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The long-awaited Red Line commuter train service was launched on Monday morning in a virtual ceremony presided over by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

The Prawet intersection on Onnut Road in Bangkok became a bit of a battlefield on Wednesday evening when a pick-up truck that had been chasing a sedan squeezed it to the kerb. The pick-up driver and passenger then came out and began attacking the sedan. Drivers of both vehicles have been called in for police interrogation.

Disturbed by people’s suffering, a Buddhist monk decided to don a PPE suit and start travelling around Bangkok to conduct Covid-19 tests and help patients in severe condition.

Swiss Humanitarian Aid (SHA) dispatched 100 respirators and more than a million antigen tests to Bangkok on Wednesday, the agency said in a press release.

Bangkok and Khao Yai National Park were among the “world’s greatest places” named by Time magazine this year.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has dispatched a response team to test residents in high-risk areas using rapid antigen test kits. The aim is to remove infected patients from the community to curb the spread of the virus.

Bangkok has run out of ICU beds to treat severely ill Covid-19 patients, the Department of Medical Services (DMS) announced on Monday.

Rapid antigen tests are the latest weapon being deployed by Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) in its battle against the wave of Covid-19 infections threatening to swamp the capital.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) aims to build community isolation centres in all 50 districts for new Covid-19 patients to stay while waiting to be transferred to hospitals or field hospitals, mostly occupied now by current patients.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA) is preparing water pumping stations throughout Thon Buri area to cope with water overflowing from the North and the high tide during the upcoming rainy season.

Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang on Saturday visited Erawan 2 field hospital at Bangkok Arena Sports Centre in Nong Chok district to check the hospital operations and show moral support to public health staff.

A nurse in Bangkok died on Friday after reportedly getting infected with Covid-19 in her workplace.