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FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday June 24, 2021, European Council President Charles Michel, left, greets Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel during an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels. The government of Luxembourg said Monday June 28, 2021, that Prime Minister Xavier Bettel has tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation for 10 days. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, FILE)
The Latest: Hong Kong to ban flights from UK to curb virus

By The Associated Press Jun. 28, 2021 06:35 AM EDT

A lone worker stands on a construction site at dusk in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, June 25, 2021. As Thailand has struggled unsuccessfully to lower the number of new COVID-19 cases and related deaths during its third and worst wave of coronavirus infections, the government on Friday ordered the camps where construction workers are housed in Bangkok and other hard-hit areas to be shut for a month and the workers kept inside to help stop the spread of the disease. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Thailand isolates construction workers to curb virus spread

By Chalida Ekvittayavechnukul Jun. 25, 2021 12:08 PM EDT

Pro-democracy supporters display the three-finger symbol of resistance during a demonstration in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, June 24, 2021. Pro-democracy protesters have taken to the streets of Thailand's capital, marking the 89th anniversary of the overthrow of the country's absolute monarchy by renewing their demands that the government step down, the constitution be amended and the monarchy become more accountable. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Thai pro-democracy activists march against government

By Chalida Ekvittayavechnukul Jun. 24, 2021 05:38 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2021, file photo, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha holds samples of the Sinovac vaccine during a ceremony to mark the arrival of 200,000 doses in a shipment at the Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok. Prayuth on Wednesday, June 16, 2021, declared that the country is planning to fully reopen to foreign visitors without restrictions by mid-October, as the government seeks to restart the crucial tourist industry, heavily hit by the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)
Thailand sets mid-October to reopen to vaccinated visitors

By Chalida Ekvittayavechnukul Jun. 16, 2021 09:53 AM EDT

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga attends a plenary session, during the G7 summit in Carbis Bay, England, Sunday June 13, 2021. (Phil Noble/Pool via AP)
The Latest: COVID-19 cases rise in Missouri tourist areas

By The Associated Press Jun. 16, 2021 01:25 AM EDT

Local residents line up, waiting for the coronavirus testing at a market in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, June 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Thai capital to lift more restrictions against virus spread

By Chalida Ekvittayavechnukul Jun. 12, 2021 12:11 PM EDT

Health workers administer a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to women at Paragon shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, June 7, 2021. Health authorities in Thailand on Monday began their much-anticipated mass rollout of locally produced AstraZeneca vaccine, but it appeared that supplies were falling short of demand from patients who had scheduled vaccinations for this week. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Thai lawmakers approve $16B in borrowing to fight COVID-19

By Chalida Ekvittayavechnukul Jun. 10, 2021 09:54 AM EDT

Health workers administer a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to women at Paragon shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, June 7, 2021. Health authorities in Thailand on Monday began their much-anticipated mass rollout of locally produced AstraZeneca vaccine, but it appeared that supplies were falling short of demand from patients who had scheduled vaccinations for this week. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Thais debut locally made AstraZeneca but supplies are tight

By Chalida Ekvittayavechnukul And Tassanee Vejpongsa Jun. 07, 2021 03:40 AM EDT

A health worker administers the second dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, center left, at Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 24, 2021. (Government Spokesman Office via AP)
Thai villages isolated over variant find amid vaccine worry

May. 24, 2021 04:04 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 18, 2021, file photo, a health worker administers a dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine to Buddhist monk at Priest Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand on Friday said it had detected its first locally transmitted cases of the coronavirus variant first found in India, even as it announced the formal rollout of its national vaccination plan from next month. (AP Photo/Anuthep Cheysakron,File)
Thailand reports 1st cases of Indian coronavirus variant

May. 21, 2021 06:25 AM EDT

Chinese volunteer helps Chinese getting registered to vaccination and leading them to the room to test blood pressure at Bangrak Vaccination and Health Center in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday, May 20, 2021. China began vaccinating its citizens living in Thailand on Thursday as part of a global campaign to inoculate its nationals living and working abroad. (AP Photo/Fu Ting)
China, in global campaign, vaccinates its people in Thailand

