Taweesin Visanuyothin (

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: ทวีศิลป์ วิษณุโยธิน, RTGS: Thawisin Wisanuyothin) is a Thai psychiatrist. He is widely noted for performing the duties of

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for the Ministry of Public Health and the Center for the COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) which gives brief daily summaries of the COVID-19 situation in Thailand.

Early life, family and education

Taweesin was born in Nakhon Ratchasima Province. He is the second of five children of Wengkuang and Phennapha Sae-to. His family has a small shop located in front of the Second

Nakhon Ratchasima Nakhon Ratchasima ( th, นครราชสีมา, ) is one of the four major cities of Isan, Thailand, known as the "big four of Isan". The city is commonly known as Korat (, ), a shortened form of its name. It is the governmental seat of ...

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. His father had lost his leg because of an accident when Taweesin was young. After that incident, every family member, including Taweesin, worked laboriously, such as

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and bag folding. Taweesin studied at Anuban Nakhon Ratchasima School, Bun Watthana School. He graduated from the

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in 1989. In 1994, he decided to study in the Department of Psychiatry,

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, in the

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. He has completed in Certificate Fellow in

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. Taweesin is married to Wilairat Visanuyothin, a pediatrician, and has two children, That and Thanawin.

Work

After his graduation from

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, he had worked at Nakhon Ratchasima Rajanagarindra Psychiatric Hospital for two years. Afterwards, he studied at the Somdet Chaopraya Institute of Psychiatry and worked as a psychiatrist and lecturer there until 1994. After he returned from study abroad, he continued working at Somdet Chaopraya Institute. During that time, he was noted for answering mental health question via various media. Since 2003, he has been promoted to work at Ministry of Public Health and was appointed to be a spokesperson for the Department of Mental Health and for the Ministry respectively. On 26 March 2020, during

COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand The COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). Thailand was the first country to report a case outside China, on 13 January ...

he was appointed to be the spokesperson of the Center of COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) by the CCSA board, led by

Prayut Chan-o-cha Prayut Chan-o-cha (sometimes spelled Prayuth Chan-ocha; th, ประยุทธ์ จันทร์โอชา, ; born 21 March 1954) is a Thai politician and retired army officer who has served as the Prime Minister of Thailand since he ...

Royal decorations

Taweesin has received the following royal decorations: * alt=, border, 80x80px

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, Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) * alt=, border, 80x80px

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, Knight Grand Cross (First Class) * border, 80x80px Chakrabarti Mala Medal

Filmography

Film

Dramas

References

External links

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Taweesin's ResearchGate Profile
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