Month: July 2021
100,000 people tipped to sign petition for Thaksin’s return
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AS MANY AS 100,000 PEOPLE are expected to sign a fresh petition to endorse legislation for pardon of fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra so he could return home and effectively address the current pandemic situation. Puea Chart MP Petcharawat Watanapongsirikul said today (July 16) he is mustering a minimum of 10,000 people …
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Daily Covid count still high at 9,692 as disturbing photos go viral
WITH Thailand still logging record-high coronavirus cases at 9,692 and 67 fatalities this morning (July 16) disturbing images of infected people camping out in Rama 2 road area next to piles of garbage as wastewater flowed beneath them is going viral on Thai social media, Sanook.com said. The Public Health Ministry said early this …
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Samui Plus Model D-Day today with 3 flights winging in
KOH Samui starts welcoming tourists again today (July 15) with the launch of the “Samui Plus Model” project that reopens three islands with the other two being Koh Phangan and Koh Tao, Amarin TV said. Three Bangkok Airways flights will be mainly bringing members of the media for this launch. However there are foreign tourists …
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Daily Covid death count nears hundred
THAILAND recorded its highest single-day coronavirus fatalities at 98 this morning (July 15), with there also being 9,186 new cases, Siam Rath newspaper said. This takes the cumulative confirmed total since the start of the pandemic to 372,215 and the current wave that began in April 343,352. Today’s fatalities raised the death toll since …
Dates lined up for online sale as travel ban deters ex-farm trading
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DATE FARMERS IN RATCHABURI have launched online sale of their produce to streamline the freshly-picked fruit under the sustained pandemic situation which has been literally keeping customers away. Farmer Kirana Chamvecha of Tha Khoey subdistrict of Suan Phueng district has managed to have her dates put for sale online in …
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Fake ambulance held with illegal Covid-infected Cambodian workers
A VILLAGE headman in Chanthaburi province helped seize a van disguised as an ambulance that was smuggling 14 illegal Cambodians from the border with five of them later found to be infected with coronavirus, Thai Rath newspaper said this evening (July 14). The bogus emergency vehicle had passed several checkpoints before being caught at …
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Thaksin suggests Prayut talk with him via Zoom about pandemic situation
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER PRIME MINISTER THAKSIN Shinawatra yesterday (July 13) suggested his successor Prayut Chan-o-cha talk with him via a Zoom cloud meeting about ways and means to address the pandemic situation. During a live online chat from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates with his staunch supporters calling themselves CARE Group in …
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Update: PM denies shelving mixing of vaccines, public told to listen to panel
A SPOKESMAN of the Prime Minister’s Office this afternoon (July 14) clarified that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has not suspended the mixing of coronavirus vaccines but drew attention to the World Health Organisation (WHO’s) warning on this issue with the public told not to make their own decision and to listen to the public health …
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PM shelves plan to mix vaccines amid 9,317 new Covid cases
AT A Cabinet video conference yesterday (July 13) Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha ordered the suspension of a new strategy to mix coronavirus vaccines with the first jab being Sinovac and the second AstraZeneca after the World Health Organisation (WHO) issued a strong warning against doing so, Sanook.com said. This decision was made amid a …
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Nasa says Moon’s ‘wobble’ will cause devastating floods: Here’s what it means
By Hindustantimes.com and published by MSN.com A NEW study conducted by space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) has found a ‘wobble’ in Moon’s orbit along with rising sea levels will lead to devastating floods in the 2030s. Referring to the natural calamity as ‘nuisance floods’, the study said the events would become more …
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Philippines to probe report of Chinese sewage-dumping at sea
By Reuters Staff, published by Channel NewsAsia Manila – The Philippines’ defence minister today (July 13) ordered the military to investigate a report by a US-based tech firm that hundreds of Chinese vessels were dumping sewage into contested areas of the South China Sea. China maintains a constant presence of coastguard and fishing boats in …
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Phuket tightens entry rules for travellers from red zones
