From Monday 12th July, maximum movement restrictions will be applied in Bangkok and neighboring provinces, namely Bangkok, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Nakhon Pathum, Samut Prakan, and Samut Sakhon. The measures are as follows. NEW RESTRICTIONS IN BANGKOK METROPOLITAN AREA AND 9 OTHER PROVINCES IN DARK RED ZONE – Restaurants, markets and convenience stores must be closed […]
Read More Read MoreThe Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology at Chulalongkorn University has revealed that the Delta variant is responsible for 70% of new symptomatic COVID-19 cases in Bangkok. Center Director Dr. Yong Poovorawan said the first outbreak of COVID-19 came early last year with the Wuhan strain, which quickly spread around the world. Infections returned to […]
Read More Read MoreAfter more than the six weeks of combating the upticks in virus infections throughout the country, the Prayut government announced last Wednesday that Thailand will be open for tourists to visit within 120 days. This would mean that by the morning of October 15, visitors from local and abroad can travel in Thailand without any […]
Read More Read MoreThailand’s Department of Medical Sciences (DMS) says that one-third of COVID-19 patients in Bangkok will be tested to determine whether they have been infected by the Delta variant, as the strain is expected to become dominant in the capital in the next few months. The DMS revealed on Monday that Bangkok is the largest cluster […]
Read More Read MorePrime Minister and Defense Minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, has inspected a vaccination venue at CentralWorld shopping plaza in Pathum Wan district, Bangkok, while insisting that the COVID-19 vaccines are safe. Today (May 31), Gen. Prayut visited the vaccination venue, jointly set up by Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), the Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC) and Chulabhorn […]
Read More Read MoreThailand’s Department of Disease Control (DDC) is aiming to prioritize the distribution COVID-19 vaccine in Bangkok, during the national inoculation drive next month, to vaccinate at least 70% of the capital’s residents by July. DDC Director-General Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong said the distribution of vaccine for other provinces will vary, depending on the spread of infections […]
Read More Read MoreSeveral shopping malls in Thailand have offered space for the setting up of vaccination centers for the benefit of the public. One of these venues in Bangkok is Asiatique the Riverfront, which is now offering jabs at a limited capacity, ahead of the vaccination drive to start next month. People who had an advance vaccination […]
Read More Read MoreBangkok’s ViMUT Hospital, on Pahonyothin Road in Bangkok, is working with the Chinese embassy to provide COVID-19 vaccinations for Chinese nationals living in Thailand. The hospital said it delivered vaccinations to people working for Huawei Technologies (Thailand) on May 21st and aims to vaccinate at least 20,000 Chinese nationals as part of the inoculation drive. […]
Read More Read MoreThe remains of two Thai workers who were victims of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict have now arrived in Thailand, with the Minister of Labour and government officials expressing their condolences at the airport. The remains of the two Thai victims of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, were returned to Thailand from Israel onboard El Al Israel Airlines flight […]
Read More Read MoreLekha Shankar | Bangkok — so near, yet so far Covid does strange, surreal things. One of the strangest, most surreal things I did recently was take a shockingly long return-flight to Thailand from India. The normal four-hour flight took as long as 35+ hours (including two huge layovers), and the ticket cost eight times […]
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