37 Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha arrived at the parliament for a censure debate and confirmed he was ready for it.
19 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.
46 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.
392 The Public Health Ministry plans to acquire second-generation vaccines in the first quarter of next year to cope with COVID-19 mutations.
35 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.
71 The government through its Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration allowed department stores, community malls and restaurants to reopen if staff have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
26 The Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) will sign a contract to buy 8.5 million antigen test kits with approved standard on Aug 30.
30 Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha praised Thai wheelchair fencer Saysunee Jana for winning a bronze medal in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.
30 Pol Col Thitisan Utthanaphon, former superintendent of the Muang Nakhon Sawan police station, said he did not intend to kill a drug suspect while trying to get information to tackle a big drug racket to help his people.
23 The rates of hospital bed occupancy among COVID-19 patients of all color codes fell while officials were closely monitoring the number of red-coded patients in Bangkok, according to the Department of Medical Services.
37 The Ministry of Public Health will tomorrow ask the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration to allow dining-in at eateries which will be able to use up to 50% of their seats to welcome customers until 8pm.
12 Thailand’s sovereign credit rating outlook is stable as it received requests for promotional privileges from investment projects worth 386 billion baht in the first half of this year.
