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Today there were 240 deaths in #Thailand 129 males & 111 females 5 Burmese and 1 Chinese died Median age is 68 (7 months-93 years) Most deaths in Bangkok (75) 68% of those who died were 60+ 2 year old and a 7 month old child died https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1428592702828908544

Human Trials Sought for Local Inhaled COVID Vaccines BANGKOK, Aug 20 (TNA) – A researchers’ team of the National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) has sought approval from the Food and Drug Administration to test its new inhaled COVID-19 vaccines on humans. The team said that it had tested the vaccines of adenovirus and influenza virus types on mice by spraying them into their noses and they proved to effectively prevent illness and disease transmission. The vaccine development project received financial support from the government through the National Vaccine Institute. https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-762412

Vaccination update for #Bangkok for yesterday: 91,884 people vaccinated in one day Medical workers: +1,365 Underlying conditions: +9,743 Elderly: +3,161 7,799,736 doses administered so far https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1428588266840748033

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Siriraj Hospital opens reservations for the Pfizer vaccine for pregnant women from 12 weeks and pediatric patients aged 12 -18 yrs with 7 diseases through the Siriraj Connect application from August 20-28. @TNAMCOT https://twitter.com/TNAMCOTEnglish/status/1428584302858493957

I think that should read, 'On Friday, Thailand surpassed...................... Opinion: A million cases reached through incompetence, arrogance, and malice Thailand surpassed the one million infected mark since the pandemic began on Friday. It is a grim milestone. For most of 2020, the country was one of the success stories of the pandemic with infection numbers low and life largely returned to normal. Although the economic consequences of the pandemic were disastrous, with the country seeing a recession in 2020, it was a price many said was worth paying to keep the pandemic in check. https://www.thaienquirer.com/31529/opinion-a-million-cases-reached-through-incompetence-arrogance-and-malice/

Public Health Minister said the Disease Control Dept. signed a contract with Pfizer to buy 10 million more doses of Covid-19 vaccine. Thailand’s procurement of the Pfizer vaccine rose from 20 million to 30 million doses. They will be gradually delivered in Q4 this year. @TNAMCOT https://twitter.com/TNAMCOTEnglish/status/1428578735456854021

Further details: https://thepattayanews.com/2021/08/20/chonburi-reports-1348-new-covid-19-cases-with-10-deaths-1246-people-recovered/

NHSO gets ready for nationwide distribution of antigen test kits The National Health Security Office (NHSO) has partnered with the Public Health Ministry and Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) to distribute 8.5 million Covid-19 antigen test kits (ATK) to hospitals and pharmacies across Thailand. https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40004987

Southeast Asia reported a jump in new Covid-19 cases and related deaths on Thursday, collated data showed https://www.nationthailand.com/international/40004988

As many of us suspected the barriers put up in restaurants and hairdressers don’t do much - same must apply to the transparent plastic face shields. https://twitter.com/pakhead/status/1428531052499267595 Those Anti-Covid Plastic Barriers Probably Don’t Help and May Make Things Worse Clear barriers have sprung up at restaurants, nail salons and school classrooms, but most of the time, they do little to stop the spread of the coronavirus. (Paywall) https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/19/well/live/coronavirus-restaurants-classrooms-salons.html?referringSource=articleShare

Rapid tests are not included in the official total of infections only if they are followed up by a PCR test.

Most cases today are in #Bangkok (4,193), followed by Samut Sakhon (1,562), Chonburi (1,494), Samut Prakan (1,055), Nakhon Ratchasima (575), Saraburi (494), Pathum Thani (462), and Nakhon Pathom (460). * Numbers include inmates #COVID19 #โควิด19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1428521404052303873

It was good to see the number of new cases dip below 20K today, but we also reached a new landmark of over one million reported #COVID19 cases since the pandemic started last year. We’ve now had 1,009,710 cases and 8,826 deaths. The mortality rate is 0.87% #Thailand https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1428524890978545666 There are 19,851 confirmed cases and 1,772 probable cases from ATK testing. Out of 205,079 patients, 46,023 are in hospital, 78,445 in hospitel, and 74,854 in home/community isolation. 5,388 are in a serious condition (-51) and 1,161 are on ventilators (-7) #Thailand #COVID19 https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1428520541636349954

