Year: 2020
- Covid-19 News
Dead Covid-19 train passenger had just returned from India, Pakistan, had contact with 3 Phuket cases
“The deceased had participated in a Dawah [Muslim missionary] activity in India in February, and before that he had been to Pakistan.” The 57-year-old Thai man found dead on a Bangkok-Narathiwat train on Tuesday had recently returned from India. Preecha Nuannoi, district chief of Su-Ngai Kolok in Narathiwat province, made the announcement yesterday. “He was a local of Su-Ngai Kolok…
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Massive pay cuts for Thai Airways staff
Beginning this Saturday, employees of Thai Airways will no longer work and will be forced to take a significant cut in pay. The announcement comes after the airline said it would halt all flights due to the Covid-19 outbreak, which has forced many countries to close their borders. Chakkrit Parapuntakul, acting Thai Airways president, said the suspension comes with pay cuts ranging…
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Tình hình Covid-19: Người đàn ông tới đền thờ 5 lần mỗi ngày trong khi cách ly được ra viện
“Bệnh nhân 100” – Người gây sóng gió dư luận vì tới đền thờ 5 lần mỗi ngày để cầu nguyện trong hai tuần sau khi từ Malaysia về nước (mặc dù trong thời gian cách ly), hôm nay xuất viện khỏe mạnh cùng hai người khác tại bệnh viện Cần Giờ. Sáng nay, 3 bệnh nhân tại TP HCM…
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Summer storm warning for 55 of Thailand’s 76 provinces
Today Thailand’s Meteorological Department warned people in 55 northern, north-eastern, central and eastern provinces to prepare for possible “strong winds and hail from summer storms”, that are expected through until Sunday. This time of the year is also know as the bridging season between the annual dry and wet seasons. Weather can be unsettled in parts of thailand during this…
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Tình hình Covid-19 Thế giới (Sáng 3/4): Số người nhiễm nCoV toàn cầu vượt ngưỡng một triệu
Vậy là Thế giới đã ghi nhận hơn một triệu ca nhiễm Covid-19 với gần 53.000 người chết khi số liệu ở Mỹ và châu Âu vẫn tiếp tục tăng nhanh. Thống kê tình hình đại dịch Covid-19 Thế giới (theo Đại học Johns Hopkins): 1.011.490 ca nhiễm (tăng 77.902 ca so với hôm qua). 52.863 ca tử vong (tăng…
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Surat Thani man “goes berserk” after 5 days in quarantine
Wiang Sa Police Station in Surat Thani province was notified that a 32 year old Thai man was unable to control himself and was screaming continuously inside his house. The man’s mother says that her son had just arrived back from Bangkok and she had locked him inside the house following the quarantine order. But after the 5th day of…
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Phuket governor orders all hotels to close
The Phuket Governor has ordered all accommodation establishments on the island to shut down as of tomorrow. The order includes: Hotels still with guests are allowed to remain open, but they are not to accept any more guests. The order warns that breaches of the order under ‘Section 12’ of the Communicable Disease Act 2015, will be fined up to…
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Cập nhật COVID-19 tại Việt Nam (Sáng 3/4): Tổng số ca nhiễm nCoV lên 233 người
6h ngày 3/4, Bộ Y tế công bố thêm 6 ca nhiễm Covid-19 mới, gồm một nhân viên công ty Trường Sinh, 5 người từ nước ngoài về. Như vậy cho tới thời điểm hiện tại, tổng cả nước có 233 ca Covid-19. Đã có thêm 10 người xuất viện gồm 7 tại Bình Thuận và 3 ở TP HCM,…
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Train engineer attempts to destroy USNS Mercy hospital ship
US Federal prosecutors report an engineer deliberately ran a train off the tracks at high speed near the Port of Los Angeles in an attempt to destroy the USNS Mercy hospital ship. The Pacific Harbour Line train derailed yesterday off the end of the track and crashing through multiple barriers, eventually coming to rest about 227 metres from the docked naval…
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All public transport in Bangkok to stop in time for nightly curfew
Public transport services in the Bangkok area will be closed from 9.30pm – 4am in accordance with the PMs’ declaration of a nationwide curfew to curb the spread of coronavirus disease. This was announced by the Thai Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob. Normal service hours for MRTA, BTS and Airport Rail Link usually end at midnight but due to unusual circumstances,…
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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. Taveesin Visanuyothin, spokesman for the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, made the announcement today. Total deaths nationwide now stand at 19. Today’s number continues a hopeful trend of new cases in Thailand overall dropping as restrictions tighten across the country…
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More than 100 horses dead as African Horse Sickness strikes Thailand
“This disease has just occurred in Thailand. We’ve never had it in the past” The director-general of the Department of Livestock Development, Sorawit Thanito, says more than 100