Covid-19 is downgraded to the same category as the flu in Thailand

Thailand: In October, Thailand will designate COVID-19 as a "dangerous" communicable illness that "requires monitoring" as the viral situation in the country starts to settle.

Anutin Charanvirakul, Thailand's health minister, claims that this revision will move C...

The Health Minister Of Thailand Met The Director-General f WHO

The government of Thailand is looking for ways to secure a vaccine supply. The supply of the vaccine for smallpox will be secured by WHO (World Health Organization) with the purpose of boosting the immunity of masses while there is a viral outbreak. Though the health sector of Thailand has not ye...

Thailand Government Refuses to Legalize E-Cigarettes

The Deputy Prime Minister and the Public Health Minister of Thailand Anutin Charnvirakul have insisted that the ministry is not in favor of legalizing electronic cigarettes in the country.

These remarks were made by the minister during his meeting with the board members of the Thai Heal...

Thailand Raises 7 billion Baht from Medical Cannabis Products

An academic conference on the topic of medical cannabis concluded in Kanchanaburi. A series of such conferences have been taking place in various provinces of the country. 

The latest conference was targeted at healthcare workers in the 5th Public Health Region.

Anutin Ch...

Thai Health Ministry Plans to Remove COVID-19 From its Emergency Coverage List on 1st March

The Public Health Minister of Thailand, Anutin Charnvirakul, has said that the Covid-19 patients will not be covered by the country’s scheme of Universal Coverage for Emergency Patients after 1st March 2022. He added that the patients will have to pay their own medical bills in case of admi...

Thailand’s Healthcare Budget for 2023

On Thursday Thailand’s Minister of Public Health, Anutin Charnvirakul, headed a meeting to discuss the healthcare budget of the country for the year 2023. The ministry came up with a figure of 207 billion baht to add the testing and treatment of COVID-19 to the benefits of universal healthc...

THAILAND FDA ANNOUNCES CANNABIS AS ESSENTIAL DRUG FOR MEDICAL TREATMENTS

HIGHLIGHTS

• The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is keeping ahead to facilitate the posting of cannabis in the National List of Essential Medicines, a move planned to guarantee its accessibility to the individuals who need it, Public Health Minister Anutin Char...

AFTER MEETING WITH SAMUT SAKHON GOVERNOR INFECTED BY VIRUS, DPM ANUTIN CHARNVIRAKUL QUARANTINED

HIGHLIGHTS

• Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is under house isolation for 14 days after a gathering with the Samut Sakhon governor who tested positive later for Covid-19 

Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin announ...