27 The country logged 3,226 new COVID-19 cases and 26 new fatalities over the past 24 hours.
28 The Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said it was waiting for an official document from the World Health Organization that certifies the COVID-19 vaccine of Sinovac and would use it to support its own certification.
19 The governor of the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) ordered mass COVID-19 testing at all factories in the Bangpoo Industrial Estate after more than 300 workers there tested positive for the virus.
312 COVID-19 vaccination began at the Bang Sue Grand Station for registrants in the transport sector who showed up in the morning for inoculation.
59 Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha received his second jab of the COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca at the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute.
22 The director-general of the Department of Disease Control confirmed the first case of COVID-19 South African variant was found in Narathiwat.
45 The Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration approved the extension of a nationwide state of emergency to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
17 Infection of COVID-19’s Indian variant was confirmed in the cluster of construction workers’ camp in Bangkok’s Laksi district.
39 The Public Health Ministry resolved to allow general people to register for COVID-19 vaccination from May 31 onwards.
306 The Public Health Ministry opened a COVID-19 vaccination center at the Bangrak Medical Institute.
19 The Japanese government advises its citizens not to visit Thailand due to the worsening COVID-19 situation in the country.
34 Thailand is ready to take part in joint efforts to revive the economy in the post-COVID era, the prime minister told the Nikkei Forum.
