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Prayut reverses stance on test kit criteria
Prayut reverses stance on test kit criteria
BANGKOK: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has reversed his previous order specifying that only COVID-19 antigen test kits (ATK) approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO) may be imported.
Thais target big haul at Paralympics
Thais target big haul at Paralympics
PARALYMPICS: With the country’s largest-ever Games contingent, Thailand are hoping for their best-ever Paralympics performance at Tokyo 2020 which begins today (Aug 24).
Nualphan vows to regain lost glory
Nualphan vows to regain lost glory
FOOTBALL: Nualphan Lamsam has vowed to steer the War Elephants to the Southeast Asian crown after being appointed manager of the national men’s side by the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) yesterday (Aug 23).
Red-shirt bosses to lead ‘car mob’ on Sunday
Red-shirt bosses to lead ‘car mob’ on Sunday
BANGKOK: Red-shirt activist Sombat Boonngam-anong and Nattawut Saikuar will lead a car mob rally on Sunday (Aug 29) to keep up the pressure on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha ahead of the planned no-confidence debate in parliament.
CCSA to debate reopening plan
CCSA to debate reopening plan
BANGKOK: The government’s plan to reopen the country before the end of the year is seemingly still on track as Thailand’s COVID-19 outbreak is showing signs of slowing down.
Yingluck bemoans lost development because of Prayut coup
Yingluck bemoans lost development because of Prayut coup
BANGKOK: Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra today (Aug 23) lamented the development opportunities lost to the country since Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha led a military coup that had stalled progress.
Probe after drug suspect dies in cop’s extortion bid
Probe after drug suspect dies in cop’s extortion bid
BANGKOK: Royal Thai Police are probing a report which claimed a senior police officer in Nakhon Sawan accidentally killed a drug suspect in a botched attempt to extort him out of B2 million.
Police arrest at least 35 protesters in Bangkok
Police arrest at least 35 protesters in Bangkok
BANGKOK: At least 35 protesters were arrested following a clash with riot police at Din Daeng intersection as anti-government protests resumed late afternoon yesterday (Aug 22).
Police remove containers, change policy
Police remove containers, change policy
BANGKOK: Clashes between young people and riot police continued near Din Daeng on Saturday (Aug 21) even after police moved walls of containers blocking inbound Vibhavadi Road and changed their tactics for dealing with protesters there.
650kg of crystal meth found floating off Trang
650kg of crystal meth found floating off Trang
TRANG: Marine police have seized 650 kilogrammes of cystal methamphetamine, or “ice”, from the sea off the coast of Kantang district in this southern province of Trang.
MP dares Prayut to bare-knuckle kickboxing fight
MP dares Prayut to bare-knuckle kickboxing fight
BANGKOK: The ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) has slammed Mongkolkit Suksintharanon, member of parliament and leader of the Thai Civilized Party, for challenging Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to a kickboxing match for the premiership.
COVID cases top one million
COVID cases top one million
BANGKOK: There were 240 new COVID-related fatalities and 19,851 new cases over the past 24 hours, lifting the total since the epidemic began to more than one million, the Public Health Ministry said on Friday. There were 19,526 cases in the general population and 325 among prison inmates. Over the past 24 hours, 20,478 COVID-19 patients had been judged recovered and discharged from hospitals. Since April 1, around when the third wave of COVID-19 began, there have been 980,847 COVID-19 patients, 768,379 of whom have recovered. Since the pandemic started early last year, there have been 1,009,710 COVID-19 cases, 795,805 of whom had already recovered. The death toll was at 8,732 in the third wave and 8,826 from the beginning of the pandemic early last year. Apisamai Srirangson, a spokeswoman for the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration, said in the afternoon briefing that the 240 fatalities were aged from seven months to 93 years. They included five Myanmar nationals and one Chinese. The baby died in Samut Sakhon and had no chronic disease. Another young death was a two-year-old in Pathum