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Bangkok, Sep 16 (EFE/EPA).- Thai National Health Security Office (NHSO) on Thursday began to distribute 8.5 million free COVID-19 antigen test kits to high-risk citizens as the country is facing the worst wave of pandemic. Members of the public will be able to register via the Paotang Application to assess the risks first before qualifying for a free COVID-19 antigen test kit at more than 300 local pharmacies. (Camera: NARONG SANGNAK).SHOT LIST: LOCAL PHARMACY DISTRIBUTES FREE COVID-19 ANTIGEN TEST KITS TO HIGH-RISK CITIZENS IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Bangkok, Sep 1 (EFE/EPA).- Thai shopping malls, businesses and certain activities resumed operation Wednesday with restrictions on social distancing after the Thai government eased stringent coronavirus lockdown measures to alleviate the impact on the country's economy. (Camera: DIEGO AZUBEL).B-ROLL OF THE FIRST DAY OF MALL REOPENING IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Bangkok, Aug 20 (EFE/EPA).-Thai researchers from Chulalongkorn University collected Friday samples to test a device which detects Covid-19 from perspiration at a market in Bangkok. Researcher Assistant Professor Chadin Kulsing from the Chemistry Department, Science Faculty of Chulalongkorn University, who is working on the the portable device to detect Covid-19 told Efe the machine takes about 15 minutes to show a result with an accuracy rate of nearly 95 percent.Data collection showed Covid-19 patients have some chemicals that were very distinct that are likely to come from aromatic substances produced by certain bacteria in the perspiration of the coronavirus patients, according to professor Chadin.(Camera: NARONG SANGNAK)SHOT LIST: THAI RESEARCHERS FROM CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY COLLECTING DATA SAMPLES AT A LOCAL MARKET IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Dili, May 7 (EFE/EPA).- Health authorities in Dili on Friday collected swab samples from citizens to test for COVID-19 as the total number of cases in the country rose to 2,870. (Camera: ANTONIO DASIPARU).SHOT LIST: HEALTH AUTHORITIES COLLECT SWAB SAMPLES FROM CITIZENS IN DILI, EAST TIMOR.
Bangkok, May 4 (EFE/EPA).- Thai health officials collected samples Tuesday during a COVID-19 nasal swab test drive at a community sports center in Bangkok.Several communities around Bangkok are receiving COVID-19 testing as the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration steps up efforts to contain Covid-19 contagion. (Camera: DIEGO AZUBEL)SHOT LIST: COVID-19 SWAB TESTS CARRIED OUT IN A LOCAL COMMUNITY IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Mar 29 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Chamila Karunarathne) .- Sri Lankan authorities carried out Covid-19 tests in Colombo on Monday as the country experiences a new wave of infections, which in total has registered more than 92,000 infections and 561 deaths since the start of the pandemic.FOOTAGE OF COVID-19 TESTING IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.