Tag archives: COVID-19

The Bangkok City Hall has opened a vaccination center in Phasi Charoen district, bordering Samut Sakhon province, with 908 people requesting to be vaccinated at the time of this report. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has commenced a vaccination program in Phasi Charoen district, which is one of the 6 Bangkok…

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…

Thai researchers have insisted that the coronavirus found in a horseshoe bat population in Chachoengsao province last year is not a strain that is transmissible to humans, after several reports suggested that the Covid-19 pandemic may have originated in Thailand. Supaporn Wacharapluesadee, a researcher with the Thai Red Cross Emerging…

WHO convened an international group of experts to undertake a series of studies on the origins of the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. The experts constituting the team are independent scientists. One expert member of this group was recently misquoted as suggesting that the origin of the virus was…

Two of Thailand’s most popular tourist destinations, Phuket and Pattaya City, have launched new promotions as the COVID-19 crisis shows signs of improving. Phuket has come up with an online campaign called “Have You Ever” to promote a subculture being developed in the province, which potential visitors were being urged…

The tourism scene in Ko Samui is coming back to life as many people are now visiting the island to spend the Chinese New Year holiday weekend there. All visitors to Ko Samui are required to undertake Samui Health Pass registration by scanning a QR code. The ferry pier for…