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Foreigners face longer wait for jab 61 published : 14 May 2021 at 08:00 61 Foreigners in Thailand may have to wait until August before receiving vaccinations from the government, City Halls top health official said yesterday. Panruedee Manomaipiboon, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administrations (BMA) Health Department director, said the Health Ministry aimed to vaccinate everyone in Thailand, including foreign residents and immigrants. "We need to build herd immunity, w...

Thailand logs 22 Covid deaths, 1,630 new cases Monday 43 published : 10 May 2021 at 10:24 updated: 10 May 2021 at 15:02 43 Residents of Ban Khing community in Bangkoks Bang Khae district wait their turn to be vaccinated against Covid-19 at Bang Khae Pirom Park on Sunday. (Photo by Arnun Chonmahatrakool) The government recorded 1,630 new coronavirus cases on Monday, sharply lower than Sundays tally of 2,101, takin...

22 Covid deaths, 1,630 new cases Monday published : 10 May 2021 at 12:54 Residents of Ban Khing community in Bangkoks Bang Khae district wait their turn to be vaccinated against Covid-19 on Sunday. (Photo by Arnun Chonmahatrakool) The government recorded 1,630 new coronavirus cases on Monday, and 22 deaths. The infection figure was sharply lower than Sundays tally of 2,101, taking the total since the beginning of the pandemic to 85,005. The...

8 Staff in a mobile kitchen run by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration prepare food to be delivered to medical personnel at BMA-run hospitals and field hospitals on Friday. The mobile kitchen, which is next to City Hall in Phra Nakhon district, is open on Tuesdays and Fridays. (Photo: Apichart Jinakul) The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is expanding Covid-19 mass testing across the capital with a plan to test 3,000 people in risk groups each day for the n...

Covid tests, inoculations accelerated in Bangkok communities 6 published : 7 May 2021 at 12:29 6 City disease control workers collect nasal swabs from vendors at Huai Khwang market in Huai Khwang district for Covid-19 testing, on Thursday. (Photo: Nutthawat Wicheanbut) The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is speeding up mass testing and vaccination in Covid-hit communities, admitting the disease is expanding rapidly in the capital. The BM...

Bangkok extends closure order to May 17 46 Schools, entertainment venues and parks among places covered by directive originally set to end on Sunday published : 7 May 2021 at 20:33 46 Mass testing is conducted at Wat Klong Toey School on Wednesday after a new coronavirus cluster emerged in Klong Toey district. (Photo by Varuth Hirunyatheb) The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has extended for another week a closure order that was set to e...

New Covid clusters in Bangkoks Bang Kae district 17 published : 6 May 2021 at 14:01 17 A health worker points the way for an elderly resident of Bang Kae district, Bangkok, arriving at a centre for mass testing on Monday. (Photo: Pornprom Satrabhaya) New Covid-19 clusters, with a total of 160 cases, were found in Bang Kae district of Bangkok, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration reported on Thursday. CCSA spokesman Taweesilp Visa...