Researchers are worried that Chinese dams will hold back much of the water in the Mekong River this year, similar to last year's erratic flow after the monsoon which exacerbated the drought in the Northeast of Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.

Foreign nationals married to Thai citizens who are stranded overseas due to the ban on incoming flights are pleading with the government to let them return so they can be with their families. Some have even contacted Nation Thailand to ask for help.

Businesses that have been severely affected by the Covid-19 outbreak, especially those that rely mainly on tourism in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), are in dire need of support.

Most Thai industries will find it difficult to survive in the post-Covid era, the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) warned as it called on the government to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and make more free-trade deals with trade partners. 

The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Thailand has stopped climbing since Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha placed the country under emergency decree in late March.