Pantipa Wacharath

The Cabinet approved the 9.37-billion-baht procurement of 20,001,150 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine by Pfizer, of which the contract had been signed, said government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri.

Three people were shot and injured near the Din Daeng police station but police did not use a live bullet, said Pol Lt Gen Pakapong Pongpetra, commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Monday decided to extend lockdown measures further in Bangkok and 28 other dark-red provinces to Aug 31.

The opposition filed their censure debate motion which targeted Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and five ministers.

The field hospital of Thammasat University will use up all its stock of COVID-19 vaccine doses on Aug 17, according to its director.