
PM: Curfew Relaxation under Consideration
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said the government was monitoring the COVID-19 situation in the country and would later consider curfew relaxation.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said the government was monitoring the COVID-19 situation in the country and would later consider curfew relaxation.
Police charged a surgeon with drink-driving after he smashed his Porsche into a Honda car and killed two people.
Phuket will welcome Thai tourists from Sept 8 onwards and those who will stay longer than a week must be tested for COVID-19 there.
Zuellig Pharma, the local dealer of the COVID-19 vaccine by Moderna, has confirmed that delivery will start in the fourth quarter of this year for Thailand’s acquisition of 1,958,400 doses of the Moderna vaccine, according to the Government Pharmaceutical Organization.
Shopping centers will reopen and dining-in at eateries will resume tomorrow as allowed by the government in accordance with its eased COVID-19 control measures.
Flooding already ended at the Bangpoo Industrial Estate which had been more than one meter under water over the past two days.
Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha arrived at the parliament for a censure debate and confirmed he was ready for it.
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.
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.
The Public Health Ministry plans to acquire second-generation vaccines in the first quarter of next year to cope with COVID-19 mutations.
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.
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.