Thai hospitality impresses French tourists during lockdown
A French family stranded on Ko Samui for months after their holiday was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic is impressed with the Thai hospitality and help they have received during their extended stay. French media has reported the story of the family from France who were spending their holidays in…
Thai researchers start COVID-19 vaccine monkey trials
SARABURI(NNT)-After a promising outcome from trials in rats, an anti-virus vaccine prototype developed by Thai researchers is now being tested in monkeys, with the results expected by September. Researchers from the National Research Council of Thailand, the National Vaccine Institute, and Chulalongkorn University today started the trial of the mRNA…
Education Minister observes online learning at children’s homes
-The Minister of Education has visited students at their homes in Nakhon Pathom and Ratchaburi, to observe the actual online learning process. Schools across the country are to reopen on 1st July, except for those in areas with an ongoing viral outbreak where all classes will be moved online, or…
Thailand Expects to Have Its Own COVID-19 Vaccine Next Year
Spokesperson of the Center for the COVID-19 Situation Administration Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin, in his press briefing on 20 May 2020, stated that Thailand expects to produce its own coronavirus vaccine next year. Known as COVID-19 type mRNA, the vaccine is being developed in a research project, conducted jointly by Chulalongkorn…
Special Flight to evacuate stranded Indian nationals from Thailand
A special flight of Air India arranged by the Government of India departred for Delhi from Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Bangkok in the afternoon of 20 May 2020 carrying 236 Indian nationals who were stranded in Thailand due to the closure of international air travel in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic….
#ThumDeeDaiDee Food Drive has served close to 50,000 meals since March 30th
ThumDeeDaiDee Food Drive has served close to 50,000 hot meals, water bottles & lots of dry food items, relief care packs and the occasional sweet treats. #ThumDeeDaiDee Food Drive completed 49 days of distributing hot meals yesterday, serving almost 50,000 meals since March 30th. The drive started with the aim…