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The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) on Monday (April 6) decided to further extend the ban on passenger flights to the Kingdom from 00.01am of April 7 to 11.59pm of April 18.CAAT had initially prohibited all aircraft from entering Thailand for three days, from ...

The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has advised people on how to clean banknotes and coins to ensure they are not contaminated with Covid-19 virus.The BOT said that people could disinfect the notes by soaking them in soap solution or dishwashing liquid for a short period. ...

A majority of people are not confident that the government will be able to contain the spread of Covid-19, and most are not satisfied with its handling of the situation, according to the result of an opinion survey by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, or Suan ...

The death rate of Covid-19 in Thailand is quite low at an average of 0.97 per cent of total patients, Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman of the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said on Sunday (April 5).The Ministry of Public Health said that all the 20 ...

All passenger flights have been banned from landing in the country to curb the outbreak of the new coronavirus, the aviation agency said on Friday.The ban came into effect on Saturday morning and will run until the end of Monday, the Civil Aviation Authority of ...

More casualties were on Friday reported during operations to put out wildfires in the North. A villager lost her life battling a blaze on Doi Khun Pae mountain in Chiang Mai’s Chom Thong district.A resident who did not wish to be named said the dead ...

Thailand will seek talks with Myanmar and Laos to lend strength to the fight against haze and smog pollution, according to Jatuporn Buruspat, the natural resources and environment permanent secretary.The government will seek cooperation from Myanmar and Laos authorities to jointly deal with the seasonal ...

The Cabinet will convene a special teleconference today to consider COVID-19 mitigation measures and budget reallocation fund for related operations.Keep watching ...

Thailand’s new package of economic measures to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus outbreak will be worth about 10% of its gross domestic product (GDP), Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said on Friday.The package will cover all economic sectors for at least the next six ...

The Cabinet on Friday (April 3) approved the Public Health Ministry’s plan to enroll 45,684 government employees as special officers to deal with the Covid-19 outbreak.Trisulee Trisaranakul, a deputy government spokesperson, said Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul had made the proposal and the Cabinet agreed ...