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Tue, 05 Jan 2021 16:02:00 +0700
Elusive gamblers proving major headache in fight to stop Covid-19
Health authorities have been successful in keeping migrant workers in Samut Sakhon in place as they battle to stop the spread of Covid-19, but are now wondering how best to stop gamblers moving around.

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 12:18:00 +0700
Prayut rejects proposal to seal off 5 provinces
Prime Minister Prayt Chan-o-cha on Tuesday rejected a proposal to completely seal off five provinces to stop the spread of Covid-19 disease, amid a surge in new cases.

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 11:51:00 +0700
527 new Covid cases Tuesday, mostly migrant workers
The government on Tuesday recorded 527 new cases of the novel coronavirus, all but six of them local transmissions, for a total of 8,966 since the start of the pandemic in January 2020.

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 05:33:00 +0700
Restaurants jittery on new restrictions
Restaurant operators are worried new state measures to curb the wave of Covid-19 infections will halt their recovering sales.

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 05:00:00 +0700
Thais fear luck has run out
People who were buying food at a supermarket in Klong Toey district, one of the areas worst hit in Bangkok by the fresh wave of Covid-19 infections, have expressed mixed feelings about the government's response this time around, insisting they are re...

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 04:00:00 +0700
35m more doses coming
The government is seeking to buy another 35 million Covid-19 vaccine doses, taking its total order to 63 million, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Monday.

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 17:40:00 +0700
PM overrules BMA, allows dining-in until 9pm at city restaurants
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha overruled City Hall on Monday and decided Bangkok restaurants should be allowed to provide table service until 9pm, not 7pm, from Tuesday.

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 16:09:00 +0700
Day 6: 40 deaths, 333 injuries
The road death toll during the New Year holidays fell 28.6% year-on-year to 40 on Sunday, but the cumulative number over the past six days was still 9.1% higher than last year’s levels.

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 12:11:00 +0700
Thailand to get 2 million shots of China’s Sinovac
Thailand will get its first lot of Covid-19 vaccines from China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd next month, allowing the country in the middle of a resurgence of the coronavirus outbreak to begin inoculating people with the highest risks for infections.

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 11:57:00 +0700
Thailand logs record 745 Covid cases Monday
Thailand on Monday recorded 745 new coronavirus cases, 709 of them local transmissions, bringing the total since Covid-19 first appeared in January 2020 to 8,439. One additional death was reported, raising the accumulated toll to 65.



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