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• January 22, 2021

BMA proposal to ease restrictions on 13 businesses and recreational activities

The Communicable Disease Committee gives greenlight to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) proposal to ease restrictions on 13 businesses and recreational activities starting tomorrow. However, all venues need to strictly observe social distancing and other COVID-19 prevention measures. The 13 business and recreational activities are: 1. Gaming centers 2. Internet cafes 3. Healthcare for the […]

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• January 20, 2021

Supply of Indian manufactured vaccines to neighbouring and key partner countries

The Government of India has received several requests for the supply of Indian manufactured vaccines from neighbouring and key partner countries. In response to these requests, and in keeping with India’s stated commitment to use India’s vaccine production and delivery capacity to help all of humanity fight the Covid pandemic, supplies under grant assistance to […]

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• January 16, 2021

PM appoints committees to investigate source of the latest COVID-19 outbreak

The Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has signed an order to form two special committees to investigate illegal gambling and smuggling of illegal migrants, which have been blamed for the latest COVID-19 outbreak. The committees are each required to submit a report on the results of their investigations every month. Mr Phakdee Phothisiri, a former […]

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• January 16, 2021

Talaad Thai opens rent free zone for seafood farmers

Wholesale market Talaad Thai, has opened a rent free zone for seafood farmers affected by the current COVID-19 outbreak, providing them with rent free retail booths for three months starting from 20th January. Talaad Thai has joined forces with the Department of Fisheries and the Department of Internal Trade to provide rent free retail spaces […]

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• January 16, 2021

COVID-19 vaccines only to be administered to those over 18

The subcommittee managing COVID-19 vaccination has decided that inoculation will focus on those over the age of 18, when the first batch arrives in February. Director-General of the Department of Disease Control, Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, department adviser Dr. Tawee Chotiwittayansunan and Head of the Chulalongkorn University Center for Excellence in Clinical Virology, Dr. Yong Poovorawan, […]

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• January 16, 2021

BoT sees mild impact of new COVID-19 wave on the economy

Despite a new and wider wave of COVID-19 infections in the country, the Bank of Thailand (BoT) has assessed that the economic impact of the situation will not be as severe as the first wave as the effects of the virus are not as pronounced, and public health preparations, including plans for vaccination, are in […]

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• January 15, 2021

Red lotuses in full bloom in Nong Khai

In Nong Khai, red lotuses have begun to emerge from the water, blooming beautifully. Tourists can admire their beauty until the end of March. The red lotuses at “Wang Bua Daeng”, which covers an area of more than 416 hectares in two sub-districts of Pakho and Wiang Cook, Muang Nong Khai district, begun to emerge […]

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• January 15, 2021

His Majesty the King has graciously devoted funds for the purchase of land for a central mosque in Nakhon Si Thammarat province

 On January 15, 2021 at Nakhon Si Thammarat Provincial Administration Organization, His Majesty the King appointed Nakhon Si Thammarat Governor Kraisorn Wisitwong to chair a ceremony donating funds to the Islamic Committee of Nakhon Si Thammarat for the purchase of land for a central mosque in the province. The plan requires 7 Rai and 35.5 […]

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• January 14, 2021

Environment Min forms plans against PM 2.5 using data from 2020

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment has reported that data from 2020 has confirmed that smog and burning were the key causes of critical Particulate Matter 2.5 or PM 2.5 levels across Thailand. PM 2.5 levels exceeded limits on 32 days of the year in Bangkok in 2020, mostly at the start of […]

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• January 13, 2021

Thailand sees cleaner air as winter breeze blows

The current PM2.5 situation in Thailand is now good, as the winter breeze that comes with high pressure from China is arriving in Thailand. However, PM2.5 might accumulate after January 15 because the breeze will lose strength in this region. The Center for Air Pollution Mitigation, or CAPM, revealed that today, January 12, the overall […]

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