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Travel & tourism · 26 Aug 2021
The US military on Thursday confirmed that a massive explosion took place outside the Kabul Airport in Afghanistan, as the evacuation of US citizens from the war-torn country continued inside the premises of Kabul Airport.…
COVID-19 · 26 Aug 2021
The Ministry of Public Health is to propose the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) relax restrictions on some businesses using the COVID Free Program in conjunction with other health and safety measures. Permanent Secretary…
Business & money · 26 Aug 2021
The Ministry of Commerce has secured 2.4 billion baht’s worth of advance purchase deals for Thai fruit exports, while the exports of fresh and processed Thai fruit in first seven months of this year have…
Travel & tourism · 25 Aug 2021
An Indian guy living in Pattaya died due to cardiac arrest on 20/August/2021. The deceased Rajat Dhawan aged 33 years old had been living in Jomtien Area from the last couple of years.No Body went…
COVID-19 · 23 Aug 2021
The National Communicable Disease Committee has approved four points to help stem the spread of COVID-19 and drive the country forward by implementing a strategy to vaccinate all risk groups. The committee has approved the…
COVID-19 · 23 Aug 2021
AstraZeneca has confirmed that contact between CEO Pascal Soriot and Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha took place today, to discuss ongoing collaboration on Thailand’s efforts against the pandemic. During their call, Mr Soriot and the…
Travel & tourism · 22 Aug 2021
Pattaya Business and Tourism Association (PBTA) says that Pattaya City seems unlikely to reopen to tourism on 1 September, as originally planned. PBTA president Bun-anan Phatthanasin admitted on 21 August that the reopening is likely…
COVID-19 · 21 Aug 2021
Thailand’s Surat Thani province will continue the “Samui Plus” program to attract vaccinated foreign tourists, with Bangkok Airways set to resume flights between Phuket and Samui Island on 25 August. Surat Thani governor Witchawut Jinto…
COVID-19 · 21 Aug 2021
Thailand’s National Health Security Office (NHSO) has partnered with the Public Health Ministry and the Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) to distribute 8.5 million COVID-19 antigen test kits (ATK) to hospitals and pharmacies nationwide. Dr Kornkrit…
COVID-19 · 21 Aug 2021
India's drug regulator has approved the world's first DNA vaccine against Covid-19 for emergency use. The three-dose ZyCoV-D vaccine prevented symptomatic disease in 66% of those vaccinated, according to an interim study quoted by the…
COVID-19 · 21 Aug 2021
At pattani provincial health office, Mr. Rachid Sudpum, governor of Pattani province, presided over the press conference and signed a memorandum of cooperation on the provision of coronavirus detection kits 2019. 70,000 antigen test kits…
COVID-19 · 20 Aug 2021
Gen. Asawin Kwanmuang, Governor of Bangkok It was revealed that in order to facilitate bed patients who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19, as well as to prevent and control the situation of the disease.…
COVID-19 · 18 Aug 2021
The Thai Public Health Ministry has issued updated data, on the continued use of the Chinese Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine and its efficacy, to support the decision to purchase another 12 million doses. Department of Disease…
COVID-19 · 17 Aug 2021
Thailand’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) approved the procurement of an additional 32 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday, to cope with the spreading delta variant of the virus. CCSA spokesman Dr. Thaveesilp…
COVID-19 · 17 Aug 2021
The Phase 1 trial of Thailand’s homegrown mRNA COVID-19 vaccine ChulaCOV-19, suggests the candidate vaccine can help the body elicit the same level of antibody response as the Pfizer-BioNTech, along with much easier storage requirements.…
Travel & tourism · 16 Aug 2021
Republic Media Network has accessed a clip from Kabul airport which shows civilians clinging on to the undercarriage & landing gear of the US Military aircraft. As the Taliban has seized Afghanistan's capital city Kabul,…
COVID-19 · 15 Aug 2021
The 75th Independence Day of India was celebrated at the Embassy of India, Bangkok, on 15 August 2021, in hybrid mode, in view of the prevailing pandemic situation and related restrictions in Thailand. The National…
Politics & government · 15 Aug 2021
Congratulatory message from H.E. General Prayut Chan-o-cha (Ret.), Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand to H.E. Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India, on the occasion of the 75th Independence Day…
COVID-19 · 15 Aug 2021
The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) reports that demand for rapid antigen test kits is soaring in the industrial sector, as more than 1,000 factories need to conduct COVID-19 tests on their workers to contain…
Travel & tourism · 15 Aug 2021
Miss Kanjana Suthikul, a member of “Thai Bhikkhunis”, was ordinated as a female monk, by the Venerable Dhammananda Bhikkhuni, the abbess of Songdhammakalayani Monastery, in Nakhon Pratom Province of Thailand. According to her press release,…
COVID-19 · 14 Aug 2021
New, more relaxed rules for the Phuket Sandbox campaign are to be proposed to the government’s COVID-19 task force. It is recommended that new rules allow Sandbox tourists to travel out of Phuket to selected…
COVID-19 · 14 Aug 2021
The Thai government has decided that a further test for COVID-19 prior to a patient’s discharge is no longer required for patients in much improved condition, however such patients should continue to self-isolate at home…
COVID-19 · 14 Aug 2021
After recording close to 2,000 women with children contracting COVID-19, doctors have warned that pregnant women are around three times at risk of contracting the virus but noted vaccination reduces the chance of severe symptoms…
Bangkok & Thailand · 14 Aug 2021
The Thai Credit Guarantee Corporation (TCG) has again activated assistance for entrepreneurs by offering payment deferrals until the end of the year, after helping guarantee loans for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to allow them…
