Thailand to consider cutting second COVID-19 tests on international arrivals

 

Passengers wearing face masks and a protective suit as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus arriving at the departure terminal of Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok. (Photo by Romeo GACAD / AFP)

 

Thailand will consider a recommendation from an airline tycoon to reduce the steps required for international entry, by doing away the second COVID-19 test, currently required on the fifth day after arrival.

 

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Private Taxi Application Operators Required to Apply for Official Verification

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Transport has issued regulations requiring operators providing private taxi services via applications to be certified in order to ensure safe service for the public.

 

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PM Says at General Debate Government Tried Its Best To Reduce People’s Expenses

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The issue of heightened product prices has become a major point of contention at this week’s general debate in Parliament. The Opposition alleges that expensive products and low wages resulted from cost mismanagement. The prime minister, meanwhile, asserted that inflation has taken hold worldwide and prices have thus increased.

 

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Thai Foreign Minister Attends ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Minister of Foreign Affairs participated in an online conference of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat (AMM Retreat) to strengthen cooperation among ASEAN member countries.

 

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Government Reports 17% Increase in Agricultural Exports for 2021

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE) has reported that exports for agricultural products increased by 17 percent in 2021.

 

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Public Health Ministry Opens Center For One-Stop Services for STI Treatments

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Public Health has opened a new facility in Bangkok to provide one-stop services for the treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1250780-public-health-ministry-opens-center-for-one-stop-services-for-sti-treatments/

 

Temple Searched for Abbot’s Suspected Theft

 

 

BANGKOK, Feb 18 (TNA) – Police of the Counter Corruption Division searched Wat Thurian in Nakhon Nayok province as they suspected its abbot together with a former director of the National Office of Buddhism of stealing about 100 million baht from the office’s fund for the improvement of 12 Buddhist temples in Nakhon Nayok and Prachin Buri from 2011 to 2016.

 

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