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The Army commander has named a new chief to oversee emergency situations at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports.

The National Human Rights Commission on Thursday resolved to ask the prime minister to rescind a part of a Covid-19 emergency order that is seen as violating the freedom of expression.

President Joe Biden on Thursday (March 31) launched the largest release ever from the U.S. emergency oil reserve and challenged oil companies to drill more in an attempt to bring down gasoline prices that have soared during Russia's war with Ukraine.

Germany on Wednesday (March 30) an "early warning" that it could be heading for a gas supply emergency and said the measure was designed to prepare for a possible disruption or stoppage of natural gas flows from Russia.

The Siriraj Hospital has indefinitely closed its emergency services for general cases to renovate its emergency ward, the hospital announced.

Covid-19 will be taken off the emergency treatment list on March 1 to maintain the stability of the Thai public health system, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Thursday.

An emergency plan to stop a huge oil spill from engulfing one of Thailand’s main holiday islands was being drawn up on Sunday, according to Thai press reports.

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The government has extended the state of emergency until March 31. The 16th extension of the emergency declaration following the Covid-19 outbreak was published in the Royal Gazette on Tuesday.

The government is set to decide as early as Wednesday to apply quasi-emergency priority measures to 13 prefectures, including Tokyo, Kanagawa and Aichi, where infections with the novel coronavirus are rapidly spreading.

Demonstrators gathered in support of imprisoned protesters in Bangkok on Saturday, prompting Metropolitan Police to warn that public rallies remain illegal under Covid restrictions.

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer requested emergency authorization Tuesday for its five-day antiviral pill regimen, Paxlovid, making it the second easy-to-take treatment aimed at keeping newly infected people out of the hospital to go before the Food and Drug Administration.