"Manoon Leechawengwongs"

Covid-19 will be with us forever, a lung specialist declared on his Facebook page on Monday.

People should strictly adhere to Covid-19 prevention measures as current vaccines cannot protect against getting infected, Vichaiyut Hospital respiratory specialist Dr Manoon Leechawengongs said on Monday.

The Public Health Ministry should wait for a while before declaring Covid-19 an endemic disease, Vichaiyut Hospital respiratory specialist Dr Manoon Leechawengwongs advised on Thursday.

Recipients of mRNA jabs (Pfizer or Moderna) have reported far less severe Covid-19 symptoms compared to those who have taken other vaccines against the virus, a respiratory specialist said.

Surgery can reduce the chance of death from lung cancer by a third, lung specialist Dr Manoon Leechawengwongs said on Monday.

Almost every person in Thailand will at some point contract the Omicron variant of Covid-19 and should learn how to live with the risk, a lung specialist said.

The anti-viral medication, Favipiravir, may not offer much protection to Covid-19 patients in the high-risk group, a respiratory specialist warned on Saturday.

Respiratory specialist Dr Manoon Leechawengongs urged the government via Facebook to administer more vaccines to elders.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends the use of antiviral Molnupiravir over Favipiravir in the treatment of Covid-19 patients, a respiratory specialist said in a Facebook post on Tuesday.

Vichaiyut Hospital respiratory specialist Dr Manoon Leechawengwongs on Tuesday advised the government to make it possible for people to coexist with Covid-19, so the economy can be revived.

Thailand is facing its biggest wave of Covid-19 in two years as cases surge into the tens of thousands after the holiday break. However, there is no need to panic, says Vichaiyut Hospital respiratory specialist Dr Manoon Leechawengongs.

The Omicron variant will create natural herd immunity in one or two months if it is not severe, Vichaiyut Hospital respiratory specialist Dr Manoon Leechawengwongs wrote on his Facebook page.