Sinovac jab 'safe to use'
The Public Health Ministry insists the Sinovac vaccine is safe and it will continue to use it, despite seven people having problems after receiving it.
The Public Health Ministry insists the Sinovac vaccine is safe and it will continue to use it, despite seven people having problems after receiving it.
Thailand is waiting for price quotes from US-based Pfizer Inc before the country can buy 5-10 million doses of Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.
The government is confident it can overcome the current Covid-19 crisis without a nationwide lockdown.
The Ministry of Public Health will next month be launching "Mor Prom," a phone app that lets people book their Covid-19 vaccines.
Refugees fleeing across the border from Myanmar will be allowed into Thailand if the violence there escalates, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Tuesday.
About 3,000 villagers from Myanmar's southeastern Karen state fled to Thailand on Sunday following air attacks by the army, local media said.
A protest site near Government House was cleared and 99 demonstrators rounded up at dawn and dusk on Sunday by the police.
Thousands of demonstrators occupied Ratchaprasong intersection in Bangkok on Wednesday demanding reform of the monarchy and the release of detained leaders.