Month: January 2021
Nakhon Ratchasima municipality wants to buy vaccine with its own funds
BEING eager to get a coronavirus vaccine the Nakhon Ratchasima municipality today (Jan. 23) said it is ready to use 40 million baht of its reserve budget to buy enough doses for 120,000 living within its zone of jurisdiction, INN News and Sanook.com reported. Mr. Surawut Cherdchai, the mayor of Nakhon Ratchasima which is also …
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Under-construction bridge collapses, 12 Myanmar workers hurt
A BRIDGE being built as part of a ring road in Nakhon Ratchasima province collapsed at around 2 p.m. today (Jan. 23) leading to 12 Myanmar workers getting injured but none very seriously, Siam Rath newspaper reported. Upon getting a call for help at around that time this province’s Hook 31 rescue team rushed to …
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Bangkok has second-most Covid cases after Samut Sakhon
THE Public Health Ministry said at noon today (Jan. 23) that Bangkok has risen to become the place with the second highest number of coronavirus cases while Samut Sakhon remains at the top spot with over a hundred cases showing up everyday, Siam Rath newspaper reported. However the ministry’s Disease Control Department also pointed out …
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Myanmar gets first batch of Covid-19 vaccines from India
By Reuters Staff and published by Channel NewsAsia Yangon: Myanmar today (Jan. 22) received 1.5 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine supplied by India to inoculate 750,000 people, the first vaccine batch delivered to the Southeast Asian country as it fights one of the worst Covid-19 outbreaks in the region. India is donating millions of …
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50,000 doses of Italian-made AstraZeneca vaccine coming next month
THE Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it had registered AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine made in Italy on Wednesday January 20 after the company submitted nearly 10,000 pages of documents in making this application, Thai Rath reported today (Jan. 22). The Italian company will deliver the first lot of 50,000 doses next month with another 150,000 …
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Finance Ministry locks gates as protesters show up
PROTESTERS gathered at a Finance Ministry gate today (Jan. 22) to hand in a letter on budget allocation as called upon to do so by the People’s Party yesterday, Siam Rath newspaper said. In their letter the protesters said that they want to reclaim the Royal and military budgets to distribute it to all the …
CCSA team at risk as daily Covid count rises to 309
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration’s (CCSA’s) spokesman Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin said today (Jan. 22) he and his news team are now being tested for this feared disease after being exposed to it through a National Broadcasting Services of Thailand (NBT) news presenter, Amarin TV said. He revealed that an anchor at this television station …
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China says it is a ‘victim’ after Twitter locks embassy account
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Hong Kong: China says that it is a “victim” of misinformation after Twitter restricted the account of the Chinese embassy in the United States. The retort comes after Twitter (TWTR) temporarily locked the account of the Chinese embassy over a tweet it posted defending Beijing’s treatment of Uyghurs. The post, …
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New Covid outbreak ‘led to tourism suffering 110 billion baht loss’
THE new round of coronavirus outbreak which the government is currently battling is estimated by Krung Thai Bank to have caused 110 billion baht loss to the tourism sector through 22 million Thais having cancelling their holidays, Thai Rath newspaper reported today (Jan. 21,2021). A research paper by Krungthai Bank’s Compass Research Centre says many …
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CCSA: Uncertain if infected DJ will turn into superspreader
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration’s (CCSA’s) spokesman Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin said today (Jan. 21) that it still cannot be concluded whether DJ Matoom, found to be infected yesterday, has spread the infection in a wide area of Bangkok but those who had close contact with him should isolate themselves, Thai Rath newspaper said. He …
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Daily Covid total rises to 142, but 88 domestic infections
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration today (Jan. 21) announced that the daily coronavirus total has again risen over a hundred reaching 142 compared to just 59 cases yesterday but domestic infections only added up to 88, Amarin TV reported This takes the cumulative total to 12,795 cases with 9,842 having been cured and as …
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Japanese Trump supporters rally in Tokyo ahead of Biden’s inauguration
By Reuters Staff and published by US News & World Report Tokyo: A small group of Japanese fans of Donald Trump took to the streets of Tokyo today (Jan.20), shouting support for the outgoing United States president hours before his successor Joe Biden is sworn into office. About 120 people joined the march in central …
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Covid stranded American man found dead in hotel room
AN American man who had been stranded in Krabi since March last year due to the coronavirus pandemic was found dead in his hotel room today (Jan. 20) with alcohol poisoning suspected to have caused his death, Thai Rath newspaper reported this afternoon (Jan. 20, 2021). Pol. Maj. Boonsong Longwaree, an investigator at Krabi police …
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Ex-deputy minister gets death in murder case
THE Criminal Court today (Jan. 20) sentenced former deputy commerce minister Pol. Lt. Col. Banyin Tangpakorn to death in the murder of Mr. Chuwong Saetang, a national-level contractor, with the verdict pointing out that his death was not an accident as the defendant has claimed, Amarin TV said. In reading out the verdict in the …
Daily Covid count drops to 59 but there is an additional death
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration today (Jan. 20) announced that the daily coronavirus total has dropped to 59 cases but there is an additional fatality taking the toll to 71, Thai Rath newspaper reported. Dr. Apisamai Srirangsan, CCSA’s assistant spokesperson, said the patient who died is a 48-year-old woman who worked as a driver …
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Germany discovers new Covid variant among 35 hospital patients
By CNBC GERMANY is the latest country to discover a new mutation of the coronavirus, with a new variant identified among a group of hospital patients in Bavaria. Local news outlets first reported on Monday (Jan. 18) that an unknown variant of the coronavirus had been discovered among 35 patients at a hospital in the …
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Big shopping mall probes security guard seen slapping protester
ICON Siam, one of Bangkok’s luxury shopping malls, posted a message via social media today (Jan. 19) that it was investigating a security guard who appeared in a live video clip to have slapped a woman who had held up a protest sign earlier in the day, Sanook.com reported. The woman who was slapped was …
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Pro-monarchy group files complaint against protesters
A PRO-MONARCHY vocational students group today (Jan. 19) submitted a letter to police calling for action against demonstrators who had staged a rally on January 15 at Klong Luang police station in Pathum Thani province for violating the Flag Act of BE 2522 (1979), Siam Rath newspaper said. In the letter addressed to Police Chief …
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Diners flee restaurant as wild elephant strolls in
A GROUP of diners at a pork barbeque restaurant in Nakhon Nayok province fled in panic after a wild elephant strolled in but the jumbo too got frightened at seeing so many people and quickly went away, Sanook.com report this morning (Jan. 19). One of the customers at Khun Dan Moo Katha restaurant in Sarika …
Exclusive: Southeast Asia’s Grab Considering US IPO This Year – Sources
By Reuters Staff and published by US News & World Report Singapore: Southeast Asian ride-hailing and food delivery giant Grab is exploring a listing in the United States this year, encouraged by robust investor appetite for IPOs, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The IPO could raise at least $2 billion, one of …
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Siriraj Hospital personnel infected with Covid
THAILAND’S oldest and largest hospital Siriraj this evening (Jan. 18) confirmed reports that some of its medical personnel had got infected with coronavirus with random testing of nearly a hundred staff members having been undertaken, Siam Rath newspaper reported. Dr. Prasit Wattanapa, the dean of Siriraj’s Faculty of Medicine, will be giving the details at …
Young man quarantined in run-down building with no amenities
A YOUNG Thai man’s Facebook post showing how he was quarantined in a building that has fallen into disrepair with there being dusty fans and no cleaning for 15 days in Ranong province has now gone viral online, Siam Rath newspaper reported today (Jan. 18, 2021). In his post this young man said, “”Yes, this …
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