• OPINION

  Welcome to your prison vacation?

  News, Editorial, Published on 27/06/2021

  » In four days, Phuket is set to officially reopen under the much heralded "Phuket sandbox" -- a tourism management test case for reviving the tourism industry. The restarting comes after 15 months of hiatus and welcomes back fully vaccinated tourists from low to medium-risk countries to its sun-kissed beaches and glitzy nightlife districts.

• OPINION

  Jab drive far too opaque

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 23/06/2021

  » If the Interior Ministry's approval of a request by Thai Beverage Public Company Limited (ThaiBev) to provide free Covid-19 vaccines to its employees and their families is lawful, why did it make a U-turn and cancel it?

• OPINION

  Stop health staff threats

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 09/06/2021

  » Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul threatening state hospitals with disciplinary action for announcing vaccination delays will do more harm than good to this crucial mission.

• OPINION

  Get vaccine act together

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 26/05/2021

  » The government must do a better job allaying fears about a shortage of vaccines while getting its act together before the mass vaccination rollout starts, supposedly next week. The situation is extremely confusing at present and the disarray will not make for an effective rollout.

• OPINION

  Give the homeless fair treatment

  News, Editorial, Published on 06/06/2021

  » Tomorrow is D-Day for the much awaited state mass Covid vaccination programme. After receiving the first batch of vaccines from AstraZeneca, the government -- which had been attacked for its shambolic vaccine management during the past two months -- seems to be in the driving seat.

• OPINION

  Boost jab confidence

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 12/05/2021

  » The government needs to boost public confidence in its Covid-19 vaccination rollout plan immediately and ensure that more people take part in the campaign.

• OPINION

  Mass parole no solution

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 20/05/2021

  » The rapid Covid-19 transmission in state prisons, like any cluster infections in Thailand, might have been expected.

• OPINION

  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.

• OPINION

  Asean speaks out on coup

  News, Editorial, Published on 26/04/2021

  » The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has reached another important milestone after the bloc's leaders reached a consensus on Saturday to end the crisis and violence in Myanmar.

• OPINION

  Don't reject private help

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 03/05/2021

  » The government has announced a new plan to procure 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to cover 50 million people by the end of the year, up from the 65 million doses it had originally planned to procure.

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