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CCSA enacts travel curbs
CCSA enacts travel curbs
THAILAND: Checkpoints are being set up to restrict people’s movements in 13 ‘dark red’ zone provinces in a bid to control the severe wave of COVID-19 infections, according to the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).
Concern over conflicting COVID tests on Phuket Sandbox tourists
Concern over conflicting COVID tests on Phuket Sandbox tourists
PHUKET: Provincial authorities are concerned that almost half the foreign tourists who have tested positive for COVID-19 since July 1 were detected on arrival at the airport, when they had tested negative before obtaining a certificate of entry allowing them to board their flight.
Submarine purchase worth B22.5bn put on ice
Submarine purchase worth B22.5bn put on ice
THAILAND: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has put the brakes on the navy’s plan to buy two new submarines worth B22.5 billion from China, citing the urgent need to divert funds to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Government sticks to 10-million jab pledge
Government sticks to 10-million jab pledge
THAILAND: The Department of Disease Control insists it has ample supplies to administer 10 million doses a month of AstraZeneca and Sinovac to those living in Bangkok and surrounding provinces.
13 provinces to be under curfew, lockdown until Aug 2
13 provinces to be under curfew, lockdown until Aug 2
NATIONWIDE: The government is to extend the existing curfew and other tight restrictions in Greater Bangkok and four southern border provinces to at least Aug 2, and add three more provinces to the list on Tuesday.
Siriraj doctor calls for end to Sinovac imports
Siriraj doctor calls for end to Sinovac imports
THAILAND: The government should stop importing Sinovac vaccines as they are not effective enough to fight the Delta variant of COVID-19, a medical expert said.
Anutin insists AstraZeneca must do more
Anutin insists AstraZeneca must do more
THAILAND: Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul admits he received a letter from the AstraZeneca company saying it has the capacity to supply Thailand with just three million doses of its vaccine a month.
SMK lashed over COVID termination
SMK lashed over COVID termination
THAILAND: Thailand’s regulator warned Syn Mun Kong Insurance (SMK) yesterday (July 16) that it cannot arbitrarily terminate COVID-19 insurance contracts with lump-sum payments, threatening legal action or fines if the insurer moves forward with its plan.
Probe into Red Bull scion gets new chief
Probe into Red Bull scion gets new chief
THAILAND: Pol Gen Visanu Prasattongosoth, a police inspector-general, has been appointed to head a fact-finding probe into the alleged mishandling of the infamous hit-and-run case involving Vorayuth Yoovidhya, scion of the Red Bull empire.
Syn Mun Kong cancels COVID insurance
Syn Mun Kong cancels COVID insurance
THAILAND: Syn Mun Kong Insurance today (July 16) announced it was cancelling its COVID-19 insurance policies with customers, saying the rapidly deteriorating situation made the risk unmanageable.
COVID home-testing kits approved
COVID home-testing kits approved
THAILAND: The Food and Drug Administration has approved and registered four rapid antigen COVID-19 test kits for home use.
Long-stay visas, EVs to help spur economy
Long-stay visas, EVs to help spur economy
BANGKOK: Deputy Prime Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow is planning to propose to the Cabinet a plan to allow rich foreigners to enjoy long-stay visas in Thailand.
Thai Red Cross plans 1m free Moderna vaccines
Thai Red Cross plans 1m free Moderna vaccines
THAILAND: The Thai Red Cross Society will import 1 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to be given free to the public, its executive told a House panel yesterday (July 15).
Panipak ready for gold medal hunt
Panipak ready for gold medal hunt
TAEKWONDO: Thailand have won Olympic medals in only three sports - boxing, weightlifting and taekwondo.
Ministry mulls vaccine export quota
Ministry mulls vaccine export quota
THAILAND: The National Vaccine Committee (NVC) has agreed in principle with a draft announcement by the Public Health Ministry to set aside an unspecified proportion of COVID-19 vaccines for export.
State tinkers with national reopening plan
State tinkers with national reopening plan
THAILAND: The worsening COVID-19 situation in Thailand has led the Tourism and Sports Ministry to reconsider the country’s reopening strategy, admitting some target destinations are still marred by soaring infections.
Vaccine policy switch leaves health services confused
Vaccine policy switch leaves health services confused
THAILAND: Hospitals and health offices have been left confused over the mixing of doses of Sinovac and AstraZeneca vaccines after the prime minister questioned the Health Ministry’s latest policy to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Thailand going for hat-trick of golds at Games
Thailand going for hat-trick of golds at Games
OLYMPICS: Thailand won two gold medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics and they are hoping to perform better at Tokyo 2020.
Freight containers sought in as morgue space runs out
Freight containers sought in as morgue space runs out
THAILAND: Thammasat University Hospital in Pathum Thani just outside Bangkok is planning to obtain two freight containers as it is running out of space to store the remains of COVID-19 victims in its morgue amid the spike of new infections in recent weeks.
FDA approves over the counter COVID test kits
FDA approves over the counter COVID test kits
THAILAND: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now expects COVID-19 antigen test kits to be made available for sale over the counter by next week, after an announcement by the Public Health Ministry authorising over-the-counter sale of this medical device was published yesterday (July 13) in the Royal Gazette.