SONGKHLA: Thai authorities have found seven spots where illegal border crossings had taken place along an 85-kilometre span of border in Sadao district opposite Malaysia's Kedah and Perlis states, governor Jaruwat Kliangklao said on Saturday.

About three-quarters of the population feel anxious and hopeless about their lives during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the result of an opinion survey by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, or Suan Dusit Poll.

Vietnam has discovered a new Covid-19 variant that spreads quickly by air and is a combination of the Indian and British strains, state media reported on Saturday.

The Court of Justice has set up a 10-member panel to follow up on the Toyota bribery scandal while the accused senior judges are preparing to take legal action against people mentioning them by name, especially in social media.

Health authorities reported 34 new Covid-19 fatalities on Saturday and another 4,803 cases — including 2,702 in prisons.

One million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from Chinese state-owned Sinopharm will arrive in June and be offered as a paid alternative for particular groups who don't want to wait, the Chulabhorn Royal Academy (CRA) announced on Friday.

Police have saved 88 macaques from being turned into dinner following a routine interception of a pickup truck believed to be stolen and bearing fake licence plates.

The government is trying to ease complaints from small provinces that have cried foul over unfair Covid-19 vaccine distribution, despite their successful efforts to tame the coronavirus in their areas.

The first day of vaccine reservations for the public drew an overwhelming response, with more than 1 million applications registered in Bangkok.

The Chulabhorn Royal Academy's (CRA) plan to import "alternative Covid-19 vaccines" from Sinopharm, a Chinese state-owned company, on Thursday triggered criticism over the government's vaccine procurement plan.