"Covid-19"

Ministry of Public Health reported on Saturday (June 25) morning that in the past 24 hours there are 2,236 new patients who tested positive for Covid-19, one of whom has arrived in Thailand from abroad.

Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda has postponed the collection of land and building tax for another three months to help ease the impact of Covid-19 on taxpayers.

Covid-19 patients who have not developed symptoms for 14 days can safely get their influenza jab, the National Health Security Office (NHSO) said on Friday.

Recipients of mRNA jabs (Pfizer or Moderna) have reported far less severe Covid-19 symptoms compared to those who have taken other vaccines against the virus, a respiratory specialist said.

Wearing a facemask outdoors is no longer mandatory as the Covid-19 situation in Thailand is improving, an order signed by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said. Other Covid-19 restrictions have also been eased.

In response to a significant drop in Covid-19 infections and deaths, the government has decided to shut down the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) for Greater Bangkok.

Ministry of Public Health reported on Friday (June 24) morning that in the past 24 hours there are 2,313 new patients who tested positive for Covid-19, four of whom have arrived in Thailand from abroad.

More people are opting for travel by train as their preferred mode of transport due to high fuel prices. As health concerns caused by Covid-19 are diminishing, people are commuting more often, but higher fuel prices have increased the cost of daily commutes in their own vehicle.

A government order from 2020 prohibiting officials from travelling abroad, except on important missions, due to the Covid-19 situation was revoked by a Cabinet resolution on Tuesday, a news source informed on Thursday.

Global science initiative GISAID has reported that Europe and South Africa have found more patients infected with Omicron, specifically the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants, which have mutated from the original Covid virus found in Wuhan, Dr Wasan Chantrathit, chief of Ramathibodi Hospital’s Centre for Medical Genomics, said on Wednesday.

Risk groups accounted for most Covid-19 deaths as only 54.7 per cent of people in these groups received a booster dose, the Public Health Ministry said on Wednesday.

Everyone should go in for an mRNA booster jab as Covid-19 will mutate over time, Vichaiyut Hospital respiratory specialist Dr Manoon Leechawengwongs warned on Thursday.