Year: 2020
- Northern Thailand News
146 horses dead in Korat of African Horse Sickness
African Horse Sickness, a viral disease which affects only animals, has now killed 146 horses in the northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima, or Korat. The chief of the provincial livestock development office says 13 other horses also had severe symptoms. The deaths have so far been limited to the province’s Pak Chong district. Previously, tests confirmed that more than 100…
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World body bans Thai weightlifters from Tokyo Olympics
Thai and Malaysian weightlifters will be barred from the Tokyo Olympic Games, whenever they’re held, over their high numbers of doping cases. The sport’s governing body, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) said in a statement that the two countries’ lifters can’t compete at the Tokyo Games, regardless of the change of date. Previously there had been some hope in Thailand…
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Krabi and Phang Nga issue lockdown orders
Governors Kitibadee Prawit of Krabi and Siripat Pattakul of Pang Nga have issued orders on Saturday closing travel in and out of their provinces, applicable from yesterday “until further notice”, with essential services being the only exception. Richard Barrow, long time blogger and British expat stated “It would seem that all foreign tourists in Krabi province have to check out…
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Quảng Trị: 6 người vượt biên để trốn cách ly Covid-19
Nhằm trốn cách ly dịch Covid-19, một nhóm gồm 6 người đàn ông từ Lào vượt biên giới vào Việt Nam bằng đường tiểu ngạch. Nhóm sáu người này bao gồm: Nguyễn Văn Cứ (56 tuổi), Trần Văn Toàn (33 tuổi), Nguyễn Văn Vinh (44 tuổi, cùng trú tỉnh Nghệ An), Nguyễn Văn Ngọc (25 tuổi), Nguyễn Văn Sự (33…
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Cập nhật COVID-19 tại Việt Nam (Tối 4/4): Thêm duy nhất 1 ca nhiễm nCoV, nâng tổng số lên 240
18h ngày 4/4, Bộ Y tế ghi nhận thêm duy nhất một ca dương tính nCoV, là người từ nước ngoài về được cách ly tập trung ngay. Như vậy hôm nay chỉ có thêm 3 ca nhiễm Covid-19 mới được ghi nhận, trong khi 4 bệnh nhân tại TP HCM được tuyên bố khỏi Covid-19. Tổng số bệnh nhân…
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Feverish woman spits at health workers on train – VIDEO
A woman with a high fever spat on health officials who tried to offer her a face mask on a train bound for the northern province of Khon Kaen. The incident immediately sparked Covid-19 coronavirus fears and panic amongst the train’s other passengers. The 53 year old woman, whose name was withheld, boarded the train on the Kaeng Khoi-Khon Kaen route…
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UPDATE: PM vows to track down the errant passengers. Chaos at Suvarnabhumi – VIDEO
UPDATE: PM orders yesterday’s BKK arrivals to report to state quarantine facilities, or be arrested. The Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha has told 152 Thais who landed at Suvarnabhumi International Airport yesterday afternoon, and refused to enter the state-organised quarantine, to report themselves before 6pm tonight (Saturday) so they can start their 14 day supervised quarantine, or else. A total of…
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British businessman jumps to his death in Bangkok
A British businessman is dead in an apparent suicide this morning in Bangkok. The man, whose name is being withheld pending notification of kin, jumped from the outbound Srirat expressway onto Ramkhamhaeng Road in Bangkok’s Hua Mak district. Police declared the man dead at the scene. The man had left an Izuzu D-Max pickup truck parked on the Sirat Expressway…
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Tin Covid-19: Hà Nội sẽ phạt người ra đường không vì mục đích thiết yếu
Với chỉ thị cách ly xã hội từ Thủ tướng Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, các trường hợp vi phạm sẽ bị xử lý nghiêm. Một tuần vừa qua, số ca nhiễm Covid-19 ở Hà Nội tăng gần gấp đôi so với 3 tuần trước và liên tục phát hiện các ca nhiễm mới ở ngoài cộng đồng. Đánh giá thành phố…
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Journalists barred from field reporting during curfew hours
