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Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen called for stability in relations with China in her inaugural address Wednesday but said she would not accept Beijing’s political terms that would “downgrade Taiwan and undermine the cross-strait status quo.” Reelected by a landslide late last year, Tsai said relations with Beijing had reached a “historical turning point” and that
The World Health Organization agreed Tuesday to launch an investigation into its coronavirus response, as Beijing accused Washington of shirking its responsibility after President Donald Trump threatened to quit the UN agency. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said dealing with the pandemic must come first, however, as COVID-19 continued to unleash death and economic devastation
Brazil saw its highest number of coronavirus deaths yet Tuesday as, more than four months after COVID-19 first emerged in China, the force of the pandemic was beginning to hit hard in Latin America. Brazil’s surge came as the World Health Organization agreed to launch an investigation into its response to the disease, whose
Thailand may have its own coronavirus vaccine next year, as the country makes progress in curbing the spread of the contagion, with one new case recorded today and no fatalities. CCSA spokesman Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin said today that Thailand may have a vaccine, named COVID-19 type mRNA, next year. Jointly researched and developed by Chulalongkorn
Thailand is expected to be able to produce the anti-viral drug, Favipiravir, early next year, Mrs. Nanthakarn Suwanpidokkul, a special specialist attached to the Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO), said today. Currently, Favipiravir 200mg tablets, which are used in the treatment of COVID-19, is under development in laboratory to find the right formula, after which the
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to permanently halt funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) if it did not commit to improvements within 30 days, and to reconsider his country’s membership of the agency. Trump suspended U.S. contributions to the WHO last month, accusing it of promoting Chinese “disinformation” about the novel coronavirus
The Transport Ministry has nominated 15 candidates for administrator, of the rehabilitation plan for ailing Thai Airways International, to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha for consideration. Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob said today that, once the list is approved by the Prime Minister, tentatively this week, it will be submitted to the Central Bankruptcy Court for consideration.
Thailand’s cabinet has decided to let financially-strapped Thai Airways International enter a court-sanctioned rehabilitation scheme, under the Thai bankruptcy laws. Speaking at a news conference today (Tuesday), Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha admitted that it was a difficult decision for him to choose between injecting new funding into the ailing airline, letting the airline file for
The right timing for the opening of the first school semester of this year should not be a political decision, but should be based on scientific reasoning, with the physical and mental health of the students being taken into consideration, said Thailand’s leading virologist Dr. Yong Poovorawan. The chief of the virology centre, in the
President Donald Trump on Monday made the surprising revelation that he is taking hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug that his own government experts say is not suitable for fighting the novel coronavirus. Trump, noting that he has tested negative for the virus and shows no symptoms, said he’d been taking the drug as a preventative measure
Thailand recorded two new COVID-19 infections today and no new fatalities. Cumulative cases in the country, to date, are 3,033, with 2,857 recoveries and 56 deaths. The two new cases are the 36-year old daughter of a previously-infected man in the southern border province of Narathiwat and her 42-year old husband. The couple tended to
The labour union of Thai Airways International has voiced objection to any plan to reduce the Finance Ministry’s stake in the national flag carrier. The Ministry is the major shareholder in THAI, holding about 51% of the shares, enabling the ailing airline to enjoy dual status, as a listed public company and a state enterprise.
Thailand’s Institute of Forensic Medicine has found signs of assault on the body of the three-year old girl, who went missing from her home in a village in Dong Luang district in Thailand’s northeastern province of Muk Dahan on May 11th. After three days, the naked body of Nong Chompoo was found in the forest
