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Thailand plans to administer first doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to 36 million people between June and September, the Public Health Ministry revealed on Wednesday.

The Cabinet on Tuesday approved 311.65 million baht from the 2021 central budget to combat the wave of Covid-19 infections sweeping through Thai prisons and detention centres.

Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin has visited the recently launched Covid-19 proactive screening centre at the sprawling Amata City Industrial Estate on the border of Rayong and Chonburi. Hundreds of companies operate at the estate, which is considered an industrial powerhouse in the Eastern Economic Corridor.

Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin says about 50,000 prisoners could be released next month as part of urgent plans to tackle the explosion of Covid-19 in Thai prisons.

Bangkok has shifted its strategy to combat Covid-19 with Favipiravir after procuring more than 600,000 doses of the drug, city governor Aswin Kwanmuang said on Wednesday.

Thailand’s third wave of Covid-19 has reached its peak and should gradually decline over the next week or two, according to Disease Control Department chief

Bangkok officials have debunked rumours that Covid-19 has been spreading rapidly through Yaowarat (Chinatown), stating that only one shop in the area had reported an infection.

In a bid to prevent cluster Covid-19 infections, Pathum Thani governor has decided to close all high-risk sites until February 16.

HÀ NỘI – New patients suffering from COVID-19 in Đà Nẵng City and Quảng Ngãi Province are likely to have contracted the virus from different sources in the community, said acting Health Minister Nguyễn Thanh Long.

Eleven people have been killed and more than 14,000 sickened by a nationwide dengue fever outbreak that has been super-charged by the onset of the rainy season.

Thailand faces a second wave of Covid-19 infections unless people stick to the “new normal” of social distancing, warned a Chulalongkorn University virologist today (May 14).

A congressional committee has requested months of documents from Carnival Corporation to learn what the cruise giant knew about the novel coronavirus on its ships, and how it will keep passengers and crew safe when cruising starts again.