BMA: Khlong Toei feared as new COVID-19 hotspot, officials now actively testing as many residents as possible

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and the Institute for Urban Disease Control and Prevention have recorded a high case number at three densely populated communities in Khlong Toei district from their active case finding operations on 27-30 April. 1,336 people from these communities have been tested for COVID-19, with 99 of them found to have the […]

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Night-time restrictions currently imposed in 23 provinces

Individual provinces are authorised to apply appropriate measures to contain local transmission of COVID-19 The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) would like to inform travellers that currently, 23 provinces across Thailand have imposed night-time restrictions, urging everyone to avoid going out at night unless utmost necessary, effective until further notice. This is a living document, […]

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Thailand sends medical supplies to India

The Thai government has sent medical supplies by military aircraft to help fight the devastating surge of COVID-19 in India, before returning to Bangkok with infected embassy officials in need of treatment. The Royal Thai Air Force Airbus A320 aircraft today departed Bangkok at 7 a.m. bound for New Delhi, India, on a mission to […]

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National Communicable Disease Committee: COVID-19 vaccines in Thailand can help boost immunity

A communicable disease expert has insisted the two COVID-19 vaccines currently available in Thailand are effective in terms of preventing severe illnesses, hospitalization, and death from COVID-19. Dr Tawee Chotpitayasunondh, a member of the National Communicable Disease Committee, has made a statement stressing the importance of vaccines in the fight against the pandemic, while outlining […]

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CCSA: All foreigners in Thailand will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccination

According to deputy spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Natapanu Nopakun, all expats living in Thailand are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. He says Thailand plans to roll out a “massive vaccination plan” to vaccinate all people who are living in Thailand, including foreign residents. All people residing in Thailand, regardless of nationality, […]

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