The 29-year-old driver of a van transporting students, who is accused of raping two schoolgirls aged 12 and 14, appeared at Bangkok's Thon Buri Court on Friday to apply for a detention order.

Some 400,000 Prathom 5 schoolgirls nationwide will receive a vaccine against human papilloma virus (HPV) this July, said National Health Security Office (NHSO) acting secretary-general Chuchai Sornchumni.