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Boeing's new Starliner capsule was launched Thursday (May 19) on a do-over uncrewed test flight bound for the International Space Station, aiming to deliver the company a much-needed success after more than two years of delays and costly engineering setbacks.

In a marked changed in tourism sentiment, some 300,000 foreign visitors arrived during the first seven days after Thailand abolished the Test & Go scheme, Government Spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said on Monday.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Friday rescinded the requirement for fully vaccinated foreign tourists to undergo the expensive RT-PCR test upon arrival.

Tourists from Russia topped the list of foreign visitors to Thailand in February before Moscow was hit by international sanctions, Tourism and Sports Ministry figures show.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration on Wednesday decided to cancel the requirement for foreign arrivals under the Test & Go scheme to receive a second RT-PCR test in the country.

To the delight of tourism operators, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) decided on Thursday to resume the Test & Go scheme but modified it to suit the Omicron situation.

Israel and the United States have completed a successful flight test of the Arrow-3 ballistic missile interceptor, the Israeli Ministry of Defense announced on Tuesday.

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 the tourism business.

To deal with a possible testing crisis driven by an omicron surge, South Korea is mulling giving people at higher risk PCR tests first, while lower priority people take at-home rapid antigen tests.

Thailand will continue conducting RT-PCR tests on travellers arriving under the Test & Go scheme, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said after wrapping up the weekly Cabinet meeting on Tuesday.

Vietnams Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh ordered covid-19 tests for all of Ho Chi Minh City after the government dispatched the military to dispense food in the nations commercial hub amid new drastic measures to contain a worsening outbreak.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has launched a new website, koncovid.com, to provide information on where people can go to get tested for Covid-19.