Thailand’s main airport to be used as field hospital

A 5,000 bed field hospital is to be set up in the compound of Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport and is expected to become operational in August.

Thailand projects 10,000 daily COVID-19 cases next week; lockdown may be considered

A lockdown may be considered to curb the spread of Covid-19 if new cases continue to surge, National Security Council secretary-general Natthapol Nakpanich said.

Thailand logs highest daily COVID-19 cases at 7,058 and 75 deaths on Thursday

There were 6,990 cases in the general population and 68 among prison inmates.

NCAA launches digital art contest for overseas Filipino youth on work of Jose Rizal; winners to get 120,000 pesos

Filipinos based in Thailand ages 18 to 35 are invited to join the competition by creating an original digital artwork based on the poetry of Dr. Jose Rizal. A total of Php120,000 will be given away to five (5) successful competition winners.

Registration for ‘Samui Plus’ planned reopening to start this week

Koh Samui, Koh Pha Ngan, and Koh Tao are planned to reopen under the scheme on July 15.

Explosion, chemical fire in Thailand’s Bang Phli district now under control

The fire that had raged through a plastics factory in Bang Phli district since early Monday has been brought under control, but intermittent flare-ups continued through Tuesday morning.

Police arrest 5 people over pornography shoot in Pattaya

Pornography is illegal in Thailand under Section 287 of the country’s Criminal Code.

Bangkok Red Line launches on August 2; free rides for 3 months

Thailand’s Transport Ministry has revealed that Bangkok’s Red Line rail project will commence services with a "soft" launch on Aug 2, offering commuters free rides for three months.

Thailand reports 50 COVID-19 deaths, 6,166 new cases on Monday

Health authorities on Monday said 50 more Covid-19 fatalities and 6,166 new transmissions around Thailand occurred on Saturday, bringing the accumulated toll to 2,276 deaths and the number of cases since the start of the pandemic to 289,233.

6,087 new COVID-19 cases, 61 deaths on Friday

A record daily Covid-19 death toll of 61 and 6,087 new cases were reported over the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry said on Friday.

Reopening of Thailand’s most famous island now in effect

Phuket’s highly anticipated reopening to tourism is now officially in effect, with the launch today of the Phuket Sandbox programme that welcomes fully vaccinated international visitors to the destination with no need to quarantine.

PH Embassy opens online condolence book for former president Aquino

Filipinos in Thailand may sign the electronic Book of Condolence (https://tinyurl.com/FilComOnlineCondolenceBookPNoy), which will remain open until 31 July 2021, in honor of the late former President.

Public holidays on July 24-26 & 28

July 24, 25, 26 and 28 are official holidays - Saturday July 24 is Asanha Bucha Day; July 25 the beginning of Buddhist Lent; Monday July 26 is a substitute holiday; and July 28 is His Majesty the King's birthday.

Royal Gazette announces Phuket Sandbox beginning July 1

You will need to be fully vaccinated, that’s the key point, and rather than quarantining in a hotel room for 14 days, your ‘quarantine’ is now the huge tropical island of Phuket where the early adopters will be able to fully navigate after their arrival PCR test returns a negative result.

Phuket hotels ready to welcome foreign tourists

Hotel operators in Phuket say they are ready to reopen and have prepared measures to receive foreign visitors when the island province reopens under the Phuket Tourism Sandbox scheme on Thursday.

Rural Doctor Society says July will be critical for Thai health system

Next month will be critical for the Thai health system, because hospitals will be overwhelmed and there won’t be enough beds to accommodate the increasing number of COVID-19 patients.