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Government to closely monitor inter-provincial travels after 1 Sep resumption [Video]
The Prime Minister has urged related agencies to ensure the enforcement of stringent disease control measures against COVID-19 for travelers and transport carriers, as inter-provincial travels to and from areas most critically hit with COVID-19.Keep watching ...
Domestic Bangkok flights to resume in Sept
Domestic airlines will soon resume commercial flights out of Bangkok, a Covid-19 dark-red zone, as transport restrictions are eased amid tight enforcement of health and safety regulations.A Transport Ministry source said the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand will begin permitting airlines to fly into and ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Tourism authority tests the water with rules for 7 destinations
For the upcoming tourism high season, which usually starts in early October, the country is likely to have five destinations taking part in reopening schemes and another two joining extension programmes.Among those seven destinations, only Phuket has opened entirely to inoculated tourists, while the rest ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Labour Ministry moves to create more jobs in EEC
The Labour Ministry is speeding up efforts to create almost 400,000 jobs in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) to help those affected by the Covid-19 outbreak.This move came after the National Economic and Social Development Council indicated that unemployment in the country has risen due ...
The Nation Reporter
Restaurants, air routes allowed to reopen from Sep 1, curfew eased
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration on Friday eased restrictions covering restaurants, curfew and air travel in 29 Dark Red provinces including Bangkok.From September 1 (Wednesday), air-conditioned restaurants will be permitted to open at 50-per-cent capacity while outdoor-dining restaurants can open at 75-per-cent capacity.Keep reading ...
The Nation Reporter
Thailand plans to procure 84.8m doses, aims for 500,000 jabs daily
The Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said on Thursday that the government’s aim is to administer 15 million Covid-19 vaccine doses per month. The daily target will be at least 500,000 jabs, and this target has already been exceeded this week.The CCSA also revealed ...
The Nation Reporter
Covid controls to be eased for restaurants, flights
The Public Health Ministry will propose dining-in be allowed at restaurants in dark-red and red zones for customers who are fully vaccinated or passed Covid-19 tests.Airline passenger flights, now banned in dark-red zones, would also be allowed to resume, with the same criteria.Dr Kiatiphum Wongrajit, ...
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Thailand’s economy resilient to the pandemic, central bank says
The Thai economy is well placed to weather the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the central bank said Wednesday, citing strong foreign reserves and a resilient banking system.Although the nation’s economy is likely to recover more slowly than regional peers, it is highly resilient in ...
Thai unemployment rate dips in Q2 but virus curbs to hit jobs
Thailand’s unemployment rate in the second quarter dipped from a 12-year high in the previous three month, but restrictions to contain the country’s biggest coronavirus outbreak are likely to impact more jobs, the state planning agency said on Wednesday.The Southeast Asian country’s latest outbreak that ...
Covid causes plunge into poverty
Almost 800,000 more people were plunged into poverty last year as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, a study has found.The study on the social and economic impacts of the public health crisis was commissioned by the Thailand Science Research and Innovation (TSRI). It also ...
Bangkok Post Reporter