Anutin: First Lot of Sinovac Vaccines to Arrive Feb. 24
BANGKOK — Health minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Monday announced the first shipment of Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines will arrive in Thailand next week.
Who Wins? People Without Smartphone Forced to Queue up for ‘WeWin’ Subsidy
UBON RATCHATHANI — Residents without smartphones, most of them elderly people living in rural areas, are queuing up in droves Monday to register for a government shopping subsidy worth 7,000 baht.
Bitter Valentine: COVID Complicates Thai-Foreigner Long Distance Love
The day he steps foot out of state quarantine is the day he will propose to her. But for now, showing her the ring via video call and setting their Facebook status to “engaged” will have to do.
Cops Say Owner of Casino in Virus Outbreak Arrested, 2 Months Later
RAYONG — Police on Thursday said they arrested the owner of a gambling den responsible for a major coronavirus cluster in the eastern region – nearly two months after the outbreak began.
Local Gov’t, Private Hospitals Blocked From Starting Vaccine Drive
BANGKOK — An order mandated by the central government this week bans local authorities and private hospitals from procuring their own coronavirus vaccine supplies, even as the fate of the national vaccination drive remains uncertain.
Firm Says Vaccine Production Has Started, But Won’t Let Media See It
BANGKOK — It’s been nearly three months since Siam Bioscience struck a technology sharing deal with AstraZeneca to make coronavirus vaccines in Thailand, yet not a single photo of the production line was ever released to the public.
Gov’t, BRN Hold Online Peace Dialogues in Pandemic
BANGKOK — The government and a militant group behind separatist campaigns in the southern border provinces on Friday said peace dialogues between them have moved online due to the coronavirus pandemic.
School Director Under Probe for Pulling Gun In Front of Students
SONGKHLA — Students at a public school in Songkhla were told to study from home on Friday after their director brandished a handgun at a school assembly.
2 Men Charged for Dumping Migrant Workers on Roadside
SAMUT SAKHON — Two people were slapped with criminal charges for driving a group of migrant workers from the epicenter of the country’s latest outbreak and leaving them to fend for themselves on the roadside outside Bangkok.
Police to Summon 9,800 People Over Travel Subsidy Fraud
BANGKOK — Nearly 10,000 people were implicated in a massive scheme to defraud the government through an aid program to revive domestic tourism amid the pandemic, police said Thursday.
