Delivery service Kerry Express (Thailand) has denied online rumours that parcels are going undelivered because its staff are quitting amid the coronavirus outbreak. “Following a viral story shared all in social media regarding Kerry employee resignations causing parcels to be undelivered, the company firmly conveys that the story is not true,” said the company’s chief commercial […]
Read MoreThe ban on all commercial flights into Thailand has been extended to April 18, as the government ramps up efforts to prevent clusters of Covid-19 infections among travellers from abroad. The decision was taken in response to growing concerns among officials that healthcare facilities in the country — including quarantine venues — will be overwhelmed […]
Read MoreMore than 140,000 employees lost their jobs last month due to the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Department of Employment. The Employers’ Confederation of Thai Trade and Industry has also estimated that from March until the end of the pandemic, at least 6.5 million will be put out of work, if migrant […]
Read MoreThailand’s inflation rate may be as low as -1% this year as the escalating spread of Covid-19 has weakened overall domestic demand. Pimchanok Vonkorpon, director-general of the Trade Policy and Strategy Office, the planning unit of the Commerce Ministry, said a -1% inflation rate would be Thailand’s lowest ever. The inflation rate was -0.9% in […]
Read MoreThe cabinet on Tuesday approved 1.9-trillion-baht spending to help people and businesses affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), including 600 billion baht for six-month cash giveaways and 500-billion-baht soft loans for small and medium-sized businesses. The package, the third phase of the stimulus programme to shore up the economy, will be backed by three […]
Read MoreThailand’s headline consumer price index (CPI) dropped 0.54% in March from a year earlier, the weakest in 51 months, but slightly better than expectations, commerce ministry data showed on Tuesday. The reading compared with a forecast decline of 0.60% in a Reuters poll, and with February’s rise of 0.74%. The central bank predicts the headline […]
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