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The nominations for Oscars 2021 are being announced today. The 93rd Academy Awards will be held on April 25. Priyanka Chopra and her husband, pop-star Nick Jonas, announced the Oscars 2021 nominations on Monday (March 15). The 93rd Academy Awards ceremony will be an in-person event that will air live…

About 74% of patients who sought treatment at 758 clinics nationwide that are licensed to prescribe medical marijuana products have reported a positive outcome following their appointments. Deputy Public Health Minister Sathit Pitutecha said during a visit to a clinic in Nan that the results affirmed the ministry’s stance in…

Thailand is expected to begin signing vaccine passport deals with low-incidence countries which had begun vaccinating their people against COVID-19. Department of Disease Control Director-General Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong said Thailand was planning to enter into bilateral agreements on vaccine passports with other countries and the vaccine passport scheme will take…

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and members of his cabinet canceled on Friday plans to receive AstraZeneca vaccine shots after the country delayed use of the vaccines over reports of blood clots in some European nations. In a press conference held by the Ministry of Public health, Prasit Watanapa, Dean of…

Another 800,000 doses of Sinovac vaccine for COVID-19 will arrive in Thailand on March 25, and among those to receive the Sinovac jabs will be Cabinet members aged below 60. Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said chargé d’affaires Yang Xin at China’s embassy had informed him that Chinese authorities have…

The Songkran holiday will be extended to six days from April 10 to April 15 this year, after the Cabinet has approved a special holiday on April 12. Meanwhile, Culture Minister Itthiphol Kunplome said water splashing will probably be allowed during the Songkran festival because the daily number of new…