New Covid testing centre in Bangkok
published : 10 Jan 2022 at 08:57
writer: R May
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Post Reporters
A Covid-19 testing facility that can provide up to 1,000 free tests per day will open Tuesday in the capital.
The centre meets increasing demand following a surge of new coronavirus infections after the New Year holiday. It will be on the first floor of Car Park Building B at the government complex on Chaeng Watthana Road.
Testing services will be available to Jan 21 and provided on weekdays only, said Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Sunday.
The free mass-Covid-19 testing service is a joint venture between the National Health Security Office (NHSO), Mahidol University's Faculty of Medical Technology and Dhanarak Asset Development, a state enterprise under the Ministry of Finance.
Antigen test kits (ATK) intended for professional medical use will be used at the testing centre, and test results will be known 30 minutes after each test, said Mr Anutin.
Anyone who tests positive will be taken into the NHSO's home and community isolation programme for Covid-19 patients, sent to a field hospital or admitted to a hospital where appropriate, he said.
In the case of home or community isolation, infected patients with mild infection symptoms will be supplied with necessary medications, meals and some medical devices crucial for monitoring their symptoms, said Attaporn Limpanyalert, deputy secretary-general of the NHSO.
Vocabulary
- antigen: a harmful substance that causes your body to produce antibodies to fight it - แอนติเจน, สารที่กระตุ้นการสร้างแอนติบอดี้, สารก่อภูมิต้านทาน, สิ่งแปลกปลอมที่เข้าไปในร่างกาย แล้วร่างกายจะผลิตสารซึ่งเรียกว่าแอนติบอดีขึ้นมาต่อต้าน หรือทำลายสิ่งแปลกปลอมนั้น ๆ
- facility (noun): a building, equipment, etc., used for a particular purpose - โรงงาน, สถานบริการ, สิ่งก่อสร้าง, สิ่งอำนวยความสะดวก
- field hospital (noun): a temporary hospital, e.g. near a battlefield, a natural disaster, etc. -
- isolation: set apart from; disconnected from - แยกออกมา ตั้งอยู่เดี่ยวๆ
- joint venture: a business activity carried out by two or more companies or groups - การลงทุนร่วม
- monitoring: regularly checking something - การจับตาดู, การตรวจตรา, การเฝ้าระมัดระวัง
- positive (adj): showing clear evidence that a particular substance or medical condition is present มีประจุบวก (การทดสอบ) - มีประจุบวก (การทดสอบ)
- state enterprise: a company or business owned and managed by the government - รัฐวิสาหกิจ
- surge: a sudden increase in something - การเพิ่มขึ้นอย่างรวดเร็ว
