Disasters and emergency response
Govt changes tune as SSO jabs resume
The Labour Ministry made a U-turn yesterday, announcing that vaccinations in Bangkok for people insured under Section 33 of the Social Security Act would resume tomorrow after being suspended last week.On Friday, the Social Security Office (SSO), which is under the ministry’s supervision, abruptly postponed ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Majority doubt govt's Covid vaccination strategy: poll
A majority of people are not confident in the government’s administration of Covid-19 vaccination plans and doubt its goal of inoculating 50 million people with 100 million doses of vaccines by the end of 2021 can be achieved, according to the result of an opinion ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Workers up in arms after jabs halted
The Social Security Office (SSO) has come under heavy criticism after it abruptly postponed vaccinations in Bangkok for people insured under Section 33 of the Social Security Act to June 28.The SSO kicked off its vaccination campaign for some 11 million employees on Monday with ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Govt: 8.3% of targeted Thais have received initial vaccination
The government said on Friday that 8.3% of the 50 million people targeted for vaccination against Covid-19 had received at least their initial dose, as of Thursday.Apisamai Srirangson, spokeswoman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said 223,315 doses of Covid-19 vaccine were administered on ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Thailand to stop state-funded quarantine for air arrivals
Thailand will stop providing state-funded quarantine facilities for air travellers from July to ease the cost burden on the government, the National Security Council (NSC) said Friday.“The number of people who need to return to Thailand is very small or could be zero at the ...
Thai May consumer confidence hits record low on virus outbreak
Thai consumer confidence hit a record low in May, hurt by the country’s latest and biggest coronavirus outbreak so far, which could cost the economy as much as 800 billion baht ($25.7 billion), the commerce ministry said on Thursday.The consumer index of the University of ...
Analyst: Thailand needs pandemic under control next month to see economic recovery this year
Thailand will only see clear signs of economic recovery in the last quarter of 2021 if the current outbreak can be brought under control by the end of July, the Kasikorn Research Center said Thursday.“The Thai economy in the fourth quarter will grow considerably if ...
JSCCIB predicts Q4 recovery amid jabs
The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry, and Banking (JSCCIB) expects the Thai economy to pick up in the fourth quarter this year — faster than earlier projections of the first quarter of next year — if the government can maintain momentum of its vaccine ...
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Mass vaccine rollout pushes Thailand up in Asean ranking
Thailand has now risen to the third spot among Asean countries that have administered the highest number of Covid-19 jabs, Chulabhorn Royal Academy secretary-general Dr Nithi Mahanonda said in a Facebook post on Wednesday.As of June 9, more than 60 million Covid-19 jabs had been ...
The Nation Reporter
Ministry of Public Health and Thai Health Promotion Foundation partner with Facebook
Ministry of Public Health and Thai Health Promotion Foundation partner with Facebook to launch ‘Chat Sure’ Messenger chatbot to answer all Covid-19 questions and keep Thais informed“Chat Sure” Messenger chatbot is accessible via Facebook Page: Social Marketing ThaiHealth by สสส to provide credible health information ...
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