
Commerce Ministry Set to Start Selling Face Masks
The Commerce Ministry will sell 10 million face masks to public members this month, starting at the ministry in Nonthaburi this Saturday.
The Commerce Ministry will sell 10 million face masks to public members this month, starting at the ministry in Nonthaburi this Saturday.
The government will find measures to support tourism operators, hard-hit by the coronavirus outbreak.
Fire destroyed about 10 houses in the Wat Makok Community in central Bangkok.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has given away face masks at BTS Skytrain stations following complaints over the shortage of face masks.
Face masks and hand sanitisers will be put on Thailand’s list of controlled products, effective on Thursday.
To cope with economic woes including the new coronavirus outbreak, Thailand’s central bank cuts its policy rate to 1 percent, the lowest since 2000.
The last group of Chinese tourists on Koh Samui has returned to China after their extended stays due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-ocha ordered two ministries to find out the facts about public complaints over the shortage of face masks.
The Livestock Development Department stated that Taiwan’s swine flu is not an epidemic and Thai pork is safe for consumption.
The tourism sector is hardest hit by the novel coronavirus outbreak and operators need more assistance from the government, according to their council.
The taxi driver, the first new coronavirus human-to-human transmission case in Thailand has been fully recovered and discharged from hospital.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives is looking for alternative markets for Thai fruits as the novel coronavirus is affecting their exports to China.