Thai Health Department Proposes Requiring All Pregnant Women to Work from Home
Thailand’s Department of Health is proposing a new regulation which will require all pregnant women to work from home, to help curb COVID-19 infections and death rates among this vulnerable group. Dr. Sophon Mekthon, assistant to the public health minister, said the proposal will be submitted to the Public Health…
COVID-19 three times as threatening to pregnant women
After recording close to 2,000 women with children contracting COVID-19, doctors have warned that pregnant women are around three times at risk of contracting the virus but noted vaccination reduces the chance of severe symptoms and death. Director-General of the Department of Health Dr. Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoenchai indicated that from December…