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The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has predicted three scenarios of Covid-19 situation in Thailand after the country will reopen 17 tourist provinces to vaccinated foreign visitors from November 1 onward.

The latest batch of 1,538,550 doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine arrived in Thailand on October 27, Department of Disease Control (DDC) director-general Dr Opas Karnkawinpong said on Thursday.

A meeting of the National Communicable Disease Committee on Thursday approved the reduction of quarantine requirement for foreign visitors from 14 days to 7, 10 or 14 days depending on the country and other conditions, said Dr Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Department of Disease Control (DDC).

There have been more than 600 fatalities after administering over 35 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) said.

Factories nationwide have been urged to use “bubble and seal” and Good Factory Practice (GFP) methods after more than 60,000 Covid-19 cases within five months.

The Department of Disease Control (DDC) announced on Monday that Covid-19 cases had peaked and were now declining. In response, lockdown measures may be lifted at the end of this month, it added.

Deaths linked to Covid-19 among unvaccinated patients were over 100 times higher compared to those who have been inoculated, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) said.

A vaccine certificate recording four jabs – the last one with Pfizer – belongs to a Ramathibodi Hospital doctor who is preparing to study abroad, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) said.

The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has upped its order for Pfizer vaccines to 30 million doses from the 20 million initially ordered.

A Thai public health agency on Tuesday issued data to back the decision to purchase another 12 million doses of Sinovac, despite public criticism of Thailand’s reliance on the Chinese vaccine.

The Department of Disease Control (DDC) on Saturday suggested five hygiene measures for Covid-19 patients who have recovered to prevent re-infection.

The Department of Disease Control (DDC) held an online training session on Thursday to teach medics how to use the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine correctly. The virtual event had more than 600 attendees.