Chonburi Public Health Office is reporting 1,348 new cases today and 10 more deaths. Most new cases are in Chonburi City (334), Bang Lamung/Pattaya (221), and Si Racha (354). There are now 20,416 patients in care #COVID19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1428505673306832901

#COVID19 Update on Friday: 19,851 cases (325 from prisons) and 240 deaths. 20,478 released from care. 17 Aug: 20,128 - 239 dead 18 Aug: 20,515 - 312 dead 19 Aug: 20,902 - 301 dead 20 Aug: 19,851 - 240 dead #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1428517992824926209

Make a note of this Khun Prayut: Public Health England say the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is estimated to have directly averted between 91,700 and 98,700 deaths in the country https://twitter.com/SkyNewsBreak/status/1428349955798827018

A Mix and Match approach in which a Sinovac vaccine shot is administered as the first jab, followed by AstraZeneca as the second jab yields better results against the Delta variant of the coronavirus than two doses of Sinovac, and the same efficacy as two doses of AstraZeneca with a shorter timespan, according to Thailand’s Medical Sciences Department (MSD) and Siriraj Hospital. https://www.thaipbsworld.com/sinovac-shot-first-then-astrazeneca-yields-better-results-than-2-shots-of-one-brand/

Thai badminton Olympian Ratchanok "May" Intanon’s mother Kamphan Suwannasala died Thursday of a sudden heart failure. May’s father Winatchai Intanon is currently hospitalized with COVID-19. #รัชนกอินทนนท์ #Tokyo2020 #Olympics https://twitter.com/KhaosodEnglish/status/1428304424212996101

Thailand to explore injecting coronavirus vaccines under skin BANGKOK, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Thailand is studying the possibility of injecting coronavirus vaccines under the skin to try to stretch its limited supply, a health official said on Thursday, as the country races to inoculate the public faster amid a worsening epidemic. https://news.trust.org/item/20210819095055-e8u38/

Parliament approved the 2022 budget for the ministry of foreign affairs at 3.7 billion baht, down from 8.4 billion the previous year. It denied a request by Move Forward Party to cut the budget by a further 10% in light of the pandemic. (1/2) The budget includes 10 new cars for embassies around the world as well as maintenance for a tennis court at the residence in Madrid, which the opposition party said were superfluous luxuries in the country’s time of need. (2/2) https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1428286411078176772

Phuket province is preparing to close the Phuket Fishing Port of the Fish Marketing Organization (FMO) temporarily for COVID-19 containment, after 95 trawler crew members were found to have the disease. https://www.facebook.com/130075662049/posts/10158208917602050/

Thailand seeks more Asian tourists, travel bubble with Korea TAT has announced plans for a “travel bubble” agreement between Thailand and South Korea, to allow quarantine-free travel between the two countries. The scheme will be launched to stimulate the tourism sector once the pandemic eases. https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40004932

Nationality breakdown of fatalities: 287 were Thai nationals, 11 were Myanmar nationals, one of each were Cambodian, Chinese, and U.S. nationals https://thepattayanews.com/2021/08/19/recap-thailand-finds-20902-daily-covid-19-infections-with-301-additional-deaths-548311-new-vaccinated-people-reported-nationwide-in-the-past-24-hours/

Prominent Thai doctor says everyone will eventually catch Covid-19, we need to learn to live with it Bangkok – Prominent Thai doctor, Manoon Leechawengwongs, urged non-infected people to stop discriminating against Covid-19 Coronavirus cured patients as he believes everyone would eventually be infected, sooner or later. The doctor from Vichaiyut Hospital stated online today, August 19th, that Thailand has an increasing number of covid patients every day. But the other thing that is happening now is that many cured coronavirus patients who strictly conducted self-treatment and self-quarantine at home until 3-4 weeks have passed are also shunned by society. His status read: “Their boss doesn’t let them go back to work. Local shopkeepers refused to provide service to them. Society treated them like they used to treat people with HIV and tuberculosis. They are stigmatized and discriminated against.” https://thepattayanews.com/2021/08/19/prominent-thai-doctor-says-everyone-will-eventually-catch-covid-19-we-need-to-learn-to-live-with-it/