There were 30 more Covid-19 fatalities and 3,129 new cases in the country over the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Thursday.

AYUTTHAYA: Thirty-one new Covid-19 infections have been confirmed in Ayutthaya as authorities speed up vaccinations among teachers in all districts to prepare for the opening of the school semester on July 1.

Five officials at the Excise Department are being investigated for allegedly demanding payment of a 12,000-baht "fine" from a shop owner who filled a large order for fresh orange juice.

WASHINGTON: Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Wednesday a bill that allows Texans to carry firearms in public without a permit, the latest in a series of measures expanding gun rights in conservative US states.

NONTHABURI: Two men, one a soldier, have been arrested for allegedly demanding 2 million baht from a businessman in return for not posting obscene pictures of him on social media.

NEW YORK: A global summary of the Covid-19 situation.

Thailand has been given an award by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Switzerland for its success in almost eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.

People who die as a result of receiving the Chinese vaccine Sinopharm will be entitled to compensation of one million baht.

JIUQUAN, China: The first astronauts for China's new space station lifted off on Thursday for the country's longest crewed mission to date, a landmark step in establishing Beijing as a major space power.

Private hospitals offering to order Covid-19 vaccines for their customers are required to follow the Public Health Ministry's regulations on Covid-19 vaccine advertising and regulations, the ministry said on Thursday.