(photo credit: Prakhon Chai hospital Facebook page) A village in the Prakhon chai district of Thailand’s northeastern province of Buri Ram was declared off-limits today, and the…
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High demand for COVID-19 screening after 20 infections related to Ayutthaya market
Health officials in Thailand’s central province of Ayutthaya have expanded COVID-19 screening to 800 people at high risk in Muang district, after 20 people, linked to the central f…
All nightspots in Bangkok to remain closed for another 14 days
All entertainment outlets in Bangkok, including pubs, karaoke bars and massage parlours, which have already been closed for more than a week, will remain closed for at least the ne…
17 medics at Samut Prakan hospital isolated after patient lies about contact with an infected person
Photo by Mulyadi on Unsplash Seventeen medical personnel at Samut Prakan provincial hospital have been quarantined after a patient failed to disclose information about his conta…
Nakhon Ratchasima opens its first field hospital for COVID-19 patients
Photo from Facebook page สำนักงานประชาสัมพันธ์จังหวัดนครราชสีมา The first field hospital in Thailand’s northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima is scheduled to open on Thursda…
Yingluck verdict opens another can of worms in the rice-pledging saga
Former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra waves to supporters as she leaves the Supreme Court in Bangkok on August 1, 2017. (Photo by LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) Supporters …
Manager of two Thonglor pubs sentenced to two months in prison
The manager of two pubs, in Bangkok’s Thonglor area, which were blamed as the source of the current Thonglor COVID-19 cluster, has been sentenced to two months in prison, without s…
BMA and military told prepare facilities to handle surge in COVID-19 infections
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to adopt a three-step plan, including the expansion of city hospital capacity and the …
COVID surge in Chiang Mai prompts expansion of field hospital and appeal for donations of consumables
Thailand’s northern province of Chiang Mai is running short of ambulances, to bring those with COVID-19 to the field hospital,which was recently set up at the international trade e…
Thai judiciary skids into more controversy
(Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) The Thai justice system has been hit by a fresh scandal following allegations that bribes were paid to judges for a court ruling in favour of Toyo…
