THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 27 July 2021

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Thai Health Ministry Proposes Allowing Restaurants in Department Stores to Sell Food Online

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Public Health Ministry will present a proposal to the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) seeking approval to allow food and beverage (F&B) outlets in department stores and shopping malls to sell food via online delivery platforms.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225534-thai-health-ministry-proposes-allowing-restaurants-in-department-stores-to-sell-food-online/

 

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Those Testing Positive for COVID-19 using Antigen Tests Can Get Treatment under Thai Healthcare System

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has decided that COVID-19 patients, who have positive antigen tests while in community isolation, can seek medical treatment under the healthcare system without first having the disease confirmed by an RT-PCR test.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225535-those-testing-positive-for-covid-19-using-antigen-tests-can-get-treatment-under-thai-healthcare-system/

 

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Roche ready to release its COVID-19 Antigen Test Kit

 

 

Roche is ready to make its COVID-19 Antigen Test Kit (Home Use) available, allowing antigen self-testing at home, after the kit was approved by the Thai FDA—aiming to reduce the risk of domestic transmission

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225536-roche-ready-to-release-its-covid-19-antigen-test-kit/

 

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In Defense of Mixing COVID-19 Vaccines

 

Image: www.clinicaltrialsarena.com

 

To maximize the usefulness of every tool available for the pandemic response, Thailand is exploring the advantages of combining doses of different COVID-19 vaccines. Thus, Thailand began to administer two doses of different COVID-19 vaccines as of July 19. A week earlier though, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, the WHO’s chief scientist, made a statement concerning risks involved in mixing and matching COVID-19 vaccines. The remark was directed at individuals seeking adventure by mixing and combining COVID-19 vaccines without seeking appropriate medical advice. The chief scientist stressed that public health agencies should be the sole provider of guidance over mix and match regimens. Thailand has done it. Nevertheless, Thai people are still hesitant to embrace the new approach.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225537-in-defense-of-mixing-covid-19-vaccines/

 

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Bangkok Administration Speeds up Proactive Rapid COVID-19 Tests

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has sped up rapid antigen testing as the latest weapon in fighting the current wave of COVID-19 infections, which are threatening to overwhelm the country’s capital.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225538-bangkok-administration-speeds-up-proactive-rapid-covid-19-tests/

 

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Thai cabinet approves additional $1.4 billion in virus relief measures

 

FILE PHOTO: People wearing face masks as a measure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are seen at a train station in Bangkok, Thailand, January 7, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's cabinet approved an additional 46 billion baht ($1.4 billion) of support measures on Tuesday for education and COVID-19-related assistance as the Southeast Asian country tackles its biggest wave of coronavirus infections to date.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225547-thai-cabinet-approves-additional-14-billion-in-virus-relief-measures/

 

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Electricity outage to affect Rassada

 

The areas to be affected on Friday. Images: PEA

 

PHUKET: The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) has announced that the electricity supply will be temporarily shut off in parts of Rassada on Friday and Saturday (July 30-31) as work is carried out on installing new high-voltage cables.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225549-electricity-outage-to-affect-rassada/

 

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Police investigate woman’s death after apparent condo fall

 

The Base Downtown condo in Soi Ek Wanit Uthit, Wichit where the woman’s body was found. Photo: Ekkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Police are investigating the death of a Thai woman who they believe fell to her death from the seventh-floor of her Phuket condominium in Wichit today (July 27).

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225550-police-investigate-woman’s-death-after-apparent-condo-fall/

 

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Bangkok sends asymptomatic, mild COVID-19 cases home in Isaan, seeks more hospital beds

 

 

Bangkok authorities began sending asymptomatic and mild COVID-19 cases back to the northeastern region of Thailand on Tuesday, for isolation and treatment, as the capital, the current epicenter of the current wave, runs out of hospital beds.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225551-bangkok-sends-asymptomatic-mild-covid-19-cases-home-in-isaan-seeks-more-hospital-beds/

 

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World Health Organization Concerned over Thais’ Low Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised concerns over insufficient consumption of fruits and vegetables by the Thai population, particularly among the young.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225497-thai-food-thais-are-consuming-twice-the-level-of-whos-sodium-recommendation/?do=findComment&comment=16692461

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Twelve people arrested at Pattaya underground bar for allegedly drinking alcohol and violating Covid-19 measurements

 

 

Eleven foreigners and one Thai national have been arrested in an underground room during a Pattaya bar raid while allegedly drinking alcohol that Pattaya police stated was violating the current Thai emergency decree to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225563-twelve-people-arrested-at-pattaya-underground-bar-for-allegedly-drinking-alcohol-and-violating-covid-19-measurements/

 

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Study shows AZ+mRNA vaccination regimen is as good as two doses of mRNA

 

 

An immunogenicity study, conducted in Germany, shows the mixed use of viral vector and mRNA vaccines induces a significantly high level of anti-spike and neutralizing antibodies, close to the level induced by two doses of mRNA vaccine, according to Professor Dr. Manop Pithukpakorn, head of the Excellence Centre for Genomics and Precision Medicine at Siriraj Hospital.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225564-study-shows-azmrna-vaccination-regimen-is-as-good-as-two-doses-of-mrna/

 

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