31 The government is imposing travel restriction in Chanthaburi, Chon Buri, Trat, Rayong and Samut Sakhon provinces that have been declared as maximum COVID-19 control zones.
26 The national police chief transferred the commissioner of the Provincial Police Region 2 to an inactive position due to the existence of illegal casinos in his region.
46 Police obtained court warrants for the arrest of people allegedly smuggling 19 Rohingya migrants to Bangkok’s Don Muang district and seven of the aliens later tested positive for COVID-19.
10 Thai Union Group PCL (TU) insisted that its products are safe although its workers were infected with COVID-19.
6 The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) on Wednesday proposed that the government spend 200 billion baht more on support measures while it lowered the GDP growth forecast from 2.0-4.0 per cent to 1.5-3.5 per cent.
29 Four Thai female entertainment workers who sneaked back from Myawaddy were confirmed with COVID-19.
37 365 more people were confirmed with COVID-19 and another person died of it over the past 24 hours.
28 The governor of Chiang Mai ordered the closure of all entertainment places in the northern province for 14 days for disease control after a worker at Warmup Cafe was proved to contract COVID-19 from a 25-year-old customer.
18 The cabinet acknowledged a plan to procure 63 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for Thai people within this year.
15 The Cabinet has approved the resolution to extend a nationwide state of emergency through Feb 28 in order to curb the Covid-19 outbreak after the current measure expires on Jan 15.
37 A deputy national police chief has admitted it is likely that about 100,000 migrant workers who had left the country at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic would sneak in as the government is about register illegal migrant workers.
12 Chiang Mai province has closed five entertainment venues after visit by a coronavirus-infected woman.
