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Latests Medical News from around the world and also Thailand, bringing you updates, discoveries, studies and findings on various aspects and diseases in the medical world. Most of these articles are not only meant for Doctors In Thailand or Hospitals In Thailand but also for any patients or health conscious individuals wanting to know more.

Latest On Coronavirus Drug Research: Chloroquine Another Potential Drug Candidate

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 23, 2020 5 years ago

Latest coronavirus drug research indicates that based on early results from clinical trials by Chinese researchers, Chloroquine Phosphate, an antimalarial drug, has a certain curative effects on the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). China National Center for Biotechnology Development deputy head Dr Sun Yanrong said that chloroquine, an anti-malarial medication, was selected after several scr...

ITALY CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK: More Confirmed Cases, All Football Matches Cancelled. Infected 117, Dead 2, Critical 18

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 23, 2020 5 years ago

Italy coronavirus outbreak as of Sunday has now spread to a total of 7 out of 20 administrative regions in Italy. Lombardy region has the highest number of confirmed cases with 91 of which 6 are from the city of Milan. All Football Matches Cancelled Due To Coronavirus Another 19 cases in Veneto , 2 in Emilia Romagna, 2 in Lazio and 1 in Piedmont, 1 in Tuscany and 1 in Puglia. The total nu...

South Korea Coronavirus Crisis: Health Alert Level Raised to Red Amidst New Cases. Death Toll Now 6, Infected 602, Critical 12, Suspected Cases 54,630

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 23, 2020 5 years ago

South Korean coronavirus crisis has evolved into a national pandemic as the government raised the country's alert level for the SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus that causes the Covid-19 disease to its highest level red on Sunday, as the total number of infections rose to 602, and the death tally from the coronavirus reached six as of 4 p.m. This is the first time that South Korea, traditionally...

LATEST! More Cases Of Coronavirus Reinfections Emerging Among Cured Patients In China Causing Concern

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 23, 2020 5 years ago

Medical experts and virologists are concerned about the high number of reinfections appearing in so called 'cured' or 'treated' coronavirus patients in China. Cases of cured patients getting reinfected have emerged from Hubei and Sichuan provinces and have been documented by Chinese health authorities. To date about 72 such cases have been properly documented accordin...

South Korea Coronavirus Crisis: Samsung Shuts Down Phone Factory In Gumi As Workers Infected, Death Toll Now 6, Infected 562, Critical 14, Suspected Cases 53,210

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 23, 2020 5 years ago

South Korea Coronavirus crisis escalates as Samsung Electronics announced on Saturday that coronavirus cases had been confirmed at its mobile device factory complex in the southeastern city of Gumi, causing a shutdown of its entire facility. &n...

BREAKING NEWS! Iran Hit With Coronavirus Panic And Paranoia As Street Riots Erupts, Media Censorships Imposed. Death Toll Now 6, Confirmed Infected Only 26

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 23, 2020 5 years ago

Iran’s coronavirus outbreak is taking a turn as media reports have emerged of sporadic riots in various cities across Iran as the general public is losing trust in its government, accusing it of concealing the real magnitude of the coronavirus epidemic. Sporadic riots were reported in Tehran, Qom, Markazi, Gilan, Ardabil, Kermanshah, Qazvin, Zanjan, Mazandaran, Golestan, Hamed...

Chinese Students Could Be The Next 'Disease Vectors' To Help Spread The Coronavirus Globally Warns Experts. Current Death Toll As Claimed By China: 2441, Infected: 76,929

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 23, 2020 5 years ago

In an emerging story, health authorities and doctors in South Korea are concerned that more than 70,000 Chinese students that are in the midst of returning back to South Korea for the spring semester could end up being ‘vectors’ that help to spread the coronavirus. Most of these students might not even know that they could be potential carriers as the incubation pe...

Japan Coronavirus Updates: Schools Could Become Clusters Of New Infections, 25 New Cases, Total Number Of Infected Cases: 134, Dead 1, Critical 12

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 22, 2020 5 years ago

Japan coronavirus cases continue to increase in the last 24 hours. Japanese health officials confirmed 25 new cases of the coronavirus infections on Saturday as public health authorities struggle to contain the local epidemic. The total number of infected coronavirus cases is now 134 with thousands more of suspected cases pending investigations and testing. So far only 1 dead has been reported. ...

