Will booster jab offer better protection against variants?

13 Sept 11:42 Key points summarised by AI

Facing a low vaccination rate and the rapid spread of highly transmissible variants like Delta, Thailand is urgently considering booster jabs to enhance protection, as current vaccines may offer limited defense.
Medical experts advocate for booster doses, potentially using a different vaccine brand (heterologous prime-boost), to significantly strengthen immunity against emerging COVID-19 variants, with some forecasting a 10-fold increase in protection.
Globally, countries are implementing or studying mixed-vaccine booster strategies, and Thailand has approved Pfizer-BioNTech, while also conducting its own research on combining jabs to maximize efficacy against variants.

Uthenthawai students and alumni declare truce with Pathumwan rivals

Yesterday 20:34 Key points summarised by AI

Uthenthawai students and alumni have pledged to cease violent clashes with Pathumwan Institute rivals, coinciding with their campus's reopening after a 90-day closure.
The Minister of Higher Education is mediating the long-running conflict, while the campus closure has significantly disrupted in-person classes and laboratory work for over 1,000 students.
Uthenthawai resists relocation from its current site, citing a historical land grant from King Rama VI, despite Chulalongkorn University's plans to reclaim the land for an educational hub.
Concerns are mounting over the legality of the campus closure, its detrimental impact on uninvolved students, and the potential commercial development of the land, which critics argue contradicts the late King Rama VI's intentions.