Clashes between young people and riot police continued near Din Daeng on Saturday even after police moved walls of containers blocking inbound Vibhavadi Road and changed their tactics for dealing with protesters there.

A total of 261 Covid-19 fatalities and 20,571 cases were reported over the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Saturday morning.

A doctor has called for an end to violent clashes between protesters and riot police around Victory Monument as it has affected patients and health workers in nearby hospitals.

There are several lessons the country must learn from the mishandling of the Covid-19 crisis after Thailand reached the grim milestone of more than one million accumulated cases on Friday, according to the president of the Rural Doctors Society.

Police have seized 75 ping-pong bombs and arrested two men and a woman at a house in Don Muang district of Bangkok on Friday morning.

The cabinet has approved 9.3 billion baht for funding an already signed contract to procure 20 million doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines and acknowledged a proposal to purchase 10 million more doses of the same mRNA vaccine.

The Department of Health is advising vaccination against Covid-19 for young people aged 12-18 years who suffer from chronic illness, amid concern over rising infections in this age group.

Is it strange to hear that a post-Covid “Great Resignation” could be coming when so many people have lost their jobs? Then consider this: A recent LinkedIn survey found 41% of workers were considering quitting.