Thai vaccine

  • Thailand NewsMpox vaccine advised only for Thai high-risk groups

    Mpox vaccine advised only for Thai high-risk groups

    The question of whether the general public should receive the mpox vaccine has been addressed by Yong Poovorawan, head of the Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology at the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University. Highlighting the limited availability and high cost of the vaccine, he recommended it primarily for high-risk groups, particularly men who have sex with strangers. Yong Poovorawan…

  • Thailand NewsThai Red Cross offers mpox vaccine for 8,500 baht per dose

    Thai Red Cross offers mpox vaccine for 8,500 baht per dose

    The Thai Red Cross Society has initiated mpox (formerly monkeypox) vaccinations for the public, priced at 8,500 baht per dose, primarily targeting men who have sex with men and individuals with multiple sexual partners. This follows Professor Emeritus Dr Wasun Chantratita from the Medical Genomics Center at the Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, sharing insights on mpox. He…

  • Thailand NewsThailand to introduce more effective and affordable HPV vaccine

    Thailand to introduce more effective and affordable HPV vaccine

    Thailand’s National Health Security Office (NHSO) plans to replace its two-dose human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine with a more affordable and effective single-dose alternative in the next fiscal year, according to Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsutin. The current two-dose vaccine has a 60% effectiveness rate against two strains of the virus, HPV16 and HPV18, whereas the proposed single-dose vaccine boasts a…

  • Covid-19 NewsThai GPO’s Covid-19 vaccine set for 2023 launch, targets 10 million doses annually

    Thai GPO’s Covid-19 vaccine set for 2023 launch, targets 10 million doses annually

    Thailand’s National Vaccine Institute (NVI) is making significant strides with its first domestically produced Covid-19 vaccine, HXP-GPOVac. The vaccine, currently in its third stage of clinical trials, is on track to conclude this phase by the end of the month. This development represents a crucial step forward for Thailand’s efforts to continually combat the pandemic. The vaccine’s production is overseen…

  • Bangkok NewsThailand News Today | Bangkok protest fallout, northern fire bans | March 1

    Thailand News Today | Bangkok protest fallout, northern fire bans | March 1

    Coming up today… the fallout from yesterday’s latest protest violence in Bangkok, the first vaccine in Thailand who got it, and a major drug haul along the Mekong. But first we’ll start up north where Lampang Province is joining other northern provinces todday by putting a total fire ban in place from today, March 1, until the end of April.…

  • Thailand NewsThailand News Today | Week In Review | February 26

    Thailand News Today | Week In Review | February 26

    Thailand News Today usually covers five days of the news week. This week only four days as today (Friday) is a public holiday. Now we have a weekend edition which goes over the biggest, or best stories, from the past week. Out every Saturday afternoon, catch up with Jett and Tim’s major Thai news stories. Welcome to the Thailand News…

  • Thailand NewsThailand News Today | Pyramid scammer arrested, first vaccines arrive next week | February 16

    Thailand News Today | Pyramid scammer arrested, first vaccines arrive next week | February 16

    A 45 year old Thai woman, known as Jay Phet, has been arrested, along with several Burmese accomplices and nearly 400 of the trafficked migrants. She was arrested for acquiring illegal Burmese migrants, getting them over the border… undetected, and then sending them to the Central Seafood Markets along the coast of Samut Sakhon province, just south west of Bangkok.…

  • Thailand NewsThailand News Today | Week In Review | February 14

    Thailand News Today | Week In Review | February 14

    Thailand News Today covers five days of the news week, except this week which was the Chinese New Year on Friday. Now we have a weekend edition which goes over the biggest, or best stories, from the past week. Out every Saturday afternoon, catch up with Jett and Tim’s major Thai news stories from Thailand News Today. Welcome to the…

  • Covid-19 NewsFirst phase of Thailand’s Covid-19 vaccinations to start on February 14

    First phase of Thailand’s Covid-19 vaccinations to start on February 14

    The government plans to begin Thailand’s 3-phase vaccination plan on February 14, starting with healthcare and frontline workers as well as vulnerable groups. At the Covid-19 vaccination administration subcommittee meeting today, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said the first phase of inoculations starting next month will target 19,014,154 Thai people in 4 priority groups… 1,700,000 health workers in both public…

  • Covid-19 News2 Thai Covid-19 vaccines to proceed to human testing

    2 Thai Covid-19 vaccines to proceed to human testing

    Out of Thailand’s 7 potential Covid-19 vaccines, 2 have successfully completed the animal testing stage and will proceed to human testing. Dr Nakorn Premsri from the National Vaccine Institute says the 2 vaccines are the mRNA vaccine from the Chula Vaccine Research Centre and BioNet-Asia’s DNA vaccine. The Chula VRC candidate vaccine is expected to begin human trials in April…

  • Covid-19 NewsThai PM says a Covid-19 vaccine should be available for everyone

    Thai PM says a Covid-19 vaccine should be available for everyone

    Roll up your sleeve, the Thai PM says everyone should be able to receive a Covid-19, if and when it is finally tested and approved for use. Yesterday was the 2020 United Nations Day when PM Prayut Chan-o-cha said that the vaccine should be treated as “global public goods” and be “equally accessed by everyone around the globe”. Yesterday was the…

  • Covid-19 NewsThai government approves 1 billion baht for development of Covid-19 vaccine

    Thai government approves 1 billion baht for development of Covid-19 vaccine

    The Cabinet has signed off on funding of 1 billion baht for the development of a vaccine against Covid-19. It’s understood the cash injection being granted to the National Vaccine Institute comes from the 2020 emergency budget. There is concern that while Thailand has done well to keep the virus suppressed, the country remains at risk of a second wave,…