China Approves Favipiravir (Avigan) As An Experimental Drug To Treat Coronavirus

Source:Thailand Medical News Feb 22, 2020 5 years ago

China authorities have narrowed down the antiviral Favipiravir (Avigan) as one of the three drugs that is showing efficacy against the coronavirus in ongoing human trials. (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41573-020-00016-0) Favipiravir, also known as T-705 or Avigan, is an antiviral drug that was originally developed by Toyama Chemical of Japan (owned b...

IRAN CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK One More Dead,13 New Cases, Hundreds Of Suspected cases All Over Iran. Total Infected Now: 31, Dead: 5

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 22, 2020 5 years ago

Iran Coronavirus Outbreak now reached the city of Tehran, where new five confirmed cases has reported along with eight in the city of Qom, bringing the total cases nationwide to 31. Also another death from the coronavirus was reported in Qom, bring the death toll to 5 for Iran. Iranian Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour told state television that out of thousa...

ITALY CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK: Second Person Dies, Hundreds Of Suspected Cases Now, Confirmed Infected 39, Dead 2, Critical 6

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 22, 2020 5 years ago

Italy coronavirus situation is fast expanding to other areas with cases now detected even in Piedmont and Puglia regions. Meanwhile, health authorities reported that a second person in Italy has died from complications from the new coronavirus, Italian news agency ANSA said on Saturday. The sudden death of a woman in the northern region of Lombardy follows that of a 78-year-old man...

BREAKING! SOUTH KOREA CORONAVIRUS CRISIS: MORE CASES IN LAST FEW HOURS, Infected 433, Dead 2, Critical 9, Suspected Cases 48,120

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 22, 2020 5 years ago

South Korea coronavirus outbreak is getting more worrisome as the number of cases is increasing by the hour. Health authorities from South Korea reported an hour ago that there are 87 new confirmed coronavirus cases in the last few hours with thousands more being tested and awaiting results. The total number of confirmed coronavirus infected cases in South Korea is now 433 with 2 d...

BREAKING NEWS! New Coronavirus Can Incubate For As Long As 27 days Before Showing Symptoms!

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 22, 2020 5 years ago

The incubation period of the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus which causes the Covid-19 disease can be as long as 27 days according to a new media report by Reuters based on statements by Health authorities in Hubei. In a clinically observed case involving a 70-year-old man in China's Hubei province was who infected with coronavirus, the infected individual did not show symptoms&n...

ITALY CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK: 14 Towns Now Under Lockdown, Infected Cases Now: 22, Dead 1

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 22, 2020 5 years ago

Italy’s Coronavirus Outbreak situation has taken a turn for the worse according to Italian news agency, ANSA. It has reported that 16 new coronavirus cases was detected in the last few hours bringing the national total to now 22 cases. Officials said that 14 people have been infected with the coronavirus in Italy’s administrative region of Lombardy, while two...

SOUTH KOREA CORONAVIRUS CRISIS: 142 Confirmed New Infections In Last 8 Hours. Infected 346, Dead 2, Suspected Cases 47,710

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 22, 2020 5 years ago

South Korea coronavirus crisis continues to escalate with 142 news cases since the last few hours. The current nationwide toll is 346 but this is expected to rise very sharply in the next few hours as thousands of suspected cases are manifesting symptoms and are undergoing testing. So far two deaths have been recorded resulting from the coronavirus. Of the 142 new cases, 92 are related to Daen...

China Continues With Its Daily Fake Coronavirus Figures Reporting, Total Death Now Only 2345, Confirmed Infected 76,288,Critical 11,477

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 22, 2020 5 years ago

China continues with its daily confusing reporting protocols of releasing fake death tolls and total number of infected cases along with constant changes of diagnostic criteria and classification of coronavirus infected cases so often, that even its own health authorities are now ever so confused. There are days when only figures from Hubei are reported, while the figures from other ...