20 Rajavithi Hospital started its services for COVID-19 outpatients, most of whom were asymptomatic.
21 The Public Health Ministry announced its COVID-19 alert at Level 4 as new COVID-19 cases were soaring among people of all age ranges in all provinces.
6 Free treatment remains for COVID-19 patients via their normal health welfare programs as well as those with emergency illnesses, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.
29 The number of COVID-infected foreign tourists is rising in Phuket in proportion to more arrivals and some visitors failed to undergo RT-PCR tests before their flights to the island province.
9 The Food and Drug Administration will this week have experts consider the registration of inactivated COVID-19 vaccines made by Sinovac and Sinopharm for administration with people aged 3-17 years.
43 The Central Vaccination Center at the Bang Sue Grand Station invites people to receive the Pfizer vaccine as their fourth jab of COVID-19 vaccination.
29 The Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration agreed with the extension of the state of emergency for two months and reduced the number of COVID-19 control provinces to 44 from Jan 24 onwards.
16 The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration prepares 10,000 beds to cope with the outbreaks of COVID-19’s Omicron variant while strictly controlling the services of pubs and bars modified to operate as eateries for the time being.
66 The country has logged 5,397 infections of COVID-19’s Omicron variant which formed 35% of all new infections.
41 The Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration declared 69 provinces orange zones and maintained eight provinces as blue zones where eateries can open for alcohol consumption until 9pm.
19 The Level 4 COVID-19 alert was raised to warn people to protect themselves from infection and there will not be an across-the-board lockdown, according to the Department of Disease Control.
169 The fifth wave of COVID-19 has begun faster than expected as daily caseloads are rising, according to the Department of Medical Services.
