The Latest Breaking News from Prasit Watanapa

Doctors warn of 4am booze plan flaws

Doctors have warned against the government's plan to extend the operating hours of pubs to 4am to boost the economy, citing the potential for more road accidents and the risk of further Covid-19 infections.

Bangkok Post · Aug 19, 2022

Clear Covid confusion

If there's one thing that we can be sure of, it's that the Covid-19 pandemic is down, but not out.

Bangkok Post · Jul 6, 2022

Government urged to reimpose strict measures against Covid

The government is advised to reimpose strict Covid-19 prevention measures, including the mandatory use of face masks, to help limit the spread of Omicron sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5, the head of the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital said on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post · Jul 5, 2022

'Endemic' status still some way off: expert

The kingdom is expected to record about 100,000 new Covid-19 cases per day following the Songkran holiday, according to Dr Prasit Watanapa, dean of Siriraj Hospital's medical school under Mahidol University.

Bangkok Post · Apr 10, 2022

Anutin urges elderly to get jabbed

Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is calling on some 2.1 million elderly citizens who have yet to complete their Covid-19 vaccinations to do so before Songkran in April.

Bangkok Post · Mar 22, 2022

Siriraj 5G smart hospital 'a model' for the health sector

Siriraj Hospital's 5G Smart Hospital solution, which was jointly developed with Huawei Technologies (Thailand), was chosen to be a model for the global healthcare industry at an annual technology trade show which kicked off on Sunday.

Bangkok Post · Feb 27, 2022

Hospital dean predicts end to pandemic

The world could be approaching the end of the Covid-19 pandemic later this year, as evidenced by the rapid-spreading but less-severe Omicron variant, according to the dean of the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital.

Bangkok Post · Jan 25, 2022