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Officials from Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) on Monday visited Suvarnabhumi Airport to check its Covid-19 preventive measures before the province will reopen to vaccinated foreign visitors from November 1 onward.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is working with the Pollution Control Department to set up measures to tackle the PM2.5 (particles less than 2.5 micrometres in diameter) dust problem, which is expected to escalate during the coming cool season, Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang said on Sunday.

Police on Saturday arrested nine of the 11 suspects believed to be behind the shooting of a crowd-control police officer in Bangkok’s Din Daeng district on the night of October 6.

Two Thai women were arrested on Saturday for allegedly running an online gambling network from a luxury condominium in Bangkok’s Huai Khwang district.

Atthaphol Charoenchansa, director-general of Pollution Control Department (PCD), said on Friday that the air quality level in Bangkok is in a normal range in the past five years, with the level of Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) at below international standard.

Curfew will be lifted in 17 provinces, including Bangkok, from October 31 ahead of the November 1 opening.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) earlier this week issued guidelines for people heading to Thailand from low-risk countries once it partially reopens on November 1.

Famous actor Russell Crowe visited Michelin-star restaurant Jay Fai in Bangkok. Crowe is in Thailand shooting a movie.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) ordered two restaurants to shut after they were found to violate Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) regulations, BMA permanent secretary Khajit Chatchawanich said on Wednesday.

All Bangkokians have received their first Covid-19 vaccine jab, while 70 per cent have received their second shot, with this figure expected to reach 80 per cent by the end of October, Bangkoks deputy governor said on Wednesday.

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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) announced on Tuesday that 5,437,553 Bangkokians or more than 70 per cent of the city’s population have been double jabbed.