<p>A group of doctors has submitted a petition, signed by over 200,000 medical professionals and members of the public, demanding that the government and the Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) provide mRNA Covid-19 vaccines for frontline workers.</p>

<p>New disease control measures have been announced for Bangkok and the surrounding five provinces, along with four provinces in the Deep South, including&nbsp;including a curfew between 21.00 &ndash; 4.00 and a ban on gatherings of 5 or more people, which will be implemented as of Monday (12 July).</p>

<p>A network of nightlife and entertainment professionals have petitioned the government for support for workers and business owners affected by the Covid-19 lockdown.</p>

<p>The global pandemic has exposed the terrible legacy of deliberately divisive and destructive policies that have perpetuated inequality, discrimination and oppression and paved the way for the devastation wrought by COVID-19, Amnesty International said in its annual report published on Tueday (6 April).</p>

<p>1,063 new cases of Covid-19 were discovered in Samut Sakhon as of Tuesday (22&nbsp;December), while the province has been put under lockdown effective until 3 January.</p>

<p>387 journalists worldwide are currently detained in connection their work, while 54 are held hostage and 4 are missing, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF)&rsquo;s <a href="https://rsf.org/en/news/rsfs-2020-round-35-rise-number-women-journalists-held-arbitrarily?fbclid=IwAR3DA3pSiOX-qwElarOdMww3170CN_eUxkucb-8hmCCYyW8cPeh2OymKaW0">2020 round-up report</a> on abusive treatment of journalists.</p>

<p>Six months into the Covid-19 pandemic, the CIVICUS Monitor has found&nbsp;ongoing and unjustifiable restrictions on the freedoms of association, peaceful assembly and expression across the world, while people continue to mobilise despite these restrictions.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has proposed to extend the State of Emergency for yet another month, but will no longer ban public gatherings.</p>

<p>An Egyptian air force pilot who tested positive for Covid-19 was part of a group allowed to leave quarantine and visit public venues in Rayong, says the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Monday (13 July).</p>

<p>The cabinet decided today (30 June) to extend the State of Emergency to the end of July, even though Thailand has now gone over a month without any cases of local transmission of Covid-19.&nbsp;</p>