Nine new coronavirus infections were reported on Wednesday, all from overseas -- an American family and five Thai returnees.

Cash-strapped budget airline AirAsia Group Bhd said on Tuesday it would begin charging customers a fee to check in at airport counters, in part to encourage them to minimise physical contact with staff during the coronavirus pandemic.

Thailand hopes to shorten shipping time by bypassing the busy Strait of Malacca with a 100 kilometre highway and railway passageway. Discussions are underway to construct 2 deep seaports on both sides of the country’s southern coast, which would be linked via rail and highway.

Next year may see greater impact

Emirates says it has all the permissions in place to operate flights to and from Thailand as of 1 September despite a contradictory post by the Royal Thai Consulate in Dubai.

The government has increased debt repayment to 3 per cent of the total national annual budget in order to maintain fiscal discipline, the Finance Ministry said.

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered closure of all access routes to Myanmar from Kanchanaburi province to prevent the spread of Covid-19 after a suspected second wave of infections in the neighbouring country.

No cases of the novel coronavirus were reported over the past 24 hours in Thailand, the government said.

Healthcare magnate Boon Vanasin says stays of up to nine months could be allowed

B24bn govt splurge on budget carriers

Thailand will not be fully reopened to foreign tourists along the lines of the so-called “Phuket Model” any time soon because the government has to consider too many details, deputy government spokesperson Traisulee Traisoranakul said on Friday (August 28).

The government on Friday reported six new cases of coronavirus disease, three Thais and three foreigners, all in quarantine.

Centara Hotels & Resorts, Thailand’s leading hotel operator, signs management agreements with three new hotels in Myanmar.

Long-term foreign residents and foreigners with permanent residences in Thailand stranded overseas will receive priority when seeking to return to Thailand, under strict disease control measures, the head of a panel under the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said.

Another coronavirus case has been reported, almost three weeks after the man arrived in Thailand from India.