Category: Health Maintenance

100 days on, we must redouble our efforts to protect the world’s most vulnerable children. When we entered 2020, we had no idea that within days the world would be confronting a virus that would kill hundreds of thousands and put tens of millions of children at risk from the aftershocks of the crisis. As […]

As of July 2, 2020, here are some highlights in Asia Pacific response: Over 12,800,00 million people reached, including 5.7 million children More than 5 million people reached through the promotion of preventive behaviours Over 332,000 children supported with child protection programming US$16 million cash and voucher assistance distributed reaching more than 1 million people […]

Executive summary The health, economic and political impact of COVID-19 has been significant across SouthEast Asia, but the virus has not spread as rapidly here as in other parts of the world. There is much to learn from the response to date of countries in the subregion as governments have acted swiftly and despite limited […]

SPOTLIGHT On the 29th of July 2020, one new case of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 was reported by the Ministry of Public Health. The total number of cases reported in Thailand is currently 3,298. Of these cases, about 94% (3,111) have recovered, 2% (58) have died and 4% (129) are still receiving treatment. The newly confirmed case […]

Three Thai monks in Los Angeles have been diagnosed with COVID-19. Two have been hospitalized, while the third is in quarantine at the temple, as his condition is not serious, according to the Thai Consular Office in LA. The temple’s abbot, Phra Maha Narin Narintho, and another monk, have been cleared of the disease and […]

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA   – Thailand says it may be ready to begin human trials of a homegrown coronavirus vaccine by October, following promising results with mice and monkeys. “We anticipate that ideally it’s October, or within Q4 of this year,” said Kiat Ruxrungtham, head of the vaccine research center at Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University leading the […]