13 The chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce said the special long holidays that the government announced would be beneficial to tourism.
15 The chief of the Department of International Trade Promotion expects export to grow by 4% next year.
14 Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha extended his good wishes to New Year travelers while asking people to comply strictly with COVID-19 control measures.
25 Authorities may decide in seven days to intensify COVID-19 control measures; otherwise, new cases of infection can rise by as many as 18,000 a day in mid-January.
12 The Food and Drug Administration will fine a private hospital for advertising a COVID-19 vaccine without registration and stressed that it controlled the local availability of all vaccines.
6 The Ministry of Commerce is working out quick assistance for shrimp farmers including requests for big chain stores to buy 1,600 tons of shrimps next month.
13 Mae Sot hospital in Tak province has opened a field hospital at its new building for Covid-19 patients.
12 The Thai Ministry of Commerce will hold a meeting with Lao authorities to confirm the safety of Thai aquatic products as the Lao government maintains its ban on the products.
10 The governor of Rayong put three hospitals on standby to treat COVID-19 patients whose number was soaring in the eastern province.
15 Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said Thailand did not need a lockdown as the latest COVID-19 outbreak would be under control.
13 The Department of Fisheries is waiting for an official document from the Lao government on the report that Laos is banning Thai seafood on fear of COVID-19 contamination.
8 The director-general of the Department of Fisheries has confirmed that COVID-19 could not be transmitted through aquatic animals and hygiene standard is strictly implemented with fishing crews and processing plants.
