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  • Covid-19 NewsCovid UPDATE Sunday: 4,528 Covid infections and 24 death, provincial totals

    Covid UPDATE Sunday: 4,528 Covid infections and 24 death, provincial totals

    Today the public health department has reported another 4,528 Covid infections and 24 C-19 related deaths. Another huge proportion of todays cases – 1,902 – are from Thai prisons. We will post the provincial totals early in the afternoon as usual. Here’s all today’s provincial totals as announced this morning for the past 24 hours… • Thailand’s Department of Disease…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid UPDATE Sunday: 4,528 Covid infections and 24 death

    Covid UPDATE Sunday: 4,528 Covid infections and 24 death

    Today the public health department has reported 4,528 Covid infections and 24 C-19 related deaths. Another huge proportion of todays cases, 1,902, are from Thai prisons. We will post the provincial totals early in the afternoon as usual. • Chon Buri officials have announced 90 new Covid infections today, and 1 new death, mostly driven by clusters at factories and migrant…

  • Covid-19 NewsSo what’s the deal with the Sinopharm vaccine?

    So what’s the deal with the Sinopharm vaccine?

    Sinopharm is Thailand’s hot new vaccine, having been approved by the Food and Drug Administration yesterday, so what information do we have about the Covid-19 vaccine? The vaccine has been approved by World Health Organisation for people above the age of 18 and is administered in the same way as Sinovac and AstraZeneca, with 2 jabs spaced 3 to 4…

  • Covid-19 NewsSinopharm wins ok from FDA, the 5th approved Covid-19 vaccine

    Sinopharm wins ok from FDA, the 5th approved Covid-19 vaccine

    Thailand adds another Covid-19 vaccine to its arsenal, as the Food and Drug Administration has just approved the Sinopharm vaccine for emergency use. Biogenetech Co. submitted a registration application that has been under consideration by the FDA until receiving approval today. Sinopharm joins Sinovac, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, and Moderna to be officially approved for use in Thailand. Today Sinopharm…

  • Covid-19 NewsPrincess steps in to approve alternative vaccine imports

    Princess steps in to approve alternative vaccine imports

    Princess Chulabhorn, sister to His Majesty, King Maha Vajiralongkorn, has signed a decree to allow the Chulabhorn Royal Academy, which she sponsors, to import Covid-19 vaccines. It’s understood that the institution will import another Chinese vaccine, Sinopharm, which the Food and Drug Administration is expected to approve in the coming week. The surprise development has been confirmed in the Royal…

  • Thailand NewsThailand News Today | BKK clubs deny responsibility, Sinopharm for Thailand, 2,455 cases | May 26

    Thailand News Today | BKK clubs deny responsibility, Sinopharm for Thailand, 2,455 cases | May 26

    2,455 new Covid-19 cases were reported today, and 41 coronavirus-related deaths, the highest fatality count in Thailand since the start of the pandemic. Samples taken from Covid-19 patients in southern Thailand are being tested to check for the highly-contagious, so-called South African variant. The managers of 2 nightclubs in the Thong Lor district of Bangkok are denying any responsibility for…

  • Covid-19 NewsChina’s Sinopharm vaccine up for approval in Thailand

    China’s Sinopharm vaccine up for approval in Thailand

    China is seeking approval for its Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine to be used in Thailand. Documents have been submitted and Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration secretary general Paisal Dunkhum says the vaccine will be reviewed for its quality, safety, and efficacy. He says he expects a decision on whether to approve the vaccine for use to be made within the next…

  • Thailand NewsPrivate hospitals in Thailand working to offer more choices in Covid vaccines

    Private hospitals in Thailand working to offer more choices in Covid vaccines

    The Private Hospital Association is now working to offer a variety of Covid-19 vaccine brands to Thais in an effort to help boost herd immunity. Thailand currently has only 2 Covid-19 vaccine brands that are currently available and covered by the Thai government’s free inoculation programme. AstraZeneca and Sinovac are on the list, but recipients have no choice in which…

  • Covid-19 NewsThailand removed from New York Times graphic on Pfizer vaccine

    Thailand removed from New York Times graphic on Pfizer vaccine

    The New York Times removed Thailand from their infographic of countries that have imported the Pfizer vaccine after initial reports could not be confirmed. Pfizer denied that Thailand had made a deal to acquire jabs of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The early rumours of the deal sparked controversy in Thailand, as they were listed as having the jab available only for…

  • Thailand NewsThailand expecting 3.5 million Sinovac vaccines by end of May

    Thailand expecting 3.5 million Sinovac vaccines by end of May

    Another 3.5 million Sinovac Biotech vaccines have been confirmed to be arriving by the end of May, health officials said Friday. With a slow vaccine rollout putting Thailand’s ambitious July 1 reopening plan in jeopardy, the confirmation of another batch of jabs is welcomed news. The head of the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation announced the first million vaccines will arrive in…

  • Covid-19 NewsThai people not given choice which Covid-19 vaccine they receive

    Thai people not given choice which Covid-19 vaccine they receive

    It’s free but you don’t get a choice. Thai Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced that people will not be given a choice of which Covid-19 vaccine they receive. Amid widespread criticism of the slow rollout of vaccination in Thailand, the health minister discussed the process of vaccines being approved for distribution within Thailand. Many are concerned about possible side…

  • Covid-19 NewsChina may combine its Covid-19 vaccines to improve efficacy

    China may combine its Covid-19 vaccines to improve efficacy

    Health officials in China say they may consider combining vaccines to boost their efficacy, after admitting the protection rate is “low”. In a rare acknowledgment of weakness, Gao Fu from the Chinese Centres for Disease Control and Prevention admitted the country’s vaccines do not offer high levels of protection. He was addressing a conference in the south-western city of Chengdu…

  • HealthEfficacy of Covid-19 vaccines will drop during mass inoculations: Thai virologist

    Efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines will drop during mass inoculations: Thai virologist

    Thai virologist Dr. Yong Poovorawan from Chulalongkorn University, has spoken about claims that the efficacy of every vaccine available today, including Covid-19 vaccines, tend to lower after being used in mass inoculations, compared to the findings from the laboratory during human testing trials. He recommends that people should not rely solely on the vaccines alone because uncertainty will remain during…

  • Covid-19 NewsWHO approves emergency use of the Pfizer/BionTech Covid vaccine

    WHO approves emergency use of the Pfizer/BionTech Covid vaccine

    The World Health Organisation has granted “emergency validation” for the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, allowing countries across the globe to now approve its import and distribution for their citizens. In a statement released on the final day of 2020, the WHO said its validation, the first since the start of the pandemic, “opens the door for countries to expedite their own…