By Fu Ting And Patrick Quinn May. 20, 2021 05:20 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2020, file photo, a Thai Airways jet sits on the tarmac at the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. Creditors of Thai Airways International holding 91.56% of the airline’s debt have approved a business reorganization plan, the company announced Wednesday, May 19, 2021 in a filing to the Stock Exchange of Thailand. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)
Creditors of Thai Airways approve reorganization plan

May. 19, 2021 02:57 PM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 4, 2021, file photo, a health worker administers a dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine to residents of the Klong Toey area, a neighborhood currently having a spike in coronavirus cases, in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand sought Thursday, May 6, 2021, to assure its foreign residents that they can get COVID-19 vaccinations, countering comments by some officials suggesting they would be at the end of the line for inoculations. (AP Photo/Anuthep Cheysakron)
Thailand wants to buy more vaccines as surge worsens

By Chalida Ekvitthayavechnukul May. 07, 2021 10:44 AM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 16, 2019, file photo, Deputy Agriculture Minister Thammanat Prompao arrive for a group photo with his cabinet members at the government house in Bangkok, Thailand. A Thai court ruled on Wednesday that Thammanat could keep his ministerial post and continue as a lawmaker, even though he was convicted and jailed in Australia in 1994 for smuggling heroin. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)
Thai court says key official can stay despite drug case

By Jerry Harmer May. 05, 2021 06:35 AM EDT

In this Tuesday, May 4, 2021, photo, a health worker administers a dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine to residents of the Klong Toey area, a neighborhood currently having a spike in coronavirus cases, in Bangkok, Thailand. Health officials rushed to vaccinate thousands of people in Bangkok's biggest slum on Wednesday as a new surge in COVID-19 cases spread through densely populated low-income areas located in the capital's central business district.(AP Photo/Anuthep Cheysakron)
Thailand fights to contain COVID-19 surge in Bangkok

By Chalida Ekvitthayavechnukul And Patrick Quinn May. 05, 2021 05:01 AM EDT

A shop assistant wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus stands in front of her shop in Khao San road, a popular hangout for Thais and tourists in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, April 26, 2021. Cinemas, parks and gyms were among venues closed in Bangkok as Thailand sees its worst surge of the pandemic. A shortage of hospital beds, along with a failure to secure adequate coronavirus vaccine supplies, have pushed the government into imposing the new restrictions. (AP Photo/Anuthep Cheysakron)
Thailand's prime minister fined for breaking face mask rule

By Busaba Sivasomboon Apr. 26, 2021 06:13 AM EDT

A visitor wearing a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus walks near a field of tulips at a park in Goyang, South Korea, Friday, April 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Asia Today: Thailand's new cases exceed 2,000, set record

Apr. 23, 2021 05:36 AM EDT

First lady Jill Biden watches as New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham gives a sticker to a woman who had just received a COVID-19 vaccination during a visit to First Choice Community Healthcare - South Valley Medical Center in Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday, April 21, 2021. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)
The Latest: New Mexico preparing for 'vaccine hesitancy'

By The Associated Press Apr. 21, 2021 01:20 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 12, 2021, file photo, Thai workers prepare a field hospital for COVID-19 patients in Bangkok, Thailand. The country had seemed to be a virus success story and was just beginning to relax border quarantine requirements when a new outbreak involving nightspots in the capital took numbers of new infections to their highest levels ever. The setback suggests that Thailand may have been lulled into a false sense of security. (AP Photo/Somchai Chanjirakitti, File)
Thailand gov't negotiating to buy Pfizer coronavirus vaccine

Apr. 20, 2021 09:38 AM EDT

People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus shop around at the Kuromon Ichiba market in Osaka, western Japan, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Asia Today: Indian opposition leader positive for COVID-19

Apr. 20, 2021 07:24 AM EDT