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Not ready for dystopia
Oped, Postbag, Published on 14/01/2023
» Re: "Five automation predictions for 2023" (Business, Jan 11) and "Five tech predictions for 2023 and beyond" (Business, Jan 10).
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.
Emerging monkeypox threat
News, Published on 07/08/2022
» Thailand has now found four monkeypox patients, including the first Thai woman last Friday. Given the apparent rise in infections, the Ministry of Public Health has come under pressure to formulate control and treatment measures.
Tactless Thailand
Oped, Postbag, Published on 07/09/2021
» Re: "US snub a wake-up call", (Editorial, Sept 4), "Jab critics hurting ties, Chinese embassy says", (BP, Sept 5).
Fear cases may hit 20k a day
News, Published on 11/01/2022
» New cases of Covid-19 could jump to 20,000 a day by the end of the month unless precautionary measures are taken seriously, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said on Monday.
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.
US Pfizer vaccines issued to 13 dark-red zone provinces
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/08/2021
» The Public Health Ministry on Tuesday began distributing 645,000 doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine donated by the US government to those deemed vulnerable in 13 dark-red-zone provinces.
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.
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.