Fifty-two couples got married while riding elephants on Sunday, in an annual Valentine's Day mass wedding ceremony at a botanical garden in the eastern province of Chon Buri.

More than 800 tested at Pornpat market, which will remain closed until Covid brought under control

Amid fears that large king cobras caught in or near houses over the past month will be released back into the wild in Phuket, Pongchart Chouehorm, Director of the Khao Phra Thaew Natural and Wildlife Education Centre in Thalang has announced that all snakes caught in homes in Phuket are to be taken off-island.

Officials from the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources on Friday night monitored the incubation of leatherback sea turtles on Bang Kwan Beach in Phang-nga province.

The number of passengers on domestic flights has risen to about 10,000 daily from only 4,000 in January when the second wave of the Covid-19 outbreak peaked, the Department of Airports (DoA) said on Friday.

Tak province has emerged as a new Covid-19 hotspot, with 52 cases found from proactive testing, as 126 cases — 116 local and 10 imported — were added nationwide on Saturday.

Mekong River levels in Thailand have fallen to worrying levels following a drop in discharge from a Chinese dam upstream, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) said on Friday.

Chulalongkorn University will be closed from February 12 to 28, after the number of Covid-19 cases found since February 5 in its area in Bangkok increased to 20.

Another 175 Covid-19 infections were recorded on Thursday, including 120 found in communities and 47 at hospitals, bringing the total to 24,279.

The plan to welcome back international tourists in the third quarter is on track even though there is no timetable for vaccination of locals, says the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).

Entertainment venue operators in Pattaya have requested that the Chonburi Governor partner with the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) to change the province from “Orange” to “Yellow” on the national color-coded system and allow entertainment venues to open until at least Midnight.

Thailand will start conducting Phase 1 clinical tests on a locally produced inactivated Covid-19 vaccine from March 1, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told the press on Wednesday.

The government on Thursday reported 201 new Covid-19 cases, 185 local infections and 16 imported, raising the total to 24,104.

There are plenty of arguments and possibly excuses for not going camping — lack of home comforts, the do-it-yourself dining, and even the weather come to mind — and one excellent reason to go camping. It takes us back to nature and radiates a perception of adventure.

The government on Wednesday reported one new Covid-19 death, raising the toll to 80, and 157 new cases - 144 local infections and 13 imported - bringing the total to 23,903.