Thani. Elderly people made up 68% of the latest fatalities. Bangkok had 75 more deaths and its adjacent provinces 48 – 27 in Samut Sakhon, 13 in Samut Prakan and eight in Pathum Thani. The South reported 14 more deaths – five in Yala, two each in Narathiwat, Ranong, Surat Thani and Pattani and one in Songkhla. The Northeast recorded 20 fatalities – seven in Nakhon Ratchasima, six in Roi Et, three in Maha Sarakham, two in Udon Thani and one each in Buri Ram and Sakon Nakhon. The North saw 17 more deaths – five each in Tak and Nakhon Sawan, three in Phichit, two in Phetchabun and one each in Kamphaeng Phet and Chai Nat. The Central Plains had 66 more fatalities – 15 in Ayutthaya, 13 in Chon Buri, 11 in Saraburi, six in Ang Thong, four each in Sing Buri and Kanchanaburi, three each in Prachuap Khiri Khan and Prachin Buri, two each in Samut Songkhram, Sa Kaeo and Chanthaburi and one in Trat. Dr Apisamai said that from July 25 to Aug 19, there were 4,656 COVID-19 fatalities and 63.8% of them had not been vaccinated against the disease. The 19,851 new cases over the past 24 hours included 19,516 local infections and 10 imported cases. Of the local infections, 16,125 were confirmed at hospitals and 3,391 via mass testing. Bangkok had 4,181 new cases in 24 hours, followed by 1,556 in Samut Sakhon, 1,348 in Chon Buri, 1,055 in Samut Prakan, 575 in Nakhon Ratchasima, 494 in Saraburi, 461 in Pathum Thani, 460 in Nakhon Pathom, 453 in Ayutthaya and 414 in Rayong. The 10 imported cases were from France (1), Israel (2), Cambodia (5) and Malaysia (2). On Thursday, 205,079 patients received treatment at hospitals. Of them, 5,388 were seriously ill and 1,161 were dependent on ventilators. Global COVID-19 cases increased by 722,258 in 24 hours to 210.84 million. The worldwide death toll rose by 10,933 to 4.42mn. The United States had the most cases at 38.23mn, up 154,917, and the most deaths at 643,112, up 967.
Domestic vaccine developers request funding
Domestic vaccine developers request funding
BANGKOK: Researchers behind domestic vaccine efforts need B3 billion in assistance each from the government to support their vaccine research and development projects so the jabs can be rolled out before April.
Phuket domestic flights to resume next month
Phuket domestic flights to resume next month
BANGKOK: Domestic flights catering to Phuket Sandbox travellers will be allowed at Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports, starting next month, says a source at the Transport Ministry.
No bail for protest leader ‘Penguin’ with COVID-19
No bail for protest leader ‘Penguin’ with COVID-19
BANGKOK: Thanyaburi Court yesterday (Aug 18) rejected a bail request for Parit “Penguin” Chiwarak and seven others charged in connection with a protest in front of the Region 1 Border Patrol Police headquarters in Pathum Thani’s Khlong Luang district on Aug 2.
Government defends vaccination cocktail policy
Government defends vaccination cocktail policy
BANGKOK: The government has defended its mix-and-match approach to vaccinating the population, with about 1 million people being first injected with the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine and three weeks later with the AstraZeneca version.
Police searching for culprits who shot protesters
Police searching for culprits who shot protesters
BANGKOK: The Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) is going after the culprits who shot and injured two people during Monday’s (Aug 16) clashes between anti-government protesters and the police.
AIS strikes deal with FAT for live telecast of matches
AIS strikes deal with FAT for live telecast of matches
FOOTBALL: Advanced Info Service (AIS) has struck a deal with the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) to show live all major domestic tournaments in the upcoming season, the two parties announced yesterday (Aug 17).
Hospital boss probed over Pfizer shot favouritism
Hospital boss probed over Pfizer shot favouritism
BANGKOK: Nakhon Ratchasima Provincial Public Health Office yesterday (Aug 17) set up a committee to launch a probe into allegations that the director of Chaloem Phra Kiat Hospital had administered Pfizer vaccines to his wife and an associate despite them not being frontline medical workers.
RDS says it will prove test kits are poor quality
RDS says it will prove test kits are poor quality
BANGKOK: The Rural Doctor Society (RDS) has questioned the quality of COVID-19 antigen test kits (ATKs) the Public Health Ministry is procuring for use in its mass testing programme.