Thailand on Tuesday reported 15 new coronavirus deaths, setting a new daily record for the third time in four days during a growing third wave of infections that has prompted new shutdowns in Bangkok and other areas.

The government looks set to prepare more than 300 billion baht's worth of new measures to help reduce people's expenses and stimulate domestic consumption battered by a fresh wave of Covid-19 infections.

The Department of Health Service Support is threatening to take legal action against at least a dozen private clinics and laboratories offering Covid-19 testing services that failed to comply with coronavirus control measures.

Business sectors are preparing to face a more critical impact than last year's nationwide lockdown after a fresh wave of the contagion with more than 2,000 daily cases triggering stricter measures to contain the outbreak in Bangkok and other cities.

Bangkok's main sports stadiums and training facilities have been selected to be transformed into new Covid-19 field hospitals, as the number of new infections continues to rise, Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul sai...

The Ministry of Public Health has pledged to perform an autopsy on the body of a saleswoman whose relatives claimed she died two days after she received the second dose of Sinovac's Covid-19 vaccine in Samut Sakhon.

SET-listed Gulf Energy Development's determination to acquire InTouch Holdings could prove favourable for three parties -- the government, Gulf, and InTouch's biggest shareholder Singtel -- say industry pundits.

The government will adopt a single command system to improve the efficiency of the national Covid-19 vaccination drive, with the aim of inoculating about 30 million people over the next three months and 50 million by the end of the year.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has been fined 6,000 baht for failing to wear a mask during a meeting with his vaccine procurement advisers.

Thailand on Monday logged eight additional Covid-related deaths and 2,048 new cases, bringing the accumulated totals since the start of the pandemic to 148 fatalities and 57,508 confirmed cases.