The government on Thursday reported 10 Covid-19 deaths and 1,871 new cases, bringing the toll to 188 fatalities and 63,570 cases.

Cash and other assets worth about 31 million baht believed acquired with profits from drug trafficking have been seized in raids on 20 locations in the East.

The Thailand Privilege Card Co (TPC) is banking on the Phuket tourism sandbox model to bring new arrivals who are Thailand Elite Card members after the resurgence of the virus delayed their travel plans to Thailand indefinitely.

The Thai economy faces a spate of challenges with the latest outbreak compounding the difficulty of recovery efforts.

The Treasury Department plans to allocate 1,000 rai of state land in Samut Prakan to construct residential projects for low-income earners to rent at affordable prices.

The government has retracted its own order allowing the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) to supervise its Covid-19 campaign in the South, a traditional election stronghold of the coalition Democrat Party.

An estimated 1.8 billion face masks are being discarded nationwide each day, many of them improperly, raising fears among medics of a further spread of Covid-19.

The government has pledged to work closely with the private sector to speed up the Covid-19 vaccine rollout and achieve its target of providing 100 million Covid-19 vaccine shots to inoculate 50 million people by the end of the year.

AstraZeneca's plan to produce its Covid-19 vaccine in Thailand has made significant progress and the first batch of vaccines will be ready for delivery to the government by June.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has promised close collaboration with the private sector to speed up the vaccine rollout and achieve the target of inoculating 50 million people by year's end, government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri said on Wednesd...