Disasters and emergency response

Thailand received on Wednesday its first 200,000 doses of Sinovac Biotech’s CoronaVac, the country’s first batch of coronavirus vaccines, with inoculations set to begin in a few days.Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha is expected to be among the first to receive the vaccine this weekend. Most ...

The government’s latest payout campaign for workers registered with Social Security already has 7.1 million applicants since registration opening. The Social Security Office is now providing assistance to persons facing issues with their application, and is set to assist with appeals ahead of schedule.The Social ...

The first 200,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses to arrive on Wednesday will be sent to 13 provinces with high infection rates and economic significance, according to a government spokesman.Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said on Tuesday that the vaccination programme will ...

Thailand’s exports grew 0.35 per cent year-on-year to USD 19.7 billion in January, below the market estimate of 2.7 per cent, officials said Tuesday.Imports in January were USD 19.90 billion, down 5.24 per cent from the same month in 2020, contributing to a trade deficit ...

Southeast Asia now risks a delayed economic recovery that will steepen permanent economic losses, says a new report by S&P Global Ratings. Thailand and other major Asean markets are living with the effects of new Covid-19 waves that appear to have peaked only recently, according ...

The tourism industry should have a competitiveness enhancement fund to transform businesses in order to avoid a massive collapse in the post-pandemic era, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn said the objective of such a fund is not to remedy ...

Thailand Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday gave emergency use authorisation for the COVID-19 vaccine of Sinovac Biotech, paving the way for the country’s first coronavirus inoculations.The authorisation came just days before Thailand is set to receive the first 200,000 of two million doses ...

A hundred foreign tourists have arrived in Thailand to take advantage of new “villa quarantine” rules, which will allow them to roam within designated resorts after a first week confined to their rooms. The country is seeking ways to stimulate its essential tourism industry despite ...

Thai Airways International will carry the first 200,000 doses of a Covid-19 vaccine from China to Thailand on Feb 24.THAI chairman ACM Chaiyapruk Didyasarin said on Tuesday the airline had been chosen by  the Public Health Ministry to transport the vaccine, supplied by China’s Sinovac ...

The cabinet has approved 4,000-baht Covid-19 handouts for salaried workers under the Social Security system.Under the “Section 33 We Love Each Other” programme, around 9.3 million company employees — those under Section 33 of the 1990 Social Security Act — will be given 1,000 baht ...