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ODER-SPREE, Germany - In the Brandenburg forest, a bounding 4-year-old black Belgian shepherd named Uschi picks up a scent. Wearing a neon high-visibility jacket, she stops by an overturned tree and lets out a series of barks.

Thailand’s Covid-19 numbers soared again on Thursday with 17,669 new cases and 165 deaths, pushing the country’s total caseload to 561,030.

The Railway Police Division told media on Wednesday that it knows the account of a hacker who hacked into a phone service provider’s vaccine booking system to allegedly steal quotas.

Thailand crossed the 10,000 mark for a second day running on Thursday with 13,655 new infections, pushing its caseload to 453,132. Deaths over the past 24-hours stood at 87.

Japan and South Korea continued to rack up solid export gains in a sign that the impact of virus variants has yet to have a major impact on global demand even as the recovery in world trade inches closer to its peak.

New coronavirus virus cases hit a six-month high in Tokyo, a worrying sign just a little more than a week before the city hosts the Olympics.

The bed situation for Covid-19 patients in Bangkok is at a critical level, especially for those in the red group, for which there are only 10 per cent of beds available, the Public Health Ministry revealed.

Three more tourists visiting Phuket under the “sandbox” scheme have tested positive for Covid-19.

Thailand’s healthcare system is facing one of its toughest-ever challenges, with the novel coronavirus spreading like wildfire and the cumulative total of Covid-19 crossing the 300,000 mark as of Thursday.

Chulabhorn Royal Academy (CRA) head Nithi Mahanonda has apologised for branding medics who demanded Pfizer booster shots “selfish”.

The government plans to distribute 1.5 million doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine donated by the US government to pregnant women and seniors aged 60 and over in high-infection areas.

Thailand was hit with a record high of 53 deaths and 4,786 new infections over a 24-hour period on Tuesday, bringing the country’s total caseload to 259,301 infections and 2,023 deaths.