Virologist: UK COVID-19 variant may have come from Cambodia
According to Prof Yong Pooverawan, of the faculty of medicine, Chulalongkorn, the UK Covid variant now spreading through Thailand might have been brought into the country from Cambodia, either by Thais crossing the border or migrant workers. The UK variant was found in people from India and China who entered…
Thailand had the world’s first coronavirus case outside China. Here’s how it avoided disaster
By South-East Asia correspondent Amy Bainbridge and Supattra Vimonsuknopparat Thailand is emerging as another success story in the COVID-19 pandemic. It is all the more remarkable considering the country was the first outside of China to detect a case of COVID-19 back in January. At the time, there was intense speculation the…
Thailand offers 6 million baht in financial aid to flood-hit Cambodia
Thailand is providing financial aid to flood victims in Cambodia after flash floods killed at least 152 people in the Mekong River. Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul formally presented the assistance worth 6 million baht on behalf of the government to Cambodian ambassador to Thailand You Ay. He said after the…
Business delegation to Myanmar, Thailand & Cambodia rescheduled from Dec 8 to 18, 2013
The Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil) has rescheduled its earlier plan to take a business delegation to Myanmar, Thailand and Cambodia. As per the feedback from the members of the pharmaceutical companies the council has rescheduled the trip from December 8 to 18, 2013 instead of earlier announced…