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Individuals who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, as well as those who have fully recovered against the disease, are likely to need booster shots to maintain sufficient protection against reinfection, a virus expert is warning.Yong Poovorawan, head of the Centre of Excellence in Clinical ...

Digital technology has positive impact on many aspects of our everyday lives, yet not without posing threats in elusive crime issues. Experts were agreed upon the transnational nature of crime and how preventative measures had to take into account to solve these cross-cutting and complex ...

The Bank of Thailand said on Monday the current Covid-19 outbreak was highly uncertain and it was ready to introduce necessary assistance measures in addition to recent support schemes.The central bank is also closely monitoring the situation and discussing with relevant agencies help for retail ...

The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) has told agencies related to air transportation to refrain from operating domestic flights from 11pm to 4am in a bid to tackle the new wave of Covid-19.According to the announcement issued by CAAT chairman Suttipong Kongpool on Saturday, ...

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) has asserted that it has stepped into the market only to curb volatility in the baht, and Thailand has never used the exchange rate as a tool to gain an unfair trade advantage.BoT assistant governor Chantavarn Sucharitakul said the central ...

The government is urging all sectors to comply with the new Covid-19 restrictions by supporting work-from-home schemes where possible.The appeal came as Thailand logged another daily record number of Covid-19 cases at 1,767 on Sunday, bringing the accumulated number of confirmed cases since the pandemic ...

Siam Bioscience Co, the local biotechnology firm contracted to manufacture the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in Thailand, said it is confident that it will be able to deliver the vaccines on time once they have passed the required checks.The company is in the process of sending ...

A majority of people agree with the government’s intention to create a special, long holiday similar to Songkran to help stimulate the country’s sagging economy, according to a survey by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, or Suan Dusit Poll.The poll was conducted online on April 6-15 ...

Thailand: From a distance, it is hard to make sense of the small patches of green emerging from the cracking mud flats of the Mekong River. They are not oases, nor sprouts of river grass along dusty channels where water normally flows; they are golf greens.Recently, ...

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) on Friday announced additional measures in a bid to contain the Covid-19 outbreak, in line with the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration’s decision to place Bangkok and 17 other provinces in red zone, or highest control area.“In the red zone ...