“There shouldn’t be any news during that 6 hour period.” Journalists have been instructed not to report in the field during the nationwide curfew that went into effect last night night. Deputy PM Wissanu Krea-ngam told reporters at the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration that journalists will not be exempted from the curfew, though he said that newspaper circulation,…
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Thailand facing blood supply shortages
Due to the ongoing and escalating situation of the Covid-19 virus, blood donors have dramatically decreased by 50% making the supplies of blood in Thailand harder to come across. This will critically affect over 10,000 people in Thailand who are currently suffering from various blood disorders, including thalassemia. The Deputy Director of the National Blood Service Centre of the Thai…
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Tình hình Covid-19 tại Việt Nam: Giảm gần 1.000 ca nghi nhiễm
Tính đến 8h ngày 4/4, theo thông tin từ Bộ Y tế, cả nước có 3.736 người nghi nhiễm đang cách ly tại các bệnh viện, giảm 935 trường hợp so với hôm qua. Theo số liệu do Trung tâm Đáp ứng Khẩn cấp Sự kiện Y tế Công cộng Việt Nam tổng hợp từ tất cả tỉnh thành, có…
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Cập nhật COVID-19 tại Việt Nam (Sáng 4/4): Số ca nhiễm tăng nhẹ, 90 người hồi phục
Sáng nay, Bộ Y tế ghi nhận thêm 2 ca nhiễm Covid-19 mới, trong đó một người liên quan đến Bệnh viện Bạch Mai, một người được cách ly ngay khi nhập cảnh. Tổng số bệnh nhân Covid-19 tại Việt Nam là 239 người. Tổng số bệnh nhân khỏi bệnh là 90 người. Bệnh nhân 238: Nữ, 17 tuổi, ở…
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Royal Thai Police announce consequences of violating the national curfew
Yesterday, a spokesperson of the Royal Thai Police, Police Lieutenant General Piya Uthayo spoke about the severity and seriousness of the current situation that Thailand. Police Lieutenant General Piya said that people who violate the curfew under the Emergency Decree will face up to 2 years in prison or up to 40,000 baht in fines, or both.” “As of last night,…
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Thailand: 89 new coronavirus cases confirmed, 1 new death (Saturday)
Thailand now has an ‘official’ total of 2067 Covid-19 coronavirus cases, with 89 new cases confirmed over the last 24 hours and 1 new death reported. Total reported deaths now stand at 20. A spokesman for the government’s newly formed Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, made the announcement today (Saturday). This is the lowest daily number in some time, perhaps…
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Chiang Mai firefighters chased up a tree by wild elephants
Firefighters in Thailand’s North were chased up a tree by a herd of elephants yesterday. The group were on patrol searching for fires in Chiang Mai province’s Omkoi district. The men told reporters they were patrolling for fires when they ran across a small herd of wild elephants. Fearing for their safety, the fled up a nearby tree and stayed…
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Phuket’s Soi Dog Foundation: State of Emergency affecting homeless dogs and cats
During these troubled times, Soi Dog Foundation in Phuket has changed a few policies. Community Relations Manager Sakdapol Thongjan issued a special notice saying… in light of the escalation in Covid-19 cases worldwide, and to support the community efforts to stem the spread within Thailand, with immediate effect Soi Dog Foundation has decided to close the sanctuary to visitors and volunteers…
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8 curfew violators arrested in Phuket
Under Thailand’s state of emergency, a nationwide curfew has been imposed between the hours of 10pm and 4am. Last night 8 people, including 5 Thais, 2 Burmese men and 1 Chinese were arrested in the Patong area of the southern island province of Phuket for breaching the curfew, which began last night to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus.…
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Police warn of harsh punishments for curfew violators
