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PM calls meeting to map out further aid
published : 28 Jun 2021 at 04:30 Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will meet the government s economic team on Monday to help those affected by the latest measures to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. (Bangkok Post photo)
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha called an urgent meeting of the government s economic team on Monday to map out relief measures for those affected by the latest measures to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic.
Government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri said the meeting will discuss financial relief for businesses and individuals after construction camps were ordered closed and some businesses ordered to shut for 30 days over the weekend.
Labour union urges extra vaccinations
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Chalee says affected workers need help
published : 1 May 2021 at 09:00
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A labour group yesterday called on the government to speed up Covid-19 vaccine distribution to all the country s workers, including migrants, as part of their demands to mark Labour Day on Saturday.
Chalee Loysoong, vice president of the Thai Labour Solidarity Committee (TLSC), said workers nationwide have been badly affected by the pandemic and the first thing the government should do is speed up vaccine distribution to them. If the majority of workers are vaccinated, it can help reduce infections and will clear the way for schemes to revive the economy, he said.
Govt has enough cash to help Covid sufferers
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published : 29 Apr 2021 at 04:00
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Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith yesterday gave his assurances that the government has enough money to continue funding Covid-relief programmes and kickstart the economy.
Mr Arkhom said the 400 billion baht left of the one trillion-baht-loan secured via the state of emergency was enough to care for people facing hardship.
He added that the government was also still considering a third extension of the popular Kon La Krueng (Half-Half) co-payment scheme.
Kon La Krueng subsidises people s spending on consumer purchases, and ruled out the need to issue another executive decree to borrow more money.
Covid fear halves holiday travel
published : 10 Apr 2021 at 04:00 Mask-clad people wait to board their bus at Mor Chit terminal in the capital. Fewer people are heading to the provinces for the Songkran holidays as the fresh outbreak of Covid-19 has put a dampneer on the mood for celebration. Bus drivers and conductors were instructed to practise strict health safety measures. Pattarapong Chatpattarasill
An estimated 50,000 people poured out of Bangkok on buses to their home provinces yesterday, about half the predicted figure for the traditional Songkran rush, due to fears over the latest wave of Covid-19 infections.
The figure on the first day of the peak travel period from April 9-18 was released by the state-owned Transport Company, which said it had laid on enough buses to carry 100,000 people.