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BANGKOK — More than 251,000 people travelled into Thailand in the month of December as of Tuesday, with 831 of them testing positive with COVID-19, according to the Center for COVID-19 Situation Admistration.

BANGKOK — Bangkok City Hall announced on Thursday that its New Year countdown events will be cancelled out of caution amid the spread of the omicron variant, though it remains unclear whether private events or those organized by other government agencies will follow suit.

BANGKOK — Police on Wednesday said they arrested an Israeli tourist who fled a Bangkok Hotel just before his COVID-19 test came out positive.

BANGKOK —All of Bangkok and surrounding provinces face unhealthy level of PM2.5 micro-dust on Wednesday morning with the situation expect to lasts for a week. The Center for Coordination and Mitigation of Bangkok Air Pollution said Wednesday the levels of PM2.5 micro-dust in Bangkok on Wednesday morning at 9am ranges from 49 to 88 microgram per cubic meter with an average of 50 micrograms per cubic meter. This average level is classified as orange color and beginning to pose a health hazard.

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand on Tuesday decided to immediately reimpose a mandatory quarantine for visitors and suspend a “test-and-go” scheme for fully vaccinated arrivals as concerns grow over the spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, the government said.

BANGKOK — PM Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday afternoon said Thailand will no longer accept any further applications from international travelers for quarantine exemption, starting today.

BANGKOK — Over two thousand people have fled Myanmar to the Thai border after days of military clashes between the Burmese military junta and Karen National Union.

BANGKOK — Public Health Ministry confirms on Monday the first case of locally transmitted infection from omicron variant.

BANGKOK — Overseas travelers to Thailand, whether they are foreigners or Thais, may have to undergo mandatory quarantine again soon in order to stem the global spread of omicron variant of the coronavirus, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said Monday.

BANGKOK (AP) — Hundreds of inmates set fire at a prison in southern Thailand in a riot over demands for better medical care for those suffering from COVID-19, officials said Friday.