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AstraZeneca delays 61m doses
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 16/07/2021
» AstraZeneca has asked Thailand to extend the timeline for the delivery of 61 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine until May next year, Deputy Public Health Minister Sathit Pitutecha said.
Cheek by jowl
Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/07/2021
» Re: "It's never too late", (BP, July 4). Your front-page picture on Sunday shows elderly people gathered to be vaccinated in Bang Sue Grand Station which is filled with people packed cheek by jowl -- no social distancing practices in sight.
A costly delay
Oped, Postbag, Published on 20/02/2021
» It is becoming increasingly clear that there will be no tourists arriving in numbers before the majority of Thai people are vaccinated. A country that depends on close to 20% of its GDP on travel and tourism should by now be right up there with Israel in terms of inoculations or at least at par with the UK to be able to open up this coming summer.
Measures tightened in 5 areas
News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/01/2021
» The government on Wednesday tightened Covid-19 control measures in the country's most at-risk provinces, with an emphasis on screening people leaving and entering them.
Qualified hope
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 06/01/2021
» The arrival of a Covid-19 vaccine would not mean an end to the virus prevention protocols the public has been told to abide by, and people would still be required to wear masks, wash their hands, and practise social distancing, says the country's head of disease control.
Thais to get Covid vaccine by mid-2021
Gary Boyle, Published on 25/11/2020
» Thai people will get their first shots of a Covid-19 vaccine by mid-2021 at the earliest.
South Korean soldier causes Covid scare
Gary Boyle, Published on 13/11/2020
» A South Korean soldier has tested positive for Covid-19 after returning home from Thailand.
Medical chief backs reopening
Gary Boyle, Published on 09/10/2020
» The director-general of the Department of Medical Services is backing the proposal to reopen the country to revitalise the economy.
Reopening to foreigners 'not risky'
Gary Boyle, Published on 17/09/2020
» Reopening the country to foreign visitors will not raise the risks of local Covid-19 transmission from imported infections, according to the Department of Disease Control (DDC).
Themselves to blame
Oped, Postbag, Published on 14/05/2020
» Re: "Police extortion racket in the crosshairs", (BP, May 13).