Bangkok begins vaccinations in Phasi Charoen
The Bangkok City Hall has opened a vaccination center in Phasi Charoen district, bordering Samut Sakhon province, with 908 people requesting to be vaccinated at the time of this report. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has commenced a vaccination program in Phasi Charoen district, which is one of the 6 Bangkok…
Which countries are now leading the Covid-19 vaccination race
The leading Covid-19 vaccines manufacturers around the world are pumping out the needed vaccines as the world of 7.8 billion people is in grave need for immunity to get back to normal life as soon as possible. A vaccination race has raised the global concern over the “vaccine nationalism” issue…
India donates first 500,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka said 150,000 health workers and 115,000 selected military and police troops will be the first to be inoculated at six hospitals in Colombo and its suburbs. Sri Lanka’s president on Thursday welcomed the first 500,000 doses of a Covid-19 vaccine from India, which has donated the shots to…
FDA approves COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine for emergency use
The FDA Secretary General Paisal Dunkhum, said today the FDA had approved the registration of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by AstraZeneca in Italy, after the company had sent nearly 10,000 pages of documents for registration in Thailand for approved use during the state of emergency since December 22, 2020. Efficacy,…
COVID-19 vaccines only to be administered to those over 18
The subcommittee managing COVID-19 vaccination has decided that inoculation will focus on those over the age of 18, when the first batch arrives in February. Director-General of the Department of Disease Control, Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, department adviser Dr. Tawee Chotiwittayansunan and Head of the Chulalongkorn University Center for Excellence in…
BoT sees mild impact of new COVID-19 wave on the economy
Despite a new and wider wave of COVID-19 infections in the country, the Bank of Thailand (BoT) has assessed that the economic impact of the situation will not be as severe as the first wave as the effects of the virus are not as pronounced, and public health preparations, including…
Saina Nehwal, HS Prannoy Cleared To Play For Thailand Open After Antibody Test: BWF
In a big relief for India, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and the Badminton Association of Thailand (BAT) on Tuesday cleared Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and HS Prannoy for the Thailand Open revealing that while they had tested positive for COVID-19 in the PCR Test, their antibody IgG was also positive, which suggested that…
SII’s Adar Poonawala Shares Details Of COVID Vaccine: ‘First 100m Doses To Cost Rs 200’
Elaborating on the price of the COVID-19 vaccine, Poonawala said that SII would initially focus on making the vaccine available at a reasonable price at Rs 200. As India gears up for the world’s largest COVID vaccination drive from January 16, Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawala called the…
India starts shipping COVID-19 vaccine to cities
Ahead of the world’s largest nationwide inoculation drive which is set to begin on January 16, the first consignment containing vials of Covishield vaccine left Pune’s Serum Institute of India in the early hours of Tuesday. Amid tight security, 3 trucks carrying the very first consignment of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid…
National parks still open amidst COVID-19 venue closures
Tourists can still make trips to national parks across the country this long weekend, as none of the 155 national parks in Thailand was affected by recent disease control directives. National parks have however, implemented COVID-19 prevention measures which include daily disinfection of surfaces. Visitors to national parks are advised…