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The Thai Justice ministry has modified a tablet press, confiscated from an illicit drug manufacturing network, to produce Fah Talai Jone (Green Chiretta) tablets, in an effort to alleviate the country’s COVID-19 medicine shortage. The ministry will be able to produce 20,000 x 500mg tablets of Fah Talai Jone per hour, according to the ministry. […]
The Thai Writers Association, several prominent writers, politicians and academics have voiced opposition to the reported decision by the National Culture Commission of Thailand to strip Mr. Suchart Sawatsri of his status as a national artist. An online signature collection campaign was launched today (Saturday) by Mr. Chamnan Chanruang, former deputy leader of the now […]
Thailand reported 20,571 new COVID-19 cases and 261 more deaths today (Saturday), while 23,159 more patients have recovered, according to the CCSA. Of the new infections, 20,322 were locally acquired and 235 are among prisoners. Cumulative infections, since April 1st this year, are 1,001,418 and cumulative infections since last year are 1,030,281. Cumulative recoveries are 791,538 […]
The Cabinet, during its meeting on 17 August 2021, acknowledged the acquiring of additional 10 million doses of Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 by the National Vaccine Institute. The Department of Disease Control was earlier assigned to sign a deal with Pfizer (Thailand) Co., Ltd. and BioNTech SE. to secure 20 million doses of Pfizer […]
The Cabinet on 17 August 2021 approved a budget of 490.6 million baht to drill large artesian water wells to provide sources of water for people affected by the drought crisis. The amount will be used to finance the development of artesian projects to solve the drought problem, under royal initiatives. The nine projects, proposed […]
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand, a regional manufacturer of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus shots, is seeking to borrow 150,000 doses of the same vaccine from the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, an official said on Monday, amid a Thai supply shortage. Thailand has been racing to boost its stocks after being hit by its worst wave of coronavirus infections, just two months before it started its mass […]