Tourism operators in Koh Samui are urging the government to speed up mass vaccination programmes to improve hopes for a tourism recovery by the third quarter according to a report in the Bangkok Post.

Thai Vietjet today announced the flight resumption of its domestic cross-regional service between Phuket – Chiang Rai.

The first 200,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine arrived from China and was received by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and high-level officials at Suvarnabhumi airport on Wednesday morning.

Most Thai people are adamant that foreigners must be vaccinated while a combined 57.44% think it should be free to expats who pay taxes in Thailand or even all non-Thais.

The test run for the Red Line railway will commence on March 26.

Thailand may scrap its two-week mandatory quarantine for foreign visitors with proof of Covid-19 vaccination as the Southeast Asian nation seeks to revive its pandemic-hit tourism industry.

The first 200,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses to arrive on Wednesday will be sent to 13 provinces with high infection rates and economic significance, according to a government spokesman.

Transit flights are now being allowed through Suvarnabhumi airport and crews of visiting yachts may soon be able to complete quarantine aboard their boats, the government's Covid-19 prevention spokesman said on Tuesday.

Restaurants, pubs and bars will be allowed to serve alcohol until at least 11pm from March 1, except in Samut Sakhon, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced on Monday.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration approves the proposal to reopen bars and allow alcohol to be sold in restaurants in Bangkok, though they will have to close by 11pm, sources say. Full details are expected to be included in the Royal Government Gazette at a later time.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Monday he would be the first Thai to be inoculated with the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine due to arrive on Wednesday from China.

The physician who died from the coronavirus would go on to save more lives even in his death.

Thai Airways International (THAI) Plc is planning to buy 20 to 30 planes in 2025 to strengthen its fleet and replace sold/decommissioned planes.

Eighty-two new Covid-19 cases — 71 local infections and 11 imported — were reported on Saturday, raising the total to 25,323 since the start of the pandemic in January last year. No new deaths were reported

Uncertainty looms as the Thai government, like its counterparts across the world, is facing an economic crisis that is growing with economic projections for GDP growth tumbling as uncertainty reigns over how this virus will be brought under control.