Govt urged to give people the facts on vaccine shortages
published : 14 Jun 2021 at 13:43 amarak Hospital director Youwanush Kongdan describes the shortage of vaccines during a Facebook Live session on Sunday. (Photo from Youwanush Kongdan Facebook account)
A frustrated hospital director is standing her ground after the country’s public health minister complains of being held responsible for vaccine shortages and missteps.
Youwanush Kongdan, the director of Namarak, a 10-bed private hospital in Huai Kwang, took the problem to her Facebook page on Sunday with some suggestions for the Public Health Ministry. I am making an appeal to the government that it should give people the facts and communicate with them in a straightforward manner, she said.
Govt urged to give people the facts on vaccine shortages
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published : 13 Jun 2021 at 17:54
67 Namarak Hospital director Youwanush Kongdan describes the shortage of vaccines during a Facebook Live session on Sunday. (Photo from Youwanush Kongdan Facebook account)
The vaccine problem at a small hospital in Bangkok reflects a question many are asking: Where are they?
Youwanush Kongdan, the director of Namarak, a 10-bed, private hospital specialising in breast cancer treatment, took the problem to her Facebook page on Sunday with some timely suggestions for the Public Health Ministry. I am making an appeal to the government that it should give people the facts and communicate with them in a straightforward manner, she said.
New coronavirus clusters at three construction camps and one company in Bangkok have been detected as the country on Sunday reported 18 new Covid-19 fatalities and another 2,804 transmissions, bringing the accumulated toll to 1,449 deaths and the number of cases since the start of the pandemic to 195,909.
Two Chinese nationals and a Thai man were arrested yesterday for allegedly running a loan-shark network and providing illegal gambling services, according to the Immigration Bureau.
Prison clusters help boost Covid cases by record 9,635 Monday
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71% of new cases found in prisons
published : 17 May 2021 at 08:37
updated: 17 May 2021 at 15:58
103 A medical worker in protective clothing looks into an emergency room for Covid-19 patients at Busarakam field hospital on Friday. (Photo by Pornprom Satrabhaya)
The government on Monday recorded 9,635 new Covid-19 cases by far Thailand s biggest one-day increase since the start of the pandemic along with 25 Covid-related deaths.
Of the new cases, 6,853 were found in prisons, according to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration 71% of the daily increment.
The accumulated death toll in Thailand is now 614, with 111,082 coronavirus infections logged since early last year meaning the new cases announced on Monday amounted to an almost 10% increase in the historical caseload in a single 24-hour period.