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Eminent virologist Professor Yong Poovorawan on Friday affirmed that a booster dose of mRNA vaccine is 22 times better for protecting against the Omicron strain than an inactivated Covid-19 vaccine.

Less than one month after schools reopened in Songkhla province, some 300 students tested positive for Covid-19, with 200 infections narrowed down to Omicron, the provincial public health office said on Thursday.

As Thailand gets ready to welcome the Year of the Tiger on February 1, the Department of Health is advising people to adhere to the “3 Safety rules”, namely food safety, PM2.5 safety and Covid-19 safety.

The Office of Insurance Commission (OIC) announced on Thursday that it would form a panel to look into Thai Group Holdings’ (TGH) motion to shut down its loss-making subsidiary Southeast Insurance Plc to see if it follows all legal requirements.

Researchers found in a study that a third dose increased vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization from 69 percent to 88 percent among the immunocompromised, and 82 percent to 97 percent among those without immune-compromising conditions.

Ministry of Public Health reported on Friday (January 28) morning that in the past 24 hours there are 8,450 new patients who tested positive for Covid-19, 211 of whom have arrived in Thailand from abroad.

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government’s COVID-19 pre-emergency designation took effect in 18 more prefectures Thursday following the rapid spread of the omicron variant of the novel coronavirus.

Thani Saengrat, the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, revealed details of measures related to travel to Thailand, according to the resolution of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on January 20.

The National Communicable Disease Committee has set guidelines on the designation of Covid-19 as an endemic, hopefully within this year, the top official at the Public Health Ministry said on Thursday.

The first batch of orange-cap Pfizer vaccines for children aged 5-11 years was delivered to Thailand on Wednesday morning, Department of Disease Control director-general Dr Opas Karnkawinpong said on Thursday.

Ministry of Public Health reported on Thursday (January 27) morning that in the past 24 hours there are 8,078 new patients who tested positive for Covid-19, 225 of whom have arrived in Thailand from abroad.

The government has extended the state of emergency until March 31. The 16th extension of the emergency declaration following the Covid-19 outbreak was published in the Royal Gazette on Tuesday.