Restaurant operators ask PM Prayut to lift the Covid-control ban on dine-in services in dark-red zones to help suffering operators and their employees.
Thailand's third outbreak of Covid-19 is predicted to send domestic air travel tumbling by 38% this fiscal year, according to the Aeronautical Radio of Thailand.
City Hall expands to 25 the number of planned vaccination sites outside hospitals, including many at shopping malls, with the first one to open on Wednesday.
The price for a package of two shots of Moderna Covid vaccine offered by private hospitals will be no more than 3,000 baht, hospital chiefs say.
Myanmar’s military has received hundreds of millions of dollars from gas sales through a financial scheme linked to the Myanmar-Thailand pipeline.
Thailand logs 2,419 new cases, third-highest ever, for running total of 81,274; 19 more deaths take accumulated toll to 382.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has vowed to procure up to 200 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to prepare for unforeseeable emergencies.
Thammasat University Field Hospital, which opened in early 2020 when the first wave of coronavirus hit the country, is on 24-hour alert to receive further admissions as hospitals spill over during this far more deadly third round of infections.
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Chiang Mai's governor has asked the authorities to allow restaurants to provide dine-in services until 9pm following an easing of the Covid-19 crisis.
Three million foreigners living in Thailand have as much right to Covid-19 vaccinations as Thais because the goal is to achieve herd immunity, the government said.
As Bangkok remains a Covid hotbed, City Hall has ordered several types of businesses and public places to stay closed for another week.
SONGKHLA: You can find almost anything at a pawn shop — from gold necklaces to a ladder — when the coronavirus hits people's purses.
PRACHIN BURI: A man was arrested on Saturday night from a hideout in Kabin Buri district for shooting to death two men and injuring two others following an unsuccessful attempt to settle a personal dispute, police said.