WITH the Phuket Sandbox scheme having kicked off this month the tourist island today (July 13) imposed strict screening of people travelling there from dark red and red coronavirus zones effective from Thursday July 15, Thai Rath newspaper said. Phuket Governor Mr. Narong Woonsiew said after a teleconference with the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration …
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Democrat, Bhumjaithai parties tipped to withdraw from Prayut government
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE DEMOCRAT AND BHUMJAITHAI parties are largely expected to withdraw from the coalition government under Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in foreseeable future in the face of his alleged failures to address the domestic pandemic situation, said a noted political activist yesterday (July 12). Sombat Boonngam-anong, leader of a sustained anti-Prayut protest …
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Dangerous trend: WHO warns against mixing and matching Covid vaccines
By Reuters Staff, published by India Today, and Thai Newsroom THE World Health Organisation’s chief scientist yesterday (July 12) advised against people mixing and matching Covid-19 vaccines from different manufacturers, calling it a “dangerous trend” since there was little data available about the health impact. “So it’s a little bit of a dangerous trend …
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Finnair to offer long-haul routes from Sweden to Bangkok and Phuket
By Mette Larsen, Scandasia.com FINLAND’S flag carrier Finnair will this winter be offering direct flights from Arlanda Airport, Stockholm, to Bangkok and Phuket. According to Breaking travel News, starting from October 22, Finnair will be flying from Arlanda to Bangkok five times a week on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays on its Airbus A350. …
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Panel puts the brakes on selling antigen rapid test kits to the public
THE National Communicable Disease Committee today (July 12) approved AstraZeneca or Pfizer booster shots for frontline medical personnel while not allowing the sale of antigen rapid test (ART) kits to the public as yet but allowing hospitals and health centres to use them, Amarin TV said. At a meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and …
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Private hospital chain bringing in mRNA vaccine this month
A PRIVATE hospital chain in cooperation with a large government organisation has placed a direct order to import mRNA vaccine with a shipment arriving this month, Sanook.com said today (July 12). Dr. Amnat Kuslanan, a member of the Medical Council of Thailand and former president of the Medical Council, revealed the good news in …
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31 workers hospitalised after factory sprays strong disinfectant
AS MANY AS 31 workers at a factory in Ayutthaya province were rushed to the hospital this morning (July 12) after some of them fainted from fumes of too strong disinfectant sprayed in the complex to prevent the spread of coronavirus, TV Channel 7 said. Initially it was feared that a chemical leak had led …
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Six years a slave: Indian farm workers exploited in Italy
By AFP, published by The Straits Times Sabaudia, Italy – When Mr Balbir Singh refers to his ordeal, he uses the Italian word “macello”, which roughly translates as “mess” – but it is hardly enough to convey what the migrant Indian farm worker has endured. For six years, he lived in what can only …
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Two elderly widowers fight over young woman – one gets shot
A 72-year-old widower is being investigated for allegedly shooting another elderly widower as both competed to win the heart of a 31-year-old woman in northeastern Buriram province, Sanook.com said this evening (July 11). Pol. Col. Pongsakorn Onsaluay, deputy inspector of Satuek police station, Satuek district, rushed to investigate after being informed at 7 p.m. yesterday …
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Ministry moves to sell Covid kits to the public for self-testing
COVID-19 antigen rapid test (ART) kits will likely be approved for sale to the public for self-testing by Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Mr. Anutin Charnvirakul tomorrow, Thai Rath newspaper said this afternoon (July 11). This step has already been approved by the Medical Devices Control Division of the Food and Drug …
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Daily Covid count jumps to 9,539 as Anutin helps centenarian
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) revealed more dismal figures today (July 11) with daily coronavirus cases rising non-stop to 9,539 amid 86 more fatalities while almost 1,000 patients now require ventilators, TV Channel 7 said. Meanwhile the Department of Medical Services said in its Facebook page that Deputy Prime Minister and Public …
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