Bell rings for new school term
The new academic year finally begins as schools across the country reopens with strict COVID-19 measures implemented. Students in high-risk provinces will have to resort to online learning for now, as campuses remain off-limit due to the risk of transmission. Many schools in lower-risk provinces today started the new school…
Post-Inoculation Deaths So Far Are Not Related to COVID-19 Vaccine
Thailand’s Department of Disease Control (DDC) has explained that 12 of the 28 deaths, following the administration of their COVID-19 vaccination, were not directly related to the inoculation, while 16 others are still under investigation. DDC Emergency Disease and Health Hazards Control Division Director Dr. Chawetsan Namwat said 6,756,493 doses…
Yami Gautam ties the knot with Uri director Aditya Dhar in ‘intimate wedding’. See first pic as couple
Actor Yami Gautam has tied the knot with her Uri: The Surgical Strike director Aditya Dhar. The actor took to social media on Friday to make the announcement. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rajesh Kumar (RAJ) (@marketing.by.raj) She shared a picture of her and Aditya at their wedding…
Thai-directed film is selected for main competition at Cannes Film Festival 2021
The Thai-directed film “Memoria” has been selected for the main competition at the Cannes Film Festival 2021, the first time in 11 years that a Thai filmmaker will be featured in the top tier of the prestigious festival. Memoria, starring Tilda Swinton, was directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, a Thai director…
Pharmaceutical Organization will import 11 million Sinovac doses from June
The Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) will import 11 million Sinovac doses from June to August, to support the government’s plan to procure at least 100 million vaccine doses for the country. Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said, so far, the ministry has received 6 million doses of the Sinovac vaccine,…
Foreign nationals in Thailand will receive COVID-19 vaccine starting June 7
The government has assured that all foreign nationals living in the kingdom, who have registered for vaccination, will be inoculated starting on June 7. Disease Control Department deputy director general Dr. Sophon Iamsirsithavorn said vaccinations for all foreign diplomats in the country will be carried out on the same day…
AstraZeneca and Siam Bioscience are ready to supply COVID-19 vaccine to government
AstraZeneca and Siam Bioscience announced on Wednesday that they are ready to start supplying the government with COVID-19 vaccine produced in Thailand. The first locally produced doses will be supplied to the Thai Public Health Ministry, to support their mass vaccination program. AstraZeneca (Thailand) president James Teague said ramping up…
Thailand gains 1.2bn baht revenue from international film productions
Film productions by international companies in Thailand have gained the country 1.2 billion baht in income despite the pandemic this year. The Department of Tourism anticipates this source of revenue will contribute 3 billion by the end of year, hoping the government will further promote this business for the next…
PM Prayut inspects COVID-19 vaccination venue at CentralWorld
Prime Minister and Defense Minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, has inspected a vaccination venue at CentralWorld shopping plaza in Pathum Wan district, Bangkok, while insisting that the COVID-19 vaccines are safe. Today (May 31), Gen. Prayut visited the vaccination venue, jointly set up by Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), the Thai Chamber…
Thai firm plans to import world’s first COVID-19 vaccine for animals
Supreme Pharmatech, a major pharmaceutical manufacturer in Thailand, plans to import 10,000 doses of the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine for animals. Supreme Pharmatech CEO, Milint Wintarasiri, said the company is in negotiations with the manufacturer, Carnivac-Cov, to import the vaccine. She said that this is a good opportunity to contribute…