PATHUM THANI: The provincial governor has extended the closure of two adjacent wet markets in Thanyaburi district for nine more days as efforts continue to stop the spread of the Covid-19 cluster centred there.

KHON KAEN: A young beauty pageant queen has died from injuries received in a car crash in Khon Kaen on Monday, the third fatality from the accident.

The government recorded 72 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, raising the accumulated total to 24,786 since the start of the pandemic in January last year. No new deaths were reported, leaving the toll at 82.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration is considering a longer mandatory quarantine for returnees arriving from Africa, in a bid to stem the spread of a fast-spreading variant of the novel coronavirus that was first detected in South Africa...

The government on Monday pushed back the deadline for those without internet access to register for the "Rao Chana" aid scheme from Feb 25 to March 5th after commotions were reported across the country on the first day of in-person applications.

The first Covid-19 vaccine shots in Thailand will begin by the end of this month as the first 200,000 doses of China's Sinovac vaccine are scheduled to arrive on Feb 24, the government said on Monday.

The Finance Ministry is mulling an option to allow other state-owned banks to facilitate the offline registration process for the Rao Chana (We Win) scheme, aiming to reduce the congestion at Krungthai Bank (KTB) branches.

Charoen Pokphand Group, the country's biggest agribusiness conglomerate, has dropped the Tesco brand in Thailand after the completion of a US$10.6 billion-baht purchase deal.

The Bank of Thailand has implemented additional regulations to supervise IT system management among e-payment service providers in order to beef up cybersecurity and keep up with upgraded technologies.

The Court of Appeal on Monday rejected a request to release four leaders of the Ratsadon Group -- Parit Chiwarak, Arnon Nampa, Patipan Luecha and Somyot Phrueksakasemsuk -- citing their disrespect for the monarchy and saying they posed a flight risk.