"Covid-19"

The Covid-19 crisis is tending to ease especially in Bangkok and its vicinity, but health officials are keeping an eye on the situation in the four southern provinces as infections there continue to rise, Department of Disease Control director-general Dr Opas Karnkawinpong said.

China’s international collaboration benefits all parties, Chinese Ambassador Han Zhiqiang said during a video conference on Wednesday, pointing out that the Asian giant has delivered 46 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to Thailand alone.

A 26-year-old man jumped to his death from Bhumibol 2 Bridge in Samut Prakan province on Tuesday. His wife suspected the suicide stemmed from anxiety caused by a financial crisis after he was previously infected with Covid-19.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) ordered two restaurants to shut after they were found to violate Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) regulations, BMA permanent secretary Khajit Chatchawanich said on Wednesday.

Ministry of Public Health reported on Thursday (October 21) morning that in the past 24 hours there are 9,727 new patients who tested positive for Covid-19, 71 of whom have been found in prisons.

All Bangkokians have received their first Covid-19 vaccine jab, while 70 per cent have received their second shot, with this figure expected to reach 80 per cent by the end of October, Bangkoks deputy governor said on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON - The White House on Wednesday announced plans to distribute vaccines to a huge group that has been ineligible so far to receive the coronavirus shots - 28 million children aged 5 to 11.

WASHINGTON - Millions more people in the United States will soon be able to receive an extra dose of any coronavirus vaccine, regardless of their initial vaccination - a flexibility that comes along with the authorization Wednesday of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson booster shots by federal regulators.

Public health experts in the United Kingdom are calling on the government to reintroduce some coronavirus restrictions as cases climb - far outstripping those of its western European neighbors - despite the countrys high vaccination coverage.

The number of Covid-19 cases crossed 12.87 million across Southeast Asia, with 28,372 new cases reported on Wednesday (October 20), lower than Tuesday’s tally at 29,432. New deaths are at 314, decreasing from Wednesday’s number of 530. Total Covid-19 deaths in Asean are now at 273,517.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said millions of courses of Merck & Co.s promising pill for Covid-19 could begin to reach lower-income nations early next year as the charity kicks in as much as $120 million to widen global access to the therapy.

Singapore warned that covid-19 cases are dangerously straining the city-states health care system, even as strict rules designed to curb the current outbreak are set to be reviewed within days.