40 Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha confirmed the country would reopen to visitors on Nov 1 and asked people including demonstrators to help protect tourism.
74 The Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration cuts the number of provinces under maximum and strict disease controls (dark-red zones) from 23 to 7 where the nighttime curfew will continue from Nov 1 onwards.
21 Government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana expressed gratitude towards Academy Award winner Russell Crowe for helping promote Thailand’s safe reopening on Nov 1.
64 The National Communicable Disease Committee approved a bill for digital COVID-19 vaccination certificates that were expected to be launched in November.
37 The ruling Palang Pracharath Party did not change its executive board and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha would be able to work with the party’s secretary-general Thamanat Prompow, said PPRP leader Prawit Wongsuwon.
139 YG Entertainment, the agency of Thai-born K-pop star Lalisa ‘Lisa’ Manoban, said the artist would not attend a New Year countdown event in Thailand because she was scheduled for another activity during the period.
27 The “Thailand Pass” system is ready to welcome visitors to the country from Nov 1 onwards, allowing them to “test and go” and avoid paperwork.
43 Public prosecutors indicted Paddy The Room Trading Co for a medical glove case
40 The management of Chulalongkorn University said it would launch a fact-finding investigation in relation to the union of its students’ announcement to exclude the traditional parade of the university’s “Phra Kieo” symbol from its annual football match with Thammasat University.
49 Officials raided eight locations, arrested nine suspects and seized 390 packages of illegally acquired antiviral favipiravir tablets.
18 Police arrested four men with 1,824 kilograms of compressed marijuana on their vehicles running from the border to Bangkok.
16 Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha attended the US-ASEAN Summit where United States President Joe Biden promised to maintain help for ASEAN.
