All 45 Bangkok vaccination stations for social security recipients were temporarily closed on Friday, though the government insists this was not due to a shortage of vaccine.

The government said on Friday that 8.3% of the 50 million people targeted for vaccination against Covid-19 had received at least their initial dose, as of Thursday.

Only remote learning in Bangkok and vicinity

Bars, pubs, and other “entertainment venues” throughout Phuket will remain closed when the province opens for its July 1 reopening.

The Phuket office of the Public Relations Department (PR Phuket) has issued a notice explaining the current entry requirements for domestic arrivals wanting to enter Phuket, this time in English.

Local airlines are still reluctant to join the Phuket sandbox model as shaky travel regulations and unstable tourism demand remain an obstacle.

Many foreigners took to the Facebook group “Phuket Sandbox – Better Phuket By I Asia Thailand” to express discontent and opposition to the latest regulation that requires international tourists to stay in the province for 14 days under the sandbox scheme before they can travel to other provinces.

The director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), Phuket office, said that the TAT is confident about the province’s readiness to proceed with the Phuket Sandbox project on July 1st.

Private hospitals will charge B3,800 inclusive for two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine made by US-based Moderna.

Phuket, one of the country's top tourist destinations, has an ambitious plan to reopen to the world on July 1.

Phuket has opened its first drive-through vaccination centre, to serve residents who face difficulties walking to get their anti-Covid jab.

A further 534 coronavirus cases were found at three prisons in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infected inmates in the third wave to more than 30,000 people.

There were 28 more Covid-19 deaths and 2,662 new cases over the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Tuesday morning.

Statelessness still a reality in Thailand and it affects mostly members of ethnic minorities living in mountainous regions who do not hold any identity documents.

The Centre for Economic Situation Administration (CESA) meeting has resolved to specify requirements for fully vaccinated foreign tourists to enter the kingdom without a quarantine requirement from July 1st