Nov 1 marks the moment of truth for the much-anticipated reopening of the country's tourism with Bangkok billed as the crown jewel of the sandbox scheme amid calls for practical measures to make it work.
Chiang Mai has reported a rise in its daily Covid-19 caseloads fuelled by the recent detection of new infection clusters.
Some major dams have been told to discharge water to make room for heavy rain expected from an upcoming storm this week, according to the Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR).
Thamanat Prompow, secretary-general of the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), has defended a popularity poll conducted by his faction last week which gave discouraging results for some party MPs.
First lot of 500,000 Moderna Covid jabs will arrive in two weeks, raising the question of how they will be allocated between the two buyers.
Thailand logged 9,742 new Covid-19 cases, down 66 from Friday, and 74 new fatalities, up 8. Prachuap Khiri Khan saw a spike in caseload and southern provinces remain a concern.
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Amid wave after wave of Covid-19 in Japan, Mariko, a college lecturer and mother, has been working and raising her four-year-old daughter in an apartment shared by a family of four in Tokyo.
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The government on Friday outlined conditions for quarantine-free entry from Nov 1 for arrivals by air from 46 countries.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha says Thailand will open the country to visitors from 46 countries, up from the 10 Covid-19 low-risk countries announced earlier, starting from Nov 1.
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With the Nov 1 reopening looming, Bangkok is preparing protocols for testing tourists outside the airport, at hotels or 'swab hubs' to avoid congestion on arrival.
People find the co-payment programme, one of the measures taken by the government to cushion impacts from Covid-19, most favourable to them, according to the result of an opinion survey by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, or Suan Dusit Poll.
