Thailand: Free from local Covid-19 infection for 33 days

BANGKOK: Thailand has been free of local infection of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) for 33 days, according to Thai News Agency. The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration reported that there was not a new case of Covid-19 infection over the past 24 hours and that resulted in Thailand recording no local Covid-19 infection for […]

Victory over Covid-19 to be declared next month?

KUALA LUMPUR: July is the much-awaited month of the year as the country is expected to be free of Covid-19 after the fight against it began in January this year. This freedom is subject to public compliance with the standard operating procedure (SOP) set by the government as it struggles to achieve zero Covid-19 cases, […]

Covid-19 free if zero cases for 28 consecutive days

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia will only be declared free of Covid-19 if no new positive cases are recorded for 28 consecutive days, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said it was in line with the mechanism used to monitor a cluster, which was the length of two cycles of incubation of the virus infection. […]