“We will quickly forward the case to prosecutors and ask the court to hand them harsh punishments without sentence suspension.” Police are warning that that people who leave their homes during curfew hours will be prosecuted and face harsh punishments. The warning comes after amid national curfew went into effect last night under the recently imposed state of emergency. The…
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Pattaya police confiscate more than 750,000 smuggled face masks
Yesterday Region 1 police in Pattaya province seized 787,779 face masks and 10,000 litres of alcohol gel smuggled into the country from Vietnam. The smuggled goods were found in three houses in Samut Prakan, Nonthaburi and Don Muang. The smugglers’ told police that they planned on selling the face masks for 14 baht per piece which would have potentially made them…
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Phuket reports 9 new coronavirus cases
Phuket has reported 9 new Covid-19 coronavirus cases today (Saturday), bringing the total number to 109. Of the total, 17 have made a full recovery and been discharged from hospital; 92 are still in hospital, with 1 patient remaining in critical condition. 1,423 people are considered at high risk due to contact with confirmed cases. 221 people are in hospital,…
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Samut Sakhon joins other provinces in getting serious about masks in public
With the entire nation under a state of emergency and a nationwide curfew now in effect, many regions of Thailand are getting tough on those who don’t wear masks in public as an additional public prevention in the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. The governor of Samut Sakhon, a large province on the coast southwest of Bangkok, today joined other…
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Arriving flights banned until the end of Monday – CAAT
Thailand’s CAAT is stopping all passenger flights from arriving in Thailand from this morning (Saturday) until the end of Monday. The country’s Civil Aviation Authority made the order late yesterday, throwing repatriation efforts of several countries into complete confusion. Stranded visitors, hoping to get home, now find their weekend hopes of repatriation dashed. The country’s aviation regulators say the move is…
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Coronavirus UPDATE: Tokyo faces climbing case numbers, makers of ‘Corona’ beer suspend production
The international toll has reached 1,097,810 and deaths 59,140 with no sign of a slowdown at this stage (7.30am Thai time). The world will be adding 100,000+ new case every 24 hours within the next few days unless we start to see a flattening of the curve. The US has had another day of burden for its health system –…
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Tin Covid-19: Chỉ thị 16 – Cách ly xã hội của Thủ tướng bị một số địa phương ‘làm hơi quá’ và thực hiện chưa thống nhất
Theo Thứ trưởng Bộ Y tế, cách ly xã hội là biện pháp mới nên khi tiến hành triển khai, một số địa phương còn lúng túng, thực hiện chưa thống nhất, thậm chí còn làm hơi quá. Ngày 3/4, Ban Chỉ đạo quốc gia phòng, chống dịch bệnh COVID-19 tiếp tục họp triển khai các biện pháp phòng, chống…
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Tin Covid-19 – Hà Nội: 30 chốt kiểm soát ở cửa ngõ thủ đô
Từ ngày 1/4, cảnh sát giao thông, cảnh sát cơ động, bộ đội, thanh tra giao thông, nhân viên y tế lập 30 chốt để kiểm soát người đi vào thủ đô. COVID-19 tại Việt Nam Địa phương khởi bệnh Số ca (237) Khỏi bệnh (85) Tử vong (0) Hà Nội 105 38 TP. Hồ Chí Minh 53 18 Ninh…
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Tin Covid-19: Phạt 10 triệu đồng người phụ nữ tung tin ‘chợ Bình Chánh bị phong tỏa’
Người phụ nữ tung tin phong tỏa chợ Bình Chánh vì dịch Covid-19 đã được Công an huyện Bình Chánh, TP. HCM mời đến trụ sở làm việc và bị xử phạt 10 triệu đồng vì thông tin sai sự thật. Cụ thể, người phụ nữ trên là bà Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Hiền, 33 tuổi. Trước đó, khoảng 20h ngày…
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Cập nhật COVID-19 tại Việt Nam (Tối 3/4): Tổng cộng 237 người nhiễm nCoV
18h ngày 3/4, Bộ Y tế ghi nhận thêm 4 ca nhiễm Covid-19 mới, gồm 2 người liên quan đến bar Buddha & Grill, 1 người mắc ung thư máu, 1 người cách ly ngay. Như vậy, ngày hôm nay ghi nhận tổng cộng 10 bệnh nhân mới, nâng số ca Covid-19 ở Việt Nam lên 237 bệnh nhân. Có…
