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Provinces maintain strict COVID-19 measures

Provinces across the country continue to implement preventative measures against COVID-19, by giving recommendations to the general public on their livelihood, and urging workplaces and factories employing migrant workers to properly register them with the authorities. Nakhon Nayok has launched a workplace inspection operation in Ongkharak district, where businesses and factories are implementing the preventative […]

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BMA proposal to ease restrictions on 13 businesses and recreational activities

The Communicable Disease Committee gives greenlight to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) proposal to ease restrictions on 13 businesses and recreational activities starting tomorrow. However, all venues need to strictly observe social distancing and other COVID-19 prevention measures. The 13 business and recreational activities are: 1. Gaming centers 2. Internet cafes 3. Healthcare for the […]

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COVID-19 vaccines only to be administered to those over 18

The subcommittee managing COVID-19 vaccination has decided that inoculation will focus on those over the age of 18, when the first batch arrives in February. Director-General of the Department of Disease Control, Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, department adviser Dr. Tawee Chotiwittayansunan and Head of the Chulalongkorn University Center for Excellence in Clinical Virology, Dr. Yong Poovorawan, […]

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Red lotuses in full bloom in Nong Khai

In Nong Khai, red lotuses have begun to emerge from the water, blooming beautifully. Tourists can admire their beauty until the end of March. The red lotuses at “Wang Bua Daeng”, which covers an area of more than 416 hectares in two sub-districts of Pakho and Wiang Cook, Muang Nong Khai district, begun to emerge […]

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His Majesty the King has graciously devoted funds for the purchase of land for a central mosque in Nakhon Si Thammarat province

 On January 15, 2021 at Nakhon Si Thammarat Provincial Administration Organization, His Majesty the King appointed Nakhon Si Thammarat Governor Kraisorn Wisitwong to chair a ceremony donating funds to the Islamic Committee of Nakhon Si Thammarat for the purchase of land for a central mosque in the province. The plan requires 7 Rai and 35.5 […]

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