-19 vaccines in Thailand can help boost immunity
A communicable disease expert has insisted the two COVID-19 vaccines currently available in Thailand are effective in terms of preventing severe illnesses, hospitalization, and death from COVID-19. Dr Tawee Chotpitayasunondh, a member of the National Communicable Disease Committee, has made a statement stressing the importance of vaccines in the fight…
CCSA: All foreigners in Thailand will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccination
According to deputy spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Natapanu Nopakun, all expats living in Thailand are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. He says Thailand plans to roll out a “massive vaccination plan” to vaccinate all people who are living in Thailand, including foreign residents. All people residing…
Registrations for vaccinations start May 1st
The Ministry of Public Health will begin registering Thais for COVID-19 vaccination, starting with those over 60 years of age and with chronic illnesseses. Registration will be via the Mor Prom LINE account this May 1st, with an estimated 16 million people eligible. Hospitals throughout the nation have uploaded lists…