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Cabinet approves Opas as next health permanent secretary

The cabinet has approved the appointment of the director-general of Department of Disease Control, Opas Karnkawinpong, as next permanent secretary for public health.

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Ministry to propose Covid isolation be reduced to 5 days

The Public Health Ministry will recommend that Covid-19 patients be allowed out after five days of quarantine.

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Health system prepares for rising Covid cases

Health and administrative officials nationwide have been told to prepare for rising numbers of Covid-19 cases.

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Anutin: Most Covid controls to be lifted

The Public Health Ministry expects the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration to lift nearly all Covid-19 restrictions nationwide, meaning the virtual full-scale resumption of business and other activities including entertainment.

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Ministry recommends boosters every 4 months

The Public Health Ministry has approved additional booster jabs against Covid-19 every four months for those who have already received three doses.

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No plan for 5th shot yet over safety fears

The Ministry of Public Health has yet to endorse a fifth Covid-19 jab for the general public over concerns about its efficacy and safety, the Department of Disease Control said on Monday.

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Three suspected monkeypox cases in fact herpes

The Department of Disease Control said lab results confirmed the diagnosis.

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Monkeypox screening begins at Suvarnabhumi

The international disease control and quarantine office at Suvarnabhumi airport has begun to screen travellers from abroad for monkeypox, using the Thailand Pass system, Department of Disease Control (DDC) chief Opas Karnkawinpong said.

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New centre to monitor monkeypox

The Public Health Ministry has set up an emergency operations centre to monitor the spread of the monkeypox virus, which has caused over 100 confirmed cases in at least 12 countries to date.

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Monkeypox monitoring centre formed

As monkeypox spreads around the world, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) has set up a Public Health Crisis Command Centre to monitor the situation worldwide and set short-, mid- and long-term response strategies.

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Child safety seat price-fixing probed

The Commerce Ministry has ordered an investigation into complaints that some vendors have marked up prices of child booster seats for cars following an announcement of a new regulation that will make them mandatory.

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Covid alert level lowered after new cases drop

The Public Health Ministry moved the Covid-19 alert down one level on Monday as the country remains on course to declare the coronavirus an endemic disease.

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End nigh for entry hurdles

The government will consider whether to scrap antigen testing and Thailand Pass registration requirements for foreign visitors after the Test & Go entry scheme and RT-PCR tests upon arrival are cancelled next month.

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No sign yet of sub-variants

Two new Omicron sub-variants, BA.4 and BA.5, still have not been detected in Thailand, Ramathibodi Hospital's Centre for Medical Genomics (CMG) says.

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Home stay rules to be relaxed

Home isolation for high-risk people who have been exposed to someone infected with Covid-19 is expected to be reduced from a week to five days starting next month.

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Ministry to propose relaxation of virus curbs

The Public Health Ministry is preparing to propose a relaxation of measures to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) this week, to encourage people to live with the coronavirus as opposed to imposing lockdowns during outbreaks.

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Opas predicts virus cases to tumble from mid-year

The Department of Disease Control (DDC) forecasts that Covid-19 infections will decline significantly from the middle of this year.

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Sinovac for ages 3-17 gets ministry nod

A Public Health Ministry sub-committee on immunity promotion has approved the use of Sinovac's Covid-19 vaccine on minors over the age of three, it was announced on Monday.

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