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PM considers quarantine 'bypass'
Gary Boyle, Published on 31/03/2021
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has agreed to consider a proposal by the Phuket business community to allow foreign visitors who have been vaccinated to bypass quarantine.
Samui prepares no-quarantine plan
Gary Boyle, Published on 15/03/2021
» Koh Samui aims to implement quarantine-free travel for vaccinated visitors from Oct 1.
Thailand planning resort quarantine for foreign tourists
Gary Boyle, Published on 05/03/2021
» The tourism minister said on Thursday he will propose a plan for foreigners to undertake Covid-19 quarantine in popular tourist areas, including beach resorts.
317k vaccine doses fly in
Gary Boyle, Published on 24/02/2021
» The first 317,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines from Sinovac and AstraZeneca will arrive in Thailand on Wednesday, with 200,000 of them to be distributed to the 13 provinces considered to be the highest-risk zones.
Flooding kills seven in South
Gary Boyle, Published on 04/12/2020
» Severe floods in nine provinces in the South have killed seven people, four of them in the worst-hit Nakhon Si Thammarat.
Looser quarantine considered
Gary Boyle, Published on 13/10/2020
» The Ministry of Public Health has proposed a new type of Alternative State Quarantine (ASQ) that will allow short-term visitors to travel to designated areas during their 14-day quarantine period.
Storm breaks off large section of island
Gary Boyle, Published on 21/09/2020
» SURAT THANI: A large section of an island in the Mu Ko Angthong National Marine Park has split off from the main island, probably because of heavy rain and strong waves.
Micro-school 'shows need for reforms'
Gary Boyle, Published on 15/09/2020
» A group of parents dissatisfied with the quality of public education in Surat Thani have set up a micro-school.
Death sentences in Koh Tao killings commuted
Gary Boyle, Published on 15/08/2020
» Two migrant workers from Myanmar on death row for the 2014 murder of two British backpackers on Koh Tao have had their sentences changed to life in prison under a royal decree, their lawyer said on Friday.
Ukranian falls to death in Surat Thani
Gary Boyle, Published on 30/07/2020
» SURAT THANI: A 36-year-old Ukranian fell to his death from the rooftop of an empty hotel in Muang district on Thursday morning.