35 The National Health Security Office opened centers for rapid COVID-19 tests in Greater Bangkok today and test results can be known within 30 minutes.
17 Two more visitors to Phuket under the Phuket Sandbox project tested positive for COVID-19. They are Myanmar nationals aged eight and nine years.
14 The Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced harsher Covid-19 restrictions in Greater Bangkok and four southern border provinces, classified as the dark red zone areas to contain the spread of Covid-19 after the increases in daily new cases and fatalities.
26 Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said he would not receive his salary for three months and the money would be spent on attempts to contain the COVID-19 crisis of the country.
23 The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration opened two isolation centers for the people who were infected with COVID-19 and had to wait for hospital beds.
12 The country logged 9,276 new COVID-19 cases and 72 more fatalities over the past 24 hours.
27 Michael Heath, chargé d’ affaires at the United States embassy in Bangkok, said there was not an intermediary in the US donation of the COVID-19 vaccine to Thailand. He was referring to the planned donation of 1.5 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer.
15 The operators and workers who were affected by strict COVID-19 control measures will start to receive financial aid from the government on July 23, according to a spokesman.
8 The Public Health Ministry proposed the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration immediately limit inter-provincial travel and close some places in at-risk areas and buffer zones as new COVID-19 fatalities and cases broke records.
23 Hazardous material removal workers found the sign of safety at the burnt foam bead plant in Bang Phli district as inflammable chemicals there already became nonflammable.
17 People camped out overnight at the Phra Si Mahathat Temple to get free COVID-19 testing.
34 COVID-19 fatalities made a new high of 75 over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of fatalities to 2,462 since the pandemic started last year.
