Day: November 27, 2021
Horrendous traffic jams in Korat as Isarn villagers head home for local elections
By Thai Newsroom Reporters TRAFFIC ON A NORTHEASTERN highway was utterly heavy today (Nov. 27) as Isarn villagers were returning home from Bangkok and elsewhere for a long-awaited election of Or Bor Tor (Tambon Administrative Organisation) tomorrow. The Highway Police reported terribly congested traffic on Mittraphap Highway between Pak Chong and Sikhio areas leading to …
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Baffling road to nowhere built in the middle of rice fields
NORTHEASTERN YASOTHON province residents are perplexed at the construction of a road along an irrigation canal in the middle of rice fields that leads to nowhere with no government agency claiming responsibility for having built it, Amarin TV said today (Nov. 27). Mr. Adul Wandee, director of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) office in …
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Vaccine makers move quickly against new variant, testing already under way
By CNBC THE world’s major manufacturers of Covid-19 vaccines said on Friday (Nov. 26) that they are working to quickly investigate and adapt their shots to a new and highly mutated strain of the virus. The World Health Organisation on Friday said the new strain, named Omicron, is a “variant of concern” that may …
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Thailand closes borders to 8 African countries over Omicron variant
THE PUBLIC Health Ministry said today (Nov. 27) that Thailand is imposing a travel ban on travellers from eight southern Africa countries from Wednesday Dec. 1 onwards to prevent the new Covid-19 variant Omicron from spreading here, TV Channel 7 said. Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, head of the Disease Control department, and Dr. Supakit Sirilak, …
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