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Students will become Covid-19 spreaders after the opening of the new semester, causing the disease to spread further, expert virologist Dr Yong Poovorawan said on Wednesday.

The baht opened at 35.94 to the US dollar on Wednesday, the highest in five years, weakening from Tuesday’s close of 35.80.

The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the third reading of the national police bill with a vote result of 494-40 in favour and four abstentions.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration believes the number of Covid-19 infections will increase significantly in the next month and has instructed authorities to increase disease control measures, especially among school children.

Ministry of Public Health reported on Wednesday (July 6) morning that in the past 24 hours there are 2,428 new patients who tested positive for Covid-19, three of whom have arrived in Thailand from abroad.

The Cabinet on Tuesday suspended the occupancy tax levied on hotels for another two years, until June 30, 2024, to relieve Covid-19 impacts on hotel operators.

A veteran Chiang Rai politician who was elected several times under Thaksin Shinawatra-linked parties has defected along with his son to fight the next election under the coalition Chart Thai Pattana Party.

The organiser of the upcoming Manchester United - Liverpool match on Tuesday unveiled the renovated Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok where the exhibition match will be played on July 12.

Josiane Hodonou's small plantain flour business has almost doubled its production since the start of the war in Ukraine. With wheat flour becoming hard to find, some people see the cooking banana as a viable alternative.

The Appeals Court on Monday ordered three former executives of Nation Multimedia Group (NMG) Plc to jointly pay the company 13.033 million baht plus accrued interest for falsifying company revenue.

A school just south of Bangkok has held an election for kindergarten president to teach young students about democracy.

The Public Health Ministry has issued an eight-point order to hospitals and instructed them to prepare for a new wave of Covid-19. The preparation order was issued after a rise in the infection rate driven by cases of the new Omicron BA.4 and 5 subvariants.

The Department of Disease Control (DDC) will on Friday ask the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) to consider reducing isolation days for asymptomatic Covid patients from seven to five.

The Bank of Korea will raise its benchmark rate by 50 basis points for the first time next week, as consumer prices in June rose 6 per cent year on year, the highest level since November 1988, when they jumped 6.8 per cent year on year.

A Russian scientist who was arrested in Siberia last week on suspicion of state treason and flown to Moscow despite suffering from advanced pancreatic cancer has died, lawyers and a family member said on Sunday.

"Santa Fe'," one of Food Factor's restaurant chains, plans to expand according to the ever-changing consumer lifestyle and needs for "Santa Fe' Easy," its quick-service restaurants (QSR), with nine new branches in office areas, gas stations, and community malls by the end of 2022 with the latest branch being the PTT Rama 2 (next to Soi 48) ready to serve.

A Japanese sword belonging to a soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army was handed over to his surviving family members in Nichinan, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Saturday after being stored in a house in the United States for more than 70 years.

A group of around 100 Saudi businessmen led by the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce visited Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) on Monday to explore investment opportunities.

Covid-19 insurance claims for over 500 million baht have been made by people using falsified documents since the outbreak of the pandemic, the Thai General Insurance Association said.

Singapore’s President Halimah Yacob has tested positive for Covid-19, and is down with mild flu-like symptoms. She announced on her Facebook wall.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has rejected a proposal to turn Khaosan Road into Thailand’s first cannabis hub.

Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow on Tuesday allayed fears of oil shortage, saying the country now has crude oil reserves for 60 to 70 days.

Three Covid-19 jabs may be enough to prevent severe symptoms from the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants, a virologist said.

Nearly 80 per cent of cinema tickets for the upcoming Manchester United-Liverpool match in Bangkok has already been reserved from a total of around 30,000 seats in 47 cinemas all over the country, a cinema executive said on Monday.