The government is looking for locations for field hospitals in more provinces, in preparation for more coronavirus-infected patients if the surge in new transmissions continues.

BANYUWANGI, Indonesia: Newly hatched, dozens of baby turtles flipped and flopped their way down a beach towards the crashing waves of the Indian Ocean, under the watchful gaze of conservationists at an Indonesian national park.

Malaysian villagers were evacuated in an excavator while others swam through deep waters Wednesday as the number forced from their homes by floods rose to more than 28,000 with at least four dead.

Master Style Co, which owns a plastic surgery hospital in Bangkok, is weighing an initial public offering in Thailand that could raise as much as $100 million, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

LONDON: England went back into full lockdown as Europe battled Wednesday to stem a rising tide of coronavirus cases, and the United States logged its worst daily death toll of the pandemic.

RATCHABURI: A boxing arena in an army camp in Muang district was opened to local residents' inspection on Wednesday, to allay their fears it was being converted into a field hospital for Covid-19 patients from Samut Sakhon.

The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) on Wednesday lowered its growth forecast to 1.5-3.5% this year, from 2.0-4.0% projected last month, saying the country's new coronavirus outbreak, its most severe yet, will hampe...

A man who drove migrant labourers to and from work has died after catching Covid-19, as the government reported 365 new infections.

NAKHON PHANOM: The annual festival of Phra That Phanom, a highly-revered pagoda at Wat Phra That Phanom Woramahawihan beside the Mekong river, has been postponed because of the new wave of Covid-19.

CHIANG MAI: Another case of Covid-19 has been found in this northern province - a male employee of a music cafe visited by a 25-year-old woman who has tested positive for the virus.