
Traffickers Arrested with 3.5m Speed Pills
Police arrested four men for allegedly possessing 3.5 million methamphetamine pills and suspected them of actively trafficking illicit drugs in Nonthaburi and Pathum Thani provinces.
Police arrested four men for allegedly possessing 3.5 million methamphetamine pills and suspected them of actively trafficking illicit drugs in Nonthaburi and Pathum Thani provinces.
The government is likely to sign contracts on the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Johnson& Johnson this week, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.
The Private Hospital Association priced two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Moderna at 3,800 baht.
Thailand has been used by drug traders as a hub for the transport of illicit drugs because it stands adjacent to the Golden Triangle and has convenient transport networks, said Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin on Monday.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha apologized to people if he worried them and promised he would do his best to procure COVID-19 vaccines to meet people’s demand and respond well to situations.
Seven airlines confirmed they would operate flights to Phuket province as the government already announced to implement the Phuket Sandbox model to reopen the tourist island province on July 1.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha inspected COVID-19 vaccinations at the Bang Sue Grand Station in Chatuchak district as nationwide inoculation began for general people.
Tourism-related operators on the resort province of Phuket ask the government for details about its country-reopening plan that was set to start there within only about 20 days, on July 1.
The government had 3.54 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the first half of this month, according to the Department of Disease Control.
Relatives were still waiting for 400,000 baht in compensation from the National Health Security Office (NHSO) as a 50-year-old family member died five days after COVID-19 vaccination.
Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul received the first lot of 1.8 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca.
Thailand reported 2,631 new COVID-19 cases and 31 new fatalities resulting from the disease over the past 24 hours.