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Thailand News Today – Friday, April 3
hosted by Tim Newton 103 new virus Covid-19 coronavirus cases confirmed, 4 more deaths Covid-19 coronavirus cases in Thailand rose to 1,978 with 103 cases confirmed since yesterday, and another 4 patients dying. Today’s number continues a the trend of new cases in Thailand levelling out. 104 new cases were reported yesterday, 120 on Wednesday, 127 on Tuesday. Nationwide curfew…
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Coronavirus tips: Google nhắn nhủ ‘Hãy ở nhà để ngăn chặn Covid-19’
Trước những diễn biến phức tạp và căng thẳng của đại dịch Covid-19, Google gửi thông điệp kêu gọi công dân toàn cầu hãy ở nhà, chung tay đẩy lùi sự lây lan dịch bệnh. Ngày hôm nay, Google thay đổi giao diện doodle với thông điệp: “Stay Home. Save Lifes: Help Stop Coronavirus” (tạm dịch: Cùng ngăn chặn virus…
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Google will publish user location data to aid in the fight against Covid-19
Today in Paris, Google has announced that it will start publishing location data from its users located in 131 countries, starting today. This will be done to allow the governments to indicate the performance of social distancing to help in the combat of the Covid-19 pandemic. Reports of users’ movement will be recorded on a special website and will ‘chart…
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Onerous new document requirements for stranded foreigners announced
Thailand’s Immigration Bureau announced yesterday that 9 separate documents are now required for foreigners stranded here to extend their stay for up to 30 days. New requirements include land deeds, rental contracts, even selfies of foreigners at their accommodations, even as scenes of chaos and massive queues at immigration continue unabated. A Thai Immigration spokesman defended the inconvenience on the…
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Is a 24 hour national curfew next?
The Thai government may impose a 24-hour curfew if the rate of new Covid-19 infections does not slow to a manageable level after this current national trial curfew of 10pm to 4 am and 8pm to 3am in Phuket now in effect. The national curfew was announced yesterday by Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha and came into affect from today. There…
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30 arrested for violating emergency decree, 18 teens jailed
18 teenagers have been jailed for violating the Emergency Decree by holding a party and abusing drugs in Ayutthaya, north of Bangkok. Yesterday prosecutors indicted the teenagers for breaching the decree, taking part in a mass gathering and drug use. The teens were arrested on Monday after officials got a tip off from local residents. Homeowners reported illegal drugs were…
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Royal Thai Army are to monitor night curfew nationwide
Today, Royal Thai Army chief General Apirat Kongsompong has announced that he has appointed military units to patrol areas nationwide from 10 pm to 4 am. This decision came into play while the general was discussing the to follow up on the Covid-19 pandemic at the Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters, with a video conference call to the Army Operations…
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Restrictions on movement and closure of hotels in Chon Buri as Covid-19 cases rise
The governor of Chon Buri, along with district chiefs, mayors and health personnel decided at a top level meeting yesterday on a 10 point plan to fight the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, set to be signed and implemented today. The measures leave any tourists still in Pattaya at the whim of hotel owners as to whether they will stay…
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Wear face masks in Chanthaburi or face punishment
Yesterday, Withurat Srinam Governor of Chanthaburi province, eastern Thailand, ordered all citizens in the province to wear face masks (sanitary or cloth) before leaving their homes. People who don’t do this will face a maximum fine of 20,000 baht. The order has been effective from yesterday to April 30. “The Chanthaburi Committee for Communicable Disease has agreed to enforce the…
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