Sinovac may be only choice for many
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published : 26 Jul 2021 at 04:30
6 A medical officer provides a Covid-19 jab with the Sinovac vaccine at Bang Sue Grand Station. Chanat Katanyu.
One of the biggest concerns of many Thais is how to survive the Covid-19 pandemic, especially as the government s mass vaccination drive has hit so many obstacles.
They are also concerned about how to make a living, as many have lost their jobs and businesses which are collapsing under Covid-induced economic impacts.
Most appear to be pinning their hopes on the mRNA vaccines which are not yet available in Thailand. The 1.5 million doses of Pfizer donated by the United States are expected to arrive at the end of this month, but they are already fully booked for frontline medical personnel and expatriates living in Thailand.
With Thailand's Covid-19 mass vaccination programme expected to kick off next month, many people are pondering which vaccine is best for them. So far, the country has given over 2.2 million doses of the Sinovac and AstraZeneca shots to priority groups, such as frontline medical and healthcare workers.
Disappearing lifeline
Disappearing lifeline
The Thai Red Cross Society is urging the public to donate blood as supplies run low due to fear and Covid-19 restrictions
published : 11 May 2021 at 04:00
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Blood is a liquid tissue that transports oxygen, important materials and heat around the body. However, when it was given to Pha Sutha, it brought her back to life. Like other elderly people, she suffers from fatigue and loss of appetite and when she went to the doctor, it was revealed that she had a low red blood cell count.
Two days later, she vomited blood and an emergency van rushed to pick her up. She was sent to a provincial hospital where it was found she had massive bleeding due to gastric varices. Since the doctor had to find donated blood to help her, he asked his patient s niece Pachayanun Somkaew to look for donors because blood supplies are critically low.
Thailand has confirmed its first local cases of the coronavirus variant first detected in the UK, raising the likelihood that it is facing a new wave of the pandemic.
The variant was found in blood samples from 24 people in a new cluster of cases involving customers of nightlife venues in the capital, Bangkok, said Dr Yong Pooworavan, a virologist from the Faculty of Medicine at Bangkokâs Chulalongkorn University.
Speaking at a Health Ministry news conference, Dr Yong described the variant as 1.7 times more contagious than the original coronavirus, still more common in Thailand.
The variant was found in Thailand for the first time in January in four members of a family arriving from Britain who had been quarantined.
April 8, 2021
BANGKOK (AP) Thailand has confirmed its first local cases of the coronavirus variant first detected in the United Kingdom (UK), raising the likelihood that it is facing a new wave of the pandemic, a senior doctor
said yesterday.
The variant was found in blood samples from 24 people in a new cluster of cases involving customers of nightlife venues in the capital, Bangkok, said Dr Yong Pooworavan, a virologist from the Faculty of Medicine at Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn University.
More details on Thursday’s Borneo Bulletin