đčđ THAI NEWS SUMMARY: The morning headlines for Friday.
♦️ The Subcommittee for Resolving the Covid-19 Situation in Bangkok approved new guidelines for treating infected people as quickly as possible. Those with mild symptoms can isolate at home.
♦️ Thailand's laying hen farmers agreed on Thursday to lower the ex-farm price of chicken eggs to 2.90 baht each, instead of 3 baht as recently set, to ease the financial burden on consumers.
♦️ Thai consumers are turning to crocodile meat, as an alternative source of protein, after the price of pork skyrocketed due to the spread of African Swine Fever.
♦️ Four cattle farmers, wanted by the police for allegedly killing two tigers in Thong Pha Phum national park have explained that they shot the two big cats because they had killed several cows.
♦️ Four Thai women are included in Forbes Magazine's 50 over 50: Asia 2022 list, which features "founders, business and political leaders, scientists and vanguards leading the way".
♦️ The CCSA has expressed its concern over rising infections among Thai medical personnel and has urged them to receive a fourth dose of vaccine to boost protection.
♦️ Japan and Thailand agreed to launch new energy policy dialogue and implement joint projects to promote decarbonisation, as the two countries aim for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
♦️ More action is needed to counter the rising rate of suicide, especially among young people, the national mental health committee said on Thursday.
♦️ A major tourism and food & beverage operator in Thailand has called on the government to resume the Test & Go scheme or at least open more "sandbox" destinations to help tourism.