The Thai government is considering a plan to obtain vaccines for the coronavirus from Russia, though more studies are needed into their effectiveness, a health official said.

Myanmar migrants convicted in 2014 slayings among many benefiting from royal pardons

Chansin Treenuchagron, Acting President of Thai Airways International, revealed the company’s financial status today, August 14.

The government on Friday reported 17 new cases coronavirus disease infection, all quarantined returnees, mostly from India, raising the total to 3,376.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has allowed fans to watch domestic league matches when they restart next month, the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) announced on Thursday.

The country witnessed three new confirmed Covid-19 cases, all Thais, in state quarantine over a 24-hour period, the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration reported today (August 13), the 80th day without any domestic case since May.

Top executives from the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau together with officials from the Department of Health (DOH) recently visited Pattaya Exhibition And Convention Hall (PEACH) to inspect the venue’s new health measures in safeguarding upcoming business events.

Existing virus-related restrictions on educational institutions, public transport and sporting events will be lifted from tomorrow (August 13), the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration announced today.

Last week, The Pattaya News announced that Walking Street was open to traffic and allowing parking twenty four hours a day for the first time in many years.

Most countries should be able to produce a Covid-19 vaccine in the next six months, the Public Health Ministry declared on Monday (August 10).

The Office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec) instructed all schools to resume classroom lessons on Thursday.

Thailand is one of only seven countries categorized in the latest US travel advisory as being at low-risk for COVID-19 infections while 241 other countries or territories are still considered high-risk.

Ninety-four Thai workers stranded in Uzbekistan are expected to return home with the help of the Thai Labour Ministry and relevant government agencies, on a repatriation flight that will arrive in Thailand on Thursday.

The Thai Tourism Authority (TAT), along with the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, is continuing to pursue opening five islands to foreign tourists in Thailand later this year, likely around the critical “Quarter Four”.

As Thailand inches towards an 80 days free from community transmission of COVID-19, the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Friday said its committee will discuss further easing of lockdown restrictions.