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GPO ready for industrial vaccine production
The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) has announced progress in the development of three Thai Covid-19 vaccines, with results expected by the end of 2020 and a plant in Saraburi standing ready to begin manufacturing the successful candidate.GPO director general Dr Witoon Danwiboon on Monday (June ...
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Bangkok governor warns of flood threat from mounting garbage in canals
The amount of garbage in Bangkok’s canals is increasing and is starting to block the sewer system causing floods in many areas, the city chief said.Bangkok Governor Pol Gen Asawin Kwanmuang said just the removal of garbage from canals in Lat Phrao district and under ...
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Govt clarifies on Inter-provincial transport during curfew hours
The government has suggested that people defer inter-provincial travel, or travel only if it were necessary, as that would help slow or prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus.Phase 3 of the easing of lockdown measures, which comes into effect from June 1, permits inter-province ...
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Thailand joins global race to develop Covid-19 vaccine
Thailand took one step forward on Saturday (May 23) towards developing a vaccine for Covid-19.The director of the National Vaccine Institute (NVI), Dr Nakorn Premsri, said on Sunday (May 24) that vaccine development involves the synthesising of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) in a monkey, which ...
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Covid-19 casts two spells on Thai economy
The Thai economy contracted by 1.8 per cent in the first quarter from the same period last year or shrank by 2.2 per cent from the previous quarter after seasonal adjustment, the National Economic and Social Development Council has said.This recession was driven by the ...
BoI, state banks extend helping hand to firms hit hard by Covid-19
The Board of Investment (BoI) will join hands with two state-backed banks to help entrepreneurs affected by the Covid-19 outbreak, BoI secretary-general Duangjai Asawachintachit has said.“BoI will work with Small and Medium Enterprise Development Bank of Thailand [SME D Bank] and Export-Import Bank of Thailand ...
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Education Ministry hiring 10,000 asst teachers during virus crisis
The Education Ministry will hire 10,000 assistant teachers for primary schools as a way of helping unemployed educators amid the Covid-19 crisis.Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan said the plan was to hire assistant teachers for six months on a monthly salary of Bt9,000. The budget for ...
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Thais top regional rankings for mask-wearing, hand washing
Thais rank No 1 in Southeast Asia when it comes to washing hands and wearing face masks to prevent the spread of Covid-19, according to a recent survey.The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced on Wednesday (May 20) that 95 per cent of Thais ...
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Concern grow over poor kids ‘locked out’ of online school
Many Thai children have found themselves unable to begin their new school term, as they have no smartphone or internet to access the online classes.The problem has become a hot topic among netizens after cases emerged in Nakhon Ratchasima province of children prevented from joining ...
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Students, parents highlight problems on first day of govt’s online learning
Netizens, both students and parents, complained of being hit by a variety of problems on the first day of online and satellite distance learning today (May 18).Today is the first day the Education Ministry organised online learning for students nationwide via six channels – digital ...
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