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A Cabinet meeting on Tuesday approved the Flexible Plus programme for holders of Thailand Privilege Card, also known as Elite Card, to promote the investment in target industries and real estate business by foreigners with high purchasing power, said deputy government spokeswoman Traisulee Traisoranakul on Tuesday.

Foreigners will flock to Thailand now that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has announced that the country will be reopening on November 1, the Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said on Tuesday.

As many as 80 Thais and foreigners quarantined at a hotel in Samut Prakan’s Bang Phli district ran for their lives on Wednesday night after a fire broke out in the hotel’s storage room.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to introduce a two-year ban on foreign home buyers to tackle housing affordability in Canada if hes re-elected.

Over 300,000 expats living in Bangkok have received at least one Covid-19 shot, Public Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Thursday.

Foreigners living in Thailand can now register for their first Covid-19 jab via the Foreign Ministry’s expatvac.consular.go.th website or via the Public Health Ministry’s thailandintervac.com site.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday said that expatriates living in Thailand can get themselves vaccinated in Bangkok and five nearby "dark red" provinces.

Foreign expats aged 60 and above can now register for their Covid-19 jab, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tanee Sangrat said while visiting the inoculation centre at Bang Sue Grand Station on Sunday.

Foreigners aged 75 and above can now walk into Bang Sue Grand Station to get a free Covid-19 jab.

All foreigners aged 75 and above, who are residing in Thailand and have yet to receive any Covid-19 vaccines, can walk in from Monday at the Central Vaccination Centre - Bangsue Grand Station every day, between 9am and 4pm.

The Phuket Tourist Association (PTA) has debunked a rumour that foreigners and their Thai partners seeking to enter Phuket from July 1 must be legally married.

Foreigners living in Bangkok can register for their Covid-19 jab via the http://thailandintervac.com website as of Monday afternoon.