"respiratory diseases"

MedPark Hospital on Saturday (June 25) opened the Emerging Infectious Diseases & Acute Respiratory Infection Clinic (EIDARIC) to provide high-quality treatment to patients with Covid-19 as well as other emerging respiratory diseases, in compliance with the government’s plan of reopening the country and making Thailand a destination for medical tourism.

Expert virologist Dr Yong Poovorawan confirmed on Monday that the new anti-viral drug Molnupiravir can reduce the risk of hospitalisation and death within five days of developing a Covid-19 infection.

A medical report has pointed to serious health threats from air pollution in smog-prone areas, and the northern region was found to be a hotspot for asthma and other major respiratory diseases.