Chalong Hospital closed amid COVID concerns

 

A doctor at Chalong Hospital attends to a patient. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot / file

 

PHUKET:-- Chalong Hospital has been closed for cleaning and its staff quarantined and tested for COVID-19 following a 74-year-old woman outpatient testing positive for the virus after she visited the hospital for dizziness but was later sent home.

 

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Rawai sea gypsies targeted in pro-active screening

 

Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET:-- Phuket health officials conducted a COVID-19 proactive-screening campaign at the sea gypsy village in Rawai yesterday (May 2) amid concerns that the village could become an epicentre of local infections.

 

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Focus turns to slums in Bangkok as breeding grounds for COVID-19

 

 

Crowded communities and slums in Bangkok have become a breeding ground for COVID-19, with six slums in six districts each having recorded more than 300 infections, according to the CCSA.

 

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Interest in moving out of Thailand takes Internet by storm

 

 

In just two days, over half a million Thais have joined a new Facebook group called “Let’s Move Abroad”, amid increasing criticism of the Thai government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and economic and political issues.

 

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COVID-19 insurance policies, paying out on infection, cancelled

 

 

Amid a surge in cases, several insurance companies have cancelled their COVID-19 insurance policies, which promised payment upon the discovery of infection, dubbed “Found, Paid, Done” policies.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215861-covid-19-insurance-policies-paying-out-on-infection-cancelled/

 

Single dose of AstraZeneca vaccine could result in 96.7% immunity in 4 weeks

 

At-risk people linked to a Covid-19 coronavirus cluster traced to entertainment venues, wait to be vaccinated with the CoronaVac vaccine, developed by China’s Sinovac firm, at a makeshift clinic at Saeng Thip sports ground in Bangkok on April 7, 2021. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)

 

A study of 61 patients shows that people who received the first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine have achieved 96.7% immunity within a month, compared to those who had recovered from the disease for 1-2 months, who have 92.4% immunity.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215862-single-dose-of-astrazeneca-vaccine-could-result-in-967-immunity-in-4-weeks/

 

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