Disasters and emergency response

Despite decades of rapid change, 2020 somehow shifted the pace into overdrive, forcing businesses to change course overnight, workers to scramble to find a place in the new economy and leaders to carve out lucrative opportunities.These trends of 2020 highlight not only the chaos, but ...

The Social Security Office will compensate employees who are forced to stop working due to the fresh Covid-19 outbreak at 50 per cent of their daily wages for a maximum 90 days.The compensation is available to employees under the social security scheme who cannot work, ...

The government on Wednesday banned all gatherings in Covid-hit areas, except for household parties and government activities.The ban covers the controlled zone (more than 10 cases) and maximum controlled zone (more than 50), said the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).Keep reading ...

The cabinet yesterday approved an 11.3-billion-baht budget to deal with the re-emerging of Covid-19.The amount will be spent on 10 projects, grouped into preventive measures (4.3 billion baht), treatment (7 billion) and support (27 million), according to deputy government spokeswoman Rachada Dhnadirek.Keep reading ...

The Covid-19 infections that spread from the seafood market in Samut Sakhon are likely to ruin tourism sentiment, hobbling domestic trips to 95 million this year, says the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn said if there were no cases in Samut Sakhon, ...

The cabinet approved the amendment of the Communicable Disease Act on Tuesday, which could lead to the lifting of the state of emergency.The state of emergency was enacted on March 26, during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic in Thailand. Since then, the government has ...

Implementing measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 is far more important than worrying about the number of patients, Dr Yong Poovorawan, a virologist at Chulalongkorn University, said on Tuesday.In a Facebook post, he said people were concerned after Thailand saw the highest spike in ...

After a year in which it has mostly kept the coronavirus under control, Thailand has seen a sudden alarming spike in coronavirus infections. On December 20, Thai health authorities announced a record 689 infections, including 516 cases announced the day before.That is by far the ...

The Public Health Ministry has been assigned to draw up clear guidelines for locking down more provinces if the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread.Taweesilp Visanuyothin, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration spokesman, said on Monday the task was given to Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul ...

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Sunday reported 576 new cases over a 24-hour period.Most cases are migrant workers in Samut Sakhon province (516), Thais and foreigners who have come from abroad (41), and domestic cases in Samut Sakhon and Bangkok (19)Keep reading ...