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Nearly 12 per cent of individuals who have come in close physical contact with Covid-19 patients have tested positive, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) announced recently.

A 39-year-old woman who died one day after receiving her second dose of vaccine in the government’s mixed-shot programme had underlying health issues, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) said on Wednesday.

The Department of Disease Control (DDC) signed a contract with Pfizer-BioNTech to procure 20 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.

The Department of Disease Control reported on Thursday that 68 people had died after getting Covid-19 jabs.

The Digital Economy and Society Ministry has warned people not to believe or share news and Internet posts that claimed the Sinovac and AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines contained pork fat as an ingredient.

The Covid-19 strain that emerged in India, and was detected among workers at an Italian-Thai Development construction camp in Bangkok’s Lak Si area, does not resist the AstraZeneca vaccine, the Department of Disease Control has clarified.

The Department of Disease Control (DDC) posted an infographic on its Facebook page on Thursday, displaying a calendar for giving 61 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine in the second half of the year.

All Covid-19 cases, even asymptomatic ones, must be treated in hospital to cut down on fatalities and curb the spread of disease, Dr Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Department of Disease Control (DDC), said on Tuesday.

The Department of Disease Control and International Health Policy Program agency have created a mathematical model to estimate the number of daily Covid-19 cases in 2021 as of Sunday, based on four main measures. The model considers five possible situations.

The Department of Disease Control of Thailand (DDC) is advising people to be careful with what they eat this summer to avoid food poisoning and diarrhoea.

The Department of Disease Control (DDC) reported on Tuesday that more than 3,000 people have been vaccinated since Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul got Thailand’s first Covid-19 shot on Sunday.

Thai health authorities on Wednesday dismissed reports that the World Health Organisation (WHO) is now looking at Bangkok’s Chatuchak weekend market as the possible origin of Covid-19 virus.