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Thailand to shift strategy to ‘learning to live with Covid-19’
Bloomberg News, Published on 23/08/2021
» Thailand is preparing for life with Covid, with preliminary plans being drawn up to relax some restrictions and reopen its borders to vaccinated visitors even as new cases hover around 20,000 a day.
Bank of Thailand head says virus fight may need 1 trillion baht more
Bloomberg News, Published on 16/08/2021
» The governor of the Bank of Thailand (BoT) has called for an additional 1 trillion baht in government spending to counter coronavirus, saying the blow to the economy from the pandemic is greater than from the Asian financial crisis in 1997.
First double-dip recession since 1998 looms
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/07/2021
» Thailand will likely be the worst economic performer in Southeast Asia this year, with economists continuing to slash the country’s growth forecast amid surging Covid-19 infections, mounting political tensions and fading hopes for a tourism revival.
Thailand ready to tackle outbreak from reopening - minister
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/06/2021
» Thailand will limit the movement of foreign tourists to smaller islands that it’s initially throwing open to vaccinated foreign visitors in the event of a flareup in local coronavirus infections, a minister said.
Covid-19 global wrap
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/06/2021
» NEW YORK: A global summary of the Covid-19 situation.
THAI eyes B25bn loans to finance operations
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/06/2021
» Thai Airways International is seeking new loans to help fund operations after the court approved its plan to restructure at least 170-billion-baht debt.
Hotel, retail shares plunge beneath new Covid wave
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/04/2021
» Thailand’s benchmark SET Index of stocks dropped as much as 1.4% as Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said he’s concerned about a new wave of Covid-19 infections sweeping the nation’s capital and hinted at fresh control measures to stem the outbreak that’s already forced the closure of dozens of nightlife entertainment venues.
Govt plans new pension fund to support ageing population
Bloomberg News, Published on 30/03/2021
» The government aims to create a new pension programme to support an ageing Thai population that will add about one million new retirees annually starting in 2023.
Myanmar civil war fears grow after airstrikes on ethnic army
Bloomberg News, Published on 30/03/2021
» As the death toll among Myanmar’s protesters rose dramatically last weekend, military air strikes against one of the country’s largest rebel groups stoked fears of another problem: full-fledged civil war.
Push to end tourist quarantine as shots rolled out
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/03/2021
» Thailand is eyeing plans for vaccine passports and quarantine waivers as the global Covid-19 inoculation drive gathers pace.