Thailand joins Asian nations in rush to buy Merck’s Covid-19 pill
By Reuters Staff, published by Channel NewsAsia THE Thai government is in talks with US drugmaker Merck & Co to buy 200,000 courses of its experimental antiviral pill for Covid-19 treatment, the latest Asian nation to scramble for supplies of the drug after lagging behind Western countries for vaccines. Somsak Akksilp, director-general of the […]
Read MoreWhirlwind rips through Samut Prakan destroying houses
THERE was panic at Phra Pradaeng district of Samut Prakan province 4.45 p.m. this afternoon (Oct. 4) when a strong whirlwind rolled through the area destroying many houses and blowing various objects up into the air, Thai Rath and Naewna newspapers said this evening. Facebook member Drama-addict shared a video clip (posted below) […]
Read MoreCovid clusters still emerging despite daily tally dropping
WHILE the daily Covid count dropped to 9,930 cases and 97 deaths in the 24 hours to this morning (Oct.4) the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) later cautioned that clusters of infection are still being found at factories in Chonburi, Songkhla and Samut Prakan provinces plus workers camps in Bangkok, Siam Rath newspaper […]
Read MoreDin Daeng protesters attack Lumpini police patrol car amid more rallies
POLICE stepped up surveillance at all police-related locations in Bangkok after four men linked to the Din Daeng protest group lobbed an explosive-like object at a Lumpini station patrol car as they rode by on a single motorcycle with three being caught after a chase, Siam Rath newspaper said. At 6 a.m. this morning […]
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