TAT: ‘Vaccine passports’ could allow foreigners to visit Thailand without quarantine
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According to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), foreigners who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 could be allowed to visit Thailand without the need to quarantine. The tourism authority says so-called ‘vaccine passports’ would enable foreign tourists to stay in Thailand without needing to spend the first 14 days of…
Pollution Control Department is warning residents of Bangkok and its neighbouring provinces
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The Pollution Control Department is warning residents of Bangkok and its neighbouring provinces to brace for a drop in air quality, as changing wind patterns on Wednesday and Thursday are expected to trap PM 2.5 over the city. Siwaporn Rangsiyanon, the department’s deputy spokesperson, said air quality in the capital…
Interior Ministry Postpones Collection of Land and Building Tax of 2021
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The Interior Ministry has ordered local government organizations nationwide to postpone the collection of land and building tax of 2021 for 2 months. The order aims to alleviate the financial burden of people during a new wave of COVID-19 outbreak as the owners would have had to pay the tax…
Samut Sakhon’s 1000-bed field hospital near completion
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The 1000-bed field hospital for COVID-19 patients at Wattana Factory in Samut Sakhon is now 90% complete, and is expected to accept its first patients later this month. Construction workers are now installing the electrical system for doctors and nurses’ offices in a COVID-19 field hospital extension at Wattana Factory…
Hotline 1111 receives 237 COVID-19 risk behavior complaints
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The government’s 1111 hotline has received 237 complaints of activities that could lead to COVID-19 spread, among tens of thousands of inquiries related to COVID-19. The Government Spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri revealed today that Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has been made aware of 237 complaints about activities that pose a…
FDA approves COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine for emergency use
The FDA Secretary General Paisal Dunkhum, said today the FDA had approved the registration of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by AstraZeneca in Italy, after the company had sent nearly 10,000 pages of documents for registration in Thailand for approved use during the state of emergency since December 22, 2020. Efficacy,…