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About 74% of patients who sought treatment at 758 clinics nationwide that are licensed to prescribe medical marijuana products have reported a positive outcome following their appointments. Deputy Public Health Minister Sathit Pitutecha said during a visit to a clinic in Nan that the results affirmed the ministry’s stance in promoting the use of cannabis […]
Read More Read MoreThailand is expected to begin signing vaccine passport deals with low-incidence countries which had begun vaccinating their people against COVID-19. Department of Disease Control Director-General Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong said Thailand was planning to enter into bilateral agreements on vaccine passports with other countries and the vaccine passport scheme will take shape within 3 months. He […]
Read More Read MorePrime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and members of his cabinet canceled on Friday plans to receive AstraZeneca vaccine shots after the country delayed use of the vaccines over reports of blood clots in some European nations. In a press conference held by the Ministry of Public health, Prasit Watanapa, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at […]
Read More Read MoreAnother 800,000 doses of Sinovac vaccine for COVID-19 will arrive in Thailand on March 25, and among those to receive the Sinovac jabs will be Cabinet members aged below 60. Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said chargé d’affaires Yang Xin at China’s embassy had informed him that Chinese authorities have approved and coordinated with the […]
Read More Read MoreThe Songkran holiday will be extended to six days from April 10 to April 15 this year, after the Cabinet has approved a special holiday on April 12. Meanwhile, Culture Minister Itthiphol Kunplome said water splashing will probably be allowed during the Songkran festival because the daily number of new COVID-19 cases had dropped from […]
Read More Read MoreThe Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, said that the National Communicable Disease Committee proposed two guidelines when the country reopens its borders, to help spur the economy. The first is the use of vaccine passports to enable people who have been inoculated to travel abroad. The first group to receive this […]
Read More Read MoreThe government has unveiled its “area quarantine” plan to open Thailand to foreign tourists from next month Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said area quarantine will be piloted in 5 provinces popular with foreign tourists – Chiang Mai, Phuket, Krabi, Surat Thani and Chon Buri. He said tourists will quarantine in their rooms for […]
Read More Read MoreBoth Bhumibol bridges over the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok will be partially closed to traffic overnight for road resurfacing from March 15-Sept 30. The Department of Rural Roads has asked motorists to avoid using the bridges from 10pm and 5am during the six-month period. The Department said the Bureau of Road Maintenance will […]
Read More Read MorePrime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said the government will look into the future use of Covid-19 passports. He has ordered the Foreign Ministry to conduct a study into the adoption of Covid-19 vaccine passports in preparation for future travel under the “new normal” that is currently being discussed in other countries. The passport includes certification that […]
Read More Read MoreThai researchers have insisted that the coronavirus found in a horseshoe bat population in Chachoengsao province last year is not a strain that is transmissible to humans, after several reports suggested that the Covid-19 pandemic may have originated in Thailand. Supaporn Wacharapluesadee, a researcher with the Thai Red Cross Emerging Infectious Diseases-Health Science Centre, said […]
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More details Traditional Northern Thai Cuisine at Lamphun 📅 26–30 December 2025 📍 Beside Ping...
Bangkok, 22/03/2025: An international arrest warrant has been issued by the Thai government against Shankhesh Mutha, the prime accused in the theft of diamonds worth several crores of rupees from an Indian-origin diamond trader in Bangkok.
