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JSCCIB seeks more jabs for workers
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 10/08/2021
» The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) plans to meet Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to seek more vaccines for factory workers and approval for companies to produce antiviral drug favipiravir to cope with the Covid-19 crisis.
FTI seeks to speed up vaccinations at factories
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 31/07/2021
» The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) is working to acquire more vaccines from the Labour and Public Health ministries as well as the Chulabhorn Royal Academy to speed up vaccination for factory workers as Covid-19 infections spread at plants.
IEAT asks for 8,000 jabs for foreigners
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 24/07/2021
» The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) plans to ask the government to provide more Covid-19 vaccines to 8,000 foreign investors and business people to protect them against the virus that has spread to the industrial sector.
FTI set to meet Anutin next week on jabs for factories
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 16/07/2021
» The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) is scheduled to meet Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul next week about a Covid-19 vaccine rollout plan to help factory workers as the rising number of infections is causing some plants to shut down.
FTI puts lockdown price tag at roughly B60bn
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 15/07/2021
» The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) expects the government's 14-day lockdown measures in 10 provinces to cost the economy 50-60 billion baht amid concerns over further damage if the government fails to curb the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak.
THG set to import Moderna
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 16/06/2021
» SET-listed Thonburi Healthcare Group Plc (THG) will import 5 million doses of Moderna vaccines through the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) in the third or fourth quarter this year in a bid to help solve the vaccine shortage.
FTI anxious over vaccination delays
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 15/06/2021
» The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) has voiced fresh concern over the delay in the vaccination campaign due to a vaccine shortage, a setback that may erode public trust in the Prayut Chan-o-cha administration.
Ministries race to vaccinate factories amid shortage
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 12/06/2021
» The Labour and Industry ministries are racing against time to vaccinate employees, including factory workers, amid a shortage of jabs as Covid-19 threatens to slow activity in the industrial sector if infections spread.
Blueprint for jabs to be debated
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 11/06/2021
» The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) plans to discuss with industry and labour ministers today a clearer blueprint for the vaccination of factory workers, who face significant risk of contracting Covid-19.
FTI eyes Sinopharm vaccines
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 09/06/2021
» The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) is in talks with Chulabhorn Royal Academy to conclude a purchase deal for Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccines aimed at improving confidence in the manufacturing sector after the Thailand Industry Sentiment Index (TISI) sank for two straight months during the third wave.