There were 31 new Covid-19 fatalities and 2,631 new cases confirmed on Thursday, the Public Health Ministry reported on Friday morning.

Thailand has room for further monetary easing to support its economic recovery, which is expected to be slow, uneven and clouded by the unknown path of the coronavirus pandemic, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said.

PHUKET: Local cabbies and van drivers have asked TMB-Thanachart Bank to suspend loan repayments for at least six months, saying that without tourists they have no money to meet the instalments.

AstraZeneca delivered 1.8 million doses of its locally produced Covid-19 vaccine to the Ministry of Public Health on Friday, the first of six million doses scheduled for delivery this month.

People on Koh Kret, normally one of the tourism landmarks in Nonthaburi, eagerly await the end of the coronavirus outbreak that has decimated the number of visitors to the island community. — Jetjaras Na Ranong

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian health authorities said on Friday conditional approval had been granted for AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by Siam Bioscience.

KAREN STATE, Myanmar: Nervous laughter breaks out in Myanmar's eastern jungle as a young man training to overthrow the junta is knocked backwards by the kick of a rifle he has just fired at a target painted on a tree.

Princess Diana's wedding dress for her 1981 marriage to Prince Charles was one of the best-kept secrets in fashion history.

AYUTTHAYA: Fifty-one more Covid-19 infections have been diagnosed in this central province, 40 of them from one factory in Sena district that has been ordered closed for seven days.

BURIRAM: A poor woman in Satuk district has sought help for her two autistic daughters, one raped by a relative awaiting ordination and the other by an elderly stranger.