23 Phuket is ramping up Covid-19 control measures to screen inbound travellers.
41 The army deployed its transport aircraft to send asymptomatic COVID-19 cases back home in remote areas. The service can be booked via tel. 0 2270 5685-9.
20 Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn attends the opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympics at Tokyo’s National Stadium today.
30 Police are checking the messages of 25 celebrities who have called out criticisms on the government’s performance via social media and will take legal action if they violate laws.
25 People in three vulnerable groups flocked to the Bang Sue Grand Station for walk-in COVID-19 vaccinations, offered on the first day.
36 Rapper Danupa “Milli” Kanatirakul was fined 2,000 baht for libel in relation to her Twitter-based post, criticizing the government’s performance.
24 The director of the National Vaccine Institute apologized for the lack of COVID-19 vaccine readiness and blamed it on rapidly changing situations and viral mutation.
9 The government ordered public universities to halve their tuition fees and private universities to give a 5,000-baht discount to each student right away.
25 Two of four bodies, found lying on streets in Bangkok last night were confirmed with Covid-19.
12 The government closed 10 more kinds of places in maximum and strict COVID control zones.
10 The country logged its record high of 13,002 new COVID-19 cases and 108 more fatalities.
22 The bodies of dead COVID-19 patients are noncontagious, assured the Forensic Physician Association of Thailand.
