Tag archives: COVID-19

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…

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…

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…

Concerns surrounding the new outbreak of COVID-19 in Thailand have directly impacted the economy, with New Year events cancelled and the tourism industry once again at a standstill. These conditions have caused the December 2020 Thai Chamber of Commerce Confidence Index (TCC-CI) to plummet to a 6-month low. The University…

The operator of the ferry to Ko Samui has had to increase the frequency of the service to accommodate the number of visitors during the New Year holiday. The company is asking all passengers to comply with precautionary measures against the spread of COVID-19. Seatran Ferry’s pier in Ko Samui,…

The Minister of Public Health has revealed Thailand will be receiving the first 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine between February and April next year. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul, has announced in a Facebook post that Thailand will receive at least two million doses…