The Thai economy could lose 100 billion baht ($3.19 billion) a month, mainly in the service sector, as a consequence of the latest outbreak of Covid-19, the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce said on Thursday.

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday posted a global record for the number of coronavirus cases in a day, as US President Joe Biden hailed his government's "stunning" vaccination drive.

The northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima had 76 Covid-19 cases, in five clusters partly linked to Bangkok's Yaowarat area, over the past five days, according to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration.

AYUTTHAYA: Twenty-four new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Ayutthaya, including a 2-year-old girl infected at the Central Shrimp Market, raising the total number of cases in the province from the latest outbreak to 249.

PARIS: Europe endured record heat and rainfall last year while temperatures in Arctic Siberia soared off the charts, the European Union's climate monitoring service reported Thursday.

The government on Thursday reported seven more deaths related to Covid-19, raising the toll to 117, and 1,470 new cases, for a total of 48,113.

NAKHON PHANOM: A village head is being investigated for allegedly failing to self-quarantine and visiting a temple in That Phanom district after returning from a designated risk province on April 11. She later tested positive for Covid-19.

MUMBAI, India: As Poonam Sinha fought for her life, her distraught son found himself fending off black marketeers of coronavirus drugs after the hospital treating her ran out of supplies.

Bangkok Airways said on Thursday it was suspending services on the Phuket-Hat Yai, Bangkok-Sukhothai and Bangkok-Trat routes, and postponing the introduction of the planned Bangkok-Mae Sot service.

Food insecurity is rising sharply in Myanmar in the wake of the military coup and deepening financial crisis with millions more people expected to go hungry in coming months, the United Nations said on Thursday.