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The opposition will launch an urgent debate to grill the government on issues ranging from Covid-19, economic woes, and “rifts” in the administration, the Pheu Thai party said on Friday.

The chairman of the Thailand Veterinary Dean Consortium had informed the government last month about the discovery of African Swine Flu (ASF) in the kingdom, contrary to claims by the Livestock Development Department.

The Education Ministry plans to vaccinate 5.2 million students aged 5 to 11 against Covid-19, government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said on Wednesday.

Amnesty International has condemned the government’s overnight crackdown on peaceful protests, slamming its ban on gatherings as a “drastic” escalation of authorities’ onslaught on freedom of expression.

The government will soon launch a Covid-19 contact-tracing app as part of its latest efforts to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, and the government will regularly organise virus testing for six risk groups, Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman of the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), said on Sunday (May 10).

Isuzu is ready to carry out modifications on its products for B20 biodiesel fuel compatibility in Thailand if the government supports the policy and offers tax cuts in order to maintain competitive pricing, the company announced in a statement on Monday.

BUILDING a channel linking two major seas would boost Thailand’s role in global connectivity, said Panama’s Vice President Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado, whose country has played a similar role for over a century since it opened the Panama Isthmus in 1914.

Two weeks ago, three football players and their coach, who were rescued from the flooded Tham Luang cave last month, were granted Thai nationality and presented with ID cards in a ceremony hosted in Chiang Rai province.

The Land Transport Department will launch a smartphone app in the middle of next month to make it more convenient for passengers to call taxis, a spokeswoman for the National Council for Peace and Order said on Monday.

THE GOVERNMENT should withdraw Thailand's application to become a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2017-18, as the country has little chance of being successful, former foreign minister Kasit Piromya said.