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Another health app
News, Editorial, Published on 23/12/2025
» The Public Health Ministry is set to relaunch its Mohpromt application next month, pivoting from its role as a central platform for Covid-19 vaccinations to a comprehensive digital health "super app".
Schools are finally back
Oped, Editorial, Published on 17/05/2022
» Today schools reopen nationwide. After two tumultuous years of living with the pandemic, students in all of the country's 35,000 schools will return to physical classes -- learning directly from teachers and playing with friends.
Booster plans in disarray
Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/01/2022
» As the country is being hit by a new wave of coronavirus infections fuelled by the Omicron variant, the Prayut Chan-o-cha government must accelerate the booster rollout to better control the pandemic. Yet, this crucial mission is plagued with confusion.
Reopening poses global dilemma
News, Editorial, Published on 03/10/2021
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha announced on June 16 that his government would reopen the country within 120 days, falling in October.
Politicians alone can't fix Covid
News, Editorial, Published on 08/08/2021
» With the unrelenting nature of the novel coronavirus, which has now evolved into a smorgasbord of variations, what is happening the world over is a public health crisis on a scale we have seldom seen before.
Yet more lockdown
News, Editorial, Published on 02/08/2021
» As Covid cases scale new highs without any sign of slowing, the government has extended its partial lockdown for another 14 days and expanded tough restrictions to cover more provinces, up from 13 provinces to 29.
No quick fixes for plight of refugees
News, Editorial, Published on 20/06/2021
» Today marks World Refugee Day, and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), along with the US and British embassies in Bangkok, Chao Phraya Express Boat and Tha Maharaj Lifestyle Mall are holding a series of understandably modest but well-intentioned activities to commemorate the lives and achievements of those often forcefully displaced from their home nations.
Get a grip on jab app mess
Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/05/2021
» Considering the confusion regarding the vaccination rollout, the government either has to fix its main Mor Prom registration platform immediately, or revamp the programme entirely.
Covid's effects on our kids
Oped, Editorial, Published on 15/05/2021
» The Covid-19 pandemic presents great challenges for policy makers who are trying to come up with policies to help people adjust to the "new normal". As the Thai government races against time to roll out its Covid vaccinations and provide financial packages to reduce the blow to the economy, one issue that continues to be ignored is the development of our children.
Expats fear jabs are not for them
Oped, Editorial, Published on 09/05/2021
» As Covid cases and the death toll in Thailand steeply climbs, Dr Opas Kankawinpong, head of the Disease Control Department, on Thursday came out to pacify fears of the foreign community in Thailand -- at last.