BOT minutes: second‑round effects from Thailand's inf are limited; medium‑term inf expectations remain within the target range.

The Shanghai municipal government issued its 15th Five-Year Plan for advancing comprehensive rural revitalization, prioritizing measures likely to affect agricultural supply, infrastructure and agri-tech investment. The plan directs upgrades to farmland infrastructure at farms outside Shanghai, supports smart/automated upgrades at out-of-province pig, dairy and layer operations, and promotes development of the modern seed industry, digital agriculture and green agriculture. It also backs Yangtze River Delta integration through new cooperation mechanisms and the creation of rural revitalization training bases and talent programs at external farms, and calls for deeper cross-regional agricultural cooperation and market/industry linkage with counterpart aid regions and cooperation bases.

Congo: confirmed Ebola cases have risen to 1,624, including 521 deaths.