SUPREME Pharmatech, a major pharmaceutical manufacturer in Thailand, plans to import 10,000 doses of the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine for animals, NNT said today (May 30). Supreme Pharmatech CEO, Milint Wintarasiri, said the company is in negotiations with the manufacturer, Carnivac-Cov, to import the vaccine. She said that this is a good opportunity to contribute
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CP Foods closes poultry factory after Covid-19 found among workers
By Reuters Staff, published by Channel NewsAsia THAILAND’S largest agribusiness firm Charoen Pokphand Foods said today (May 30) it had closed one of its factories for five days after several workers tested positive for Covid-19. The company’s poultry processing plant in Saraburi province will be shut from Sunday to Thursday, the company said in a
Read moreHK seizes heroin hidden in electrical appliances sent from Thailand
HONG KONG Customs seized about 23.5 kilogrammes of suspected heroin with an estimated market value of about $29 million (approximately 900 million baht) hidden in a consignment of goods that arrived from Thailand on May 27, a press release issued by the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region said today (May 30). Customs
Read moreBangkok tops list of 10 provinces with highest Covid infection
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) today (May 30) listed the 10 provinces with the most coronavirus cases and Bangkok, being the worst affected, is right at the top while there were 4,528 new cases and 24 deaths in the last 24 hours, Sanook.com said. Of the new batch of cases 1,397 emerged in
Read moreUkraine Ambassador dies at Koh Lipe resort
THE Ukraine Ambassador to Thailand Mr. Andrii Beshta, 45, died while vacationing on Koh Lipe island, Satun province, before dawn today (May 30) but initially there were no signs of anything suspicious having occurred, TV Channel 7 said. Koh Lipe police station’s deputy inspector Pol. Lt. Col. Bedan Saripa was informed at approximately 5.30 a.m.
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