An executive decree allowing the government to borrow up to 500 billion baht to fight Covid-19 has come into effect.

NARATHIWAT: Twenty-eight AK-102 rifles have disappeared from a territorial defence company in Muang district of this southern border province.

There were 26 new Covid-19 fatalities and 3,226 new cases in Thailand over the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Tuesday morning.

Unemployment is likely to soar this year because of the severe impact being felt by the third wave of Covid-19, warned a government planning unit.

The World Health Organization is expected to approve China's Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine later this week, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Monday, as he assured that everyone in the country will be inoculated against the disease sooner or later.

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) has urged financial institutions to speed up soft loans to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) after loan approvals have been lower than its target.

The Commerce Ministry has vowed to ramp up Thai product exports through online business matching and virtual events, with the aim of boosting online sales to top 16 billion baht this year.

Covid-19 infections at construction sites continue to escalate after a new cluster of 519 infected workers was reported near the parliament complex in Nonthaburi.

The Employers' Confederation of Thai Trade and Industry (EconThai) is asking the government to clear legal hindrances blocking private hospitals from administering Covid-19 vaccines for employees as hospitals are reluctant to carry out vaccinations.

The government on Monday ordered border security agencies to increase their patrols and suppression measures to prevent people entering Thailand illegally and spreading Covid-19 around the country.