"Covid-19"

Phuket Governor Narong Woonsiew said on Saturday that the tourism sandbox campaign in the province would not be affected by the increased screening measures to prevent imported Covid-19 cases.

More than 10,000 people walked into the Bang Sue Grand Station in Bangkok on Saturday for Covid-19 inoculation.

The reopening of Phang Nga province to foreign tourists scheduled for August 1 has been postponed to August 15, provincial governor Jamroen Thippayaphongthada said on Friday.

The Covid-19 situation continued to aggravate in Thailand with an all-time high of 18,912 new cases and 178 deaths over a 24-hour period, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration said on Saturday.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday said that expatriates living in Thailand can get themselves vaccinated in Bangkok and five nearby "dark red" provinces.

The Department of Health revealed recently that only 20 per cent of Thai people wore face masks at home, while 75 per cent were concerned about infection among family members.

The Public Health Agency of Canada warned that if community-wide contact rates increase too quickly with ongoing reopening efforts, the long-term forecast indicates Canada could experience a "stronger resurgence" of the virus.

The 1.5 million doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine that Thailand has received as a donation from the US will be given to four target groups starting August 9, Dr Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Disease Control Department, said on Friday.

Southeast Asia reported over 98,000 new Covid-19 cases for the third consecutive day and a new high in fatalities on Friday, collated data showed.

The government decided to expand the state of emergency to the four prefectures of Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa and Osaka at its COVID-19 task force meeting on Friday, as infections have surged in these areas.

Ministry of Public Health reported on Saturday (July 31) morning that in the past 24 hours there are 18,912 new patients who tested positive for Covid-19, 810 of whom have been found in prisons.

Researchers found that the additional shot will lead to a big increase in antibody levels, with geometric mean titers assessed 14 days later increasing to 137.9, or approximately three-fold.