Corrupt workers who sold Covid vaccination slots at Bang Sue Grand Station slipped up when they registered 2,000 people for inoculation through a gate designated for a few hundred foreigners.
With 17,345 new cases reported in the past 24 hours, the soaring number of patients has outstripped the number of hospital beds, the government's Covid-19 spokesman says.
The Phuket governor has ordered the entire island sealed off, with travellers from other provinces not allowed to enter Phuket starting from Aug 3.
Police have charged 11 people with breaking into the vaccination booking system at the Bang Sue Grand Station vaccination centre and selling vaccine booking quotas.
Michael Heath, Chargé d'Affaires of the US Embassy in Thailand, talks about US support for Covid-19 vaccine distribution.
The death of a 39-year-old private tutor who died at home after getting a second shot of a different Covid-19 vaccine is not linked to the vaccination.
Thailand will likely be the worst economic performer in Southeast Asia this year, with economists continuing to slash the country's growth forecast.
Ever since Thailand's first lockdown in April 2020, The Athenee hotel has been Bangkok's pioneer in top-quality takeouts.
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The Phuket governor has ordered the entire island sealed off, with travellers from other provinces not allowed to enter Phuket starting from Aug 3.
There were 117 new Covid-19 fatalities and 17,345 new cases over the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Friday morning.
Special train No.971 to Ubon Ratchathani departed from Rangsit railway station on Tuesday morning, taking 135 Covid-19 patients with mild-to-moderate symptoms back to their homes in the lower Northeast.
Covid-19 has killed thousands of Thais and infected half a million, but the pandemic has also brought immense economic hardship and both physical and emotional suffering across all walks of life – nowhere more than in Bangkok.
