16 A group of young men attacked a 14-year-old boy at an anti-government demonstration site in Bangkok on Aug 16, according to Bangkok police.
12 The House transferred 16.36 billion baht to the government’s central fund by majority vote to support COVID-19 solutions.
65 Crowd control police demonstrated their use of tear gas and insisted that no canisters could hit political protesters.
28 The Chinese government gave its green light for 56 companies to export longan to China and the permission took effect on Aug 17, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit.
27 The Civil Court accepted a complaint from 157 health massage parlor operators who sued the government for about 10 million baht for closing their business amid COVID-19 outbreaks without financial aid and set Sept 21 for case examination.
34 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.
24 The country logged a new record high of 312 daily COVID-19 fatalities and recorded 20,515 new patients over the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported.
5 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.
46 The Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration allowed three provinces to welcome foreign tourists from Phuket during their 14-day quarantine.
10 Rangsiman Rome, an MP of the opposition Move Forward Party, yesterday arrived at the Din Daeng police station to verify the report that a demonstrator was shot there.
17 Police at the Din Daeng station did not fire any live bullet at protesters and only used rubber bullets to stop them from damaging government properties, the station chief said.
21 The Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Tuesday reported 20,258 new coronavirus cases and 239 new fatalities over the past 24 hours.
