310 The Finance Ministry expects to launch the fourth phase of the half-half co-payment scheme in March, according to Pornchai Theerawet, spokesman for the Finance Ministry.
38 People, vendors and business operators are feeling the impacts of rising pork prices.
44 There were 934 Omicron cases in the country and local infections rose as arrivals slowed down, according to the Department of Medical Sciences.
29 Thirty-nine people were killed and 362 others injured when the government’s road safety campaign for the New Year holiday started on Dec 29.
50 Newly accepted Myanmar refugees remained in Tak province although there was not a clash between Myanmar soldiers and Karen troops near the border yesterday, authorities reported.
39 The Thai national football team defeated Indonesia 4-0 in their first leg of the Asian Football Federation championship’s final.
32 The Public Health Ministry considers the Omicron cluster in Kalasin province as a super spreader because it has covered as many as 200 cases.
45 The government will transfer the first batch of handouts to about 30,000 workers in the entertainment sector tonight to relieve their COVID-19 hardship, according to the government spokesman.
20 Phichit detected its first Omicron case who returned from Dubai while Nakhon Ratchasima (aka Korat) confirmed two Omicron patients who arrived from Britain.
30 Eighteen karate athletes, coaching staff and executives of the Thailand Karate Federation tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from the Asian Karate Championships in Kazakhstan but all of them remained stable.
23 A renowned virologist predicts Omicron will be the dominant variant of COVID-19 worldwide in a few months and Thailand may face its 5th wave of the disease after the New Year holiday.
54 Traffic thickened on Mitrapharp Highway in Sikhiu district of Nakhon Ratchasima, the gateway of the Northeast, as the New Year exodus began.
