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CCSA urges workers to install virus app
CCSA urges workers to install virus app
THAILAND: The Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) is urging more people, particularly the estimated 40 million people of working age, to download and install the MorChana COVID-19 location tracking app help contain the virus.
Questions over Chinese vaccine
Questions over Chinese vaccine
THAILAND: The Ministry of Public Health has requested further information about the vaccine it has ordered from China following a report it might not be as effective as first thought.
Benyapa gives mighty Tai a big scare
Benyapa gives mighty Tai a big scare
BADMINTON: World No.1 Tai Tzu-ying got a scare from local star Benyapa Aimsaard before beating the teenager 21-18, 26-24 in the first round of the Yonex Thailand Open yesterday (Jan 12).
Local bodies can provide COVID jabs, says Anutin
Local bodies can provide COVID jabs, says Anutin
THAILAND: Local administrations can purchase COVID-19 vaccines and conduct their own vaccination campaigns, provided approval is given by the Thai Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul says.
Government approves COVID handouts
Government approves COVID handouts
THAILAND: The government yesterday (Jan 12) agreed to two cash handouts to those most in need in the wake of the latest COVID-19 outbreak.
Four rescued after boat capsizes off Phuket
Four rescued after boat capsizes off Phuket
PHUKET: Four people – three men and a woman – were safely rescued after their boat capsized about seven nautical miles off Phuket while on a fishing excursion today (Jan 12), marine police said.
Woman arrested following ‘k-powdered milk’ drug cocktail deaths
Woman arrested following ‘k-powdered milk’ drug cocktail deaths
THAILAND: A young woman has been arrested in Bangkok’s Sai Mai area and a quantity of a new illegal drug cocktail known as “k-powdered milk” seized in the wake of the death of six people who used it.
Municipality keen to buy COVID vaccines with its own money
Municipality keen to buy COVID vaccines with its own money
THAILAND: The Nakhon Khon Kaen Municipality is considering buying COVID-19 vaccines for its population of 110,000 using its own reserve fund, but first needs approval from the government, Mayor Teerasak Theekhayuphan said yesterday (Jan 11).
Government forms committee for vaccine rollout
Government forms committee for vaccine rollout
THAILAND: The National Communicable Diseases Committee (NCDC) yesterday (Jan 11) formed a sub-committee and tasked it with overseeing the rollout of the government’s free COVID-19 vaccinations.
Doubts cast on February return of Thai leagues
Doubts cast on February return of Thai leagues
FOOTBALL: There is a strong likelihood that the restart of the suspended 2020/2021 Thai football season will be further delayed until the beginning of March.
FDA vows ‘safety first’
FDA vows ‘safety first’
THAILAND: The permanent secretary for public health, Kiatiphum Wongrajit, yesterday (Jan 10) defended the use of the Sinovac vaccine, saying the Chinese-made product is produced with reliable technology and no reports of serious side effects have emerged after its use.
CCSA shrugs off calls to deny free virus care
CCSA shrugs off calls to deny free virus care
THAILAND: The Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) yesterday (Jan 10) played down a proposal that free COVID-19 treatment for infected gamblers and illegal returnees be scrapped.
Domestic air travel takes a hit
Domestic air travel takes a hit
BANGKOK: The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak has seen domestic air travel drop by 60% since the start of the year, says the Department of Airports (DoA).
Ministry confident second wave will end this month
Ministry confident second wave will end this month
BANGKOK: The Public Health Ministry is convinced that the second wave of the COVID-19 outbreak that has been raging since last month is likely to slow down by the end of January.
Position-tracking app required in 5 provinces
Position-tracking app required in 5 provinces
BANGKOK: People in the COVID-19-hit provinces of Chanthaburi, Chon Buri, Trat, Rayong and Samut Sakhon must use the MorChana position-tracking app, according to the spokesman of the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).
Health ministry gets additional B4.66bn budget for COVID fight
Health ministry gets additional B4.66bn budget for COVID fight
BANGKOK: The Public Health Ministry has been allocated B4.66 billion from the government’s central budget for use in battling the new wave of coronavirus disease.
Thai AirAsia Latest virus outbreak ‘destroyed’ us
Thai AirAsia Latest virus outbreak ‘destroyed’ us
THAILAND: Thai AirAsia (TAA) is dubbing the latest outbreak the worst crisis for aviation in Thailand as airlines face more pressure than during the lockdown last year.
COVID travel permit ‘impractical’
COVID travel permit ‘impractical’
THAILAND: Emotions ran high at a number of district offices, where residents of eastern provinces which had been declared maximum and strict COVID-19 control areas were seen queuing for hours to get a permit to travel.
High season lost, operators ask for 50% salary subsidies
High season lost, operators ask for 50% salary subsidies
THAILAND: The ongoing outbreak is ruining any hopes for high-season tourism, with operators urging the government to subsidise 50% of monthly salaries to help employees in the industry.
Thousands evacuate flood-hit deep South
Thousands evacuate flood-hit deep South
THAILAND: Authorities are evacuating flood-residents in Yala, as higher than average precipitation across the three southernmost border provinces since Monday (Jan 4) have inundated over 18,000 households in the region.