"Emergency decree"

The government has extended the state of emergency until May 31. The 17th extension of the emergency declaration following the Covid-19 outbreak was published in the Royal Gazette on Wednesday.

A cabinet meeting on Tuesday (March 22) approved a proposal from the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) to extend the Covid-19 emergency degree, which will end on March 31, by two months, or from April 1 to May 31, said a news source.

Police raided a hotel in Bangkok’s upscale Watthana area on Friday and arrested almost two-dozen people found partying inside.

On July 10, 2021, the Thai government invoked Section 9 of the 2005 Emergency Decree on Public Administration in Emergency Situation, introducing a new set of measures concerning the media.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration on Friday extended the emergency decree nationwide for two months, until May 31, in a bid to curb infections.

Restaurants and pubs will be allowed to serve alcohol until 11pm, under a relaxation of restrictions ordered at a Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) meeting chaired by PM Prayut Chan-o-cha today.

The Committee of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Monday approved extending the state of emergency to the end of February.

The government has issued new restrictions to control the spread of Covid-19.

The government plans to implement a new law on communicable diseases to empower the disease control committee into new issuing measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 next year, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Tuesday.

Six law students from Chulalongkorn and Thammasat universities filed a complaint with the Bangkok Civil Court on Wednesday, demanding that the government lift the “severe” state of emergency, which has been in effect from last week.

Dr Tossaporn Serirak, a former Pheu Thai MP who became famous after being arrested while helping injured protesters on Friday, was granted bail by Pathumwan Municipal Court on Monday.

Police said the “severe” state of emergency gives them the power to arrest anyone considered to be breaking the law, adding that arrest warrants are being sought for protesters who allegedly broke the traffic police box at Bang Na intersection on Sunday night.