People and Government
Student loans boost as crisis bites
More parents will be allowed to seek loans from the Finance Ministry’s Student Loan Fund (SLF) as it boosts loan finance and eligibility criteria following the impact of Covid-19 on household incomes.Some funding criteria will be adjusted to cover more borrowers and each student will ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Migrant workers affected by COVID 19 can claim unemployment benefits [Video]
The government has launched a COVID-19 information hotline in three languages for migrant workers in Thailand that also accept petitions for their unemployment claims with the Social Security Office (SSO).Keep watching ...
Disease Control Dept warns of dengue fever outbreak
Dr Thanarak Phliphat, deputy director-general of the Department of Disease Control, said that with the return of dengue fever it may soon become tougher for doctors to diagnose and detect Covid-19 infections.This is because both viruses show different symptoms based on the age group. For ...
The Nation Reporter
Report says Thailand’s suicide rate increasing during coronavirus pandemic
Driven to desperation by the unprecedented economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of Thais taking their own lives to escape their hardship has increased, according to a research paper commissioned by the Office of the Committee for the Promotion of Science, Research and ...
Ministry setting up cash for 2m disabled
The Finance Ministry is seeking a lifeline for the 2 million disabled and underprivileged people who are adversely affected by the coronavirus outbreak, says finance permanent secretary Prasong Poontaneat.The ministry is working out the details with the Social Development and Human Security Ministry, which has ...
Wichit Chantanusornsiri
Human trials of vaccine in Thailand in 4 months
Human trials of a Covid-19 vaccine in Thailand are expected to begin within the next four months, according to the Department of Disease Control (DDC). The announcement follows an initial agreement by the Ministry of Public Health to cooperate with Chinese pharmaceutical companies in the ...
Apinya Wipatayotin
Hospital director criticises govt for Bt3.6bn ‘cut’ to health budget
The director of a local hospital in Songkhla province has criticised the government’s decision to redirect billions of baht from the health budget to fund Covid-19 preventive measures.Supat Hasuwannakit, director of Chana Hospital, said on Facebook (April 23) that local hospitals had several expenses and ...
The Nation Reporter
Covid-19 crisis triggering ‘increased domestic violence'
Measures to keep people at home are important to help contain the Covid-19 outbreak, but it has resulted in a spike in domestic violence, said Jaded Chaowilai, director of the Women’s and Men’s Progressive Movement.Data from the Department of Women’s Affairs and Family Development (DWF) ...
The Nation Reporter
Covid-19 aid reaches 8,000 who lost jobs
About 8,000 people who have lost their jobs or were suspended from work due to the Covid-19 outbreak on Monday received their first compensation payment from the Social Security Office (SSO).Labour Minister MR Chatu Mongol Sonakul said compensation payments can now be made following the ...
Penchan Charoensuthipan
Volunteers on the frontline
Knocking on the door is a life-and-death mission for now. While medical staff are combating the coronavirus outbreak on the frontline, under-resourced village health volunteers are conducting house-to-house visits to monitor the health of community residents at their own risk.Keep reading ...
Thana Boonlert
