TOKYO: The chief of the Tokyo Olympics tried to reassure “worried” athletes on Saturday as the Games Village was hit by its first coronavirus case, six days before the pandemic-delayed event opens.

KHON KAEN: A construction workers’ camp in downtown Muang district has been closed after 85 workers and camp staff were infected with Covid-19. The order takes effect immediately until the situation improves.

Twenty-one drivers, conductors and staff of Bangkok buses have tested positive for Covid-19 as the spread of coronavirus virus shows no sign of abating.

The Covid-19 command centre has banned gatherings or activities that involve more than five people in Greater Bangkok ahead of planned demonstrations by some groups on Saturday.

MIDLAND, Michigan: Jasmine Suwannapura of Thailand and American partner Cydney Clanton combined for their third consecutive 5-under-par 65 on Friday to grab a share of first place in the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational golf tournament.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed the armed forces and the national police to join hands with City Hall to arrange for more than 200 rapid deployment teams to carry out door-to-door testing for Covid-19 in the worst-hit parts of the cit...

Pol Gen Visanu Prasattongosoth, a police inspector-general, has been appointed to head a fact-finding probe into the alleged mishandling of the infamous hit-and-run case involving Vorayuth Yoovidhya, scion of the Red Bull empire.

Record 141 new Covid-19 fatalities and 10,082 cases were reported on Saturday, according to the Public Health Ministry reported on Saturday morning.

Thailand's regulator warned Syn Mun Kong Insurance (SMK) on Friday that it cannot arbitrarily terminate Covid-19 insurance contracts with lump-sum payments, threatening legal action or fines if the insurer moves forward with its plan.

Financial institutions should consider if the Bank of Thailand's move to suspend principal and interest payment for two months should be extended to provide more breathing room to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) this year and next as the pa...