35 Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha arrived at the parliament for a censure debate and confirmed he was ready for it.
18 The cabinet allocated 4.74 billion baht to procure 9.9 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer mainly for children aged 12-17 years and women who are pregnant for at least 12 weeks.
38 The cabinet today discussed measures related to the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration’s decision to ease lockdown measures in 29 dark-red provinces as new COVID-19 cases were declining.
390 The Public Health Ministry plans to acquire second-generation vaccines in the first quarter of next year to cope with COVID-19 mutations.
33 Thai wheelchair racer Pongsakorn Paeyo set the new world record for wheelchair racing and won the first gold medal for the Thai squad in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
28 The Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) will consider the relaxation of COVID-19 control measures this Friday.
11 The Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion Board resolved to spend 1.2 billion baht to help micro-entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) that were affected by COVID-19.
26 The Public Health Ministry accepted a request from the Thai Restaurant Association for eased disease control measures to support their business.
49 National police chief Pol Gen Suwat Jangyodsuk dismissed Pol Col Thitisan Utthanaphon, chief of the Muang Nakhon Sawan police station, pending investigation into his alleged fatal extortion of money from a drug trafficking suspect.
26 The Food and Drug Administration in Thailand seeks more information about the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer after its American counterpart approved the full-scale administration of the vaccine for people aged 16 years and over.
25 The use and sales of kratom leaves were legalized in Thailand today and 1,038 inmates jailed earlier for their previous use were freed, according to Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin.
9 Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin said he let the Corrections Department decide whether anti-government protest leader Parit “Penguin” Chivarak who was infected with COVID-19 should receive treatment outside his prison or not.
