Pandemics

The government is giving the green light to local tour operators to tap foreign medical and wellness tourists from next month while the “travel bubbles” tourism scheme is tipped to start in September, a senior spokesman said yesterday.Dr Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman of the Centre for ...

The World Bank forecasts it will take Thailand at least two years to resume its pre-Covid real growth level – already one of the lowest in the region at 2.8% in 2019 – while the pandemic promises to swell the growing ranks of the country’s ...

Global tourism revenues are expected to fall by up to US$3.3 trillion due to Covid-19 restrictions, with Thailand standing to lose $47 billion, according to a UN study published on Wednesday.The ‘Covid-19 and Tourism’ report released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development ...

The government on Wednesday tried to allay concerns over its decision to extend the emergency decree until the end of July, saying most of its restrictions had already been lifted anyway.“The emergency decree is still needed to ensure integration of the authority held by various ...

More than half a million Thais claimed jobless benefits in June, the Department of Employment reported today (June 30).“The number of people who claimed jobless benefits in June was 505,594,” department director-general Suchat Pornchaiwiseskul said. “However, some workers may be hired for work again after ...

The number of firms registering in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) from January-May this year dropped 13.35 per cent year on year to 2,731, Department of Business Development director general Vuttikrai Leewiraphan announced today.Their total registered capital was Bt6.790 billion, down 18.32 per cent year ...

The Public Health Ministry is preparing more than 20,000 hospital beds and 1.3 million doses of medicine to deal with the second wave of Covid-19 infections that may hit the country once the state of emergency has been lifted.Dr Sukhum Kanchanaphimai, the ministry’s permanent secretary, ...

The state of emergency was extended for another month, until July 31, at Monday (June 29)’s meeting of the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).The meeting, which was headed by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, considered the fifth phase of lockdown easing, the state of ...

The government will seek cabinet approval next week for a 50 billion baht fund to help small businesses affected by the coronavirus outbreak, Somkid Jatusripitak said on Monday.The fund will provide soft loans to those firms that have no access to funding, the deputy prime ...

The Commerce Ministry is offering discounts of up to 80 per cent on more than 1,605 school supplies until July 15 as relief to the parents of some 10.7 million students.Democrat Party spokesman Ramet Rattanachaweng said on Saturday (June 27) that Democrat Party leader and ...