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Thu, 08 Jul 2021 13:49:00 +0700
Man caught making guns for online sale
A 39-year-old factory machinist was arrested on charges of illegally making, modifying and selling guns when police raided his room at a workers’ dormitory in Pak Kret district, Nonthaburi.

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 04:04:00 +0700
Samui aims for 2,000 guests in 1st month
The Samui Plus model is aiming to attract 2,000 travellers in the first month of reopening as it banks on Phuket's success in order to ease rules which currently require tourists to stay in alternative local quarantines (ALQ) for the first seven days...

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 06:36:00 +0700
Why and how we need to reskill at scale
Research by the US firm Gartner indicates that the number of skills needed for a single job, say in marketing or sales, has increased by 10% per year for the last four years. At the same time, 30% of the skills required for a job four years ago are n...

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 19:51:00 +0700
Vaccine payments must come first, says GPO
The Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) says it has to wait for payment to be submitted to it first before it can place a supply agreement for the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine on behalf of private hospitals

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 08:13:00 +0700
41 Covid deaths, 6,230 new cases
Forty-one Covid-19 deaths and 6,230 new cases were reported on Saturday, bringing the accumulated toll to 2,182 fatalities and 277,151 cases since the start of the pandemic

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 07:11:00 +0700
GPO submits draft to buy Moderna jab
The Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) abruptly submitted a draft purchase contract for the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine to the Office of Attorney General (OAG) on Friday after the latter publicly stated it never received the contract.

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 04:00:00 +0700
Outcry over vaccine shortages
The government has come under fire over its failure to procure sufficient Covid-19 vaccines as the number of new cases continued to soar, with more than 6,000 cases and 61 fatalities confirmed on Friday.

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 18:55:00 +0700
AZ shortfall raises doubts about jab targets
Thailand will struggle to meet its monthly coronavirus vaccination target of 10 million doses as deliveries from AstraZeneca will be 40-50% less than expected because some supplies are allotted for export, a senior health official said on Friday.

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 16:47:00 +0700
First tourists arrive in Phuket under Sandbox scheme
PHUKET: Twenty-three tourists arrived at Phuket airport on Thursday morning as the island reopened to vaccinated foreign tourists under the quarantine-free scheme.



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