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The Finance Ministry is set to waive custom duty for medical supplies that can be used to treat and prevent Covid-19 in line with the Cabinet’s resolution to allocate supplies for hospitals across the nation, Deputy Finance Minister Santi Promphat said on Friday (April 10).

Bangkok’s Kasemrad Hospital Pracha Chuen is allowing all holders of the government’s gold card, those who have social security as well as government officials who come under the hospital’s specified conditions to get themselves tested for Covid-19 free of charge.

Prince Hospital Suvarnabhumi is offering free testing for Covid-19 infection for taxi drivers until April 10.

Many residents queued at the Bangchak gas station near the Thonburi BTS station to get alcohol-based hand sanitisers Bangchak Corporation is providing free of charge at its branches in Bangkok and nearby areas.

Bangkok Governor Assawin Kwanmuang presided over the opening ceremony of a BMA Feeder service, which will be available for people free of charge for six months, at the Southern Bus Terminal.

The free rides on the BTS Green Line extension, which were scheduled to end on January 2, is continuing indefinitely.

The Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTS) and Bangkok Expressway and Metro (BEM) have announced that mothers can ride their Skytrain and subway trains free of charge on National Mother’s Day, which falls on Monday (August 12).

Hospitals run by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will provide free checks for possible hepatitis B and C from Tuesday to Friday, the chief of the BMA’s Health Department said.

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Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena Saturday granted an amnesty to 762 convicts to mark a key Buddhist anniversary, but resisted calls to release a firebrand Buddhist monk.

Nissan in Thailand is offering a free vehicle check-up program for customers to ensure comfort and safety during the summer holiday travel period.

Many good Samaritans are now handing out N95 face masks in Chiang Mai in a bid to help locals brave it through the ongoing serious haze crisis.