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A healthcare facility in Bangkok, MedPark Hospital, is offering night-time Covid-19 vaccinations to foreign residents in Thailand to avoid any effects on daily vaccination services as well as on weekends.

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.

PUTRAJAYA: With Malaysia once again registering a new record for daily Covid-19 cases, the highest one so far, Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah warns that the next two weeks are critical as the worst may still come.

WASHINGTON - The White House announced Thursday that it is investing $7.4 billion to hire more public health workers to deal with the coronavirus pandemic and future health crises. The money will come from the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, which Congress passed in March.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has picked Thailand among four countries who have demonstrated efficient management of the Covid-19 outbreak to share their experiences and policies with other countries via video conference, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Friday.

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has become the focus of netizens’ anger after he and his entourage flouted social distancing rules while eating at a restaurant.

All massage parlours must register with the Department of Health Service Support via the website and complete a self-assessment e-certificate for officials to check-up on a regular basis.

The government should lift the emergency decree and use the Contagious Disease Act instead as the present situation has caused at least Bt1.2 trillion to Bt1.3 trillion in damages, said Anusorn Tamajai, the director of the Economic and Business Research Centre for Reform at Rangsit University’s Institute of Economics.

The director of a local hospital in Songkhla province has criticised the government's decision to redirect billions of baht from the health budget to fund Covid-19 preventive measures.

The Cabinet on Friday (April 3) approved the Public Health Ministry’s plan to enroll 45,684 government employees as special officers to deal with the Covid-19 outbreak.

The demand for alcohol from medical facilities in Bangkok has increased five times, said Pachara Anantasilp, the Excise Department’s director general, after meeting with representatives of the Public Health Ministry and related agencies.

The Ministry of Public Health has recategorised alcohol-based cleaning products as cosmetics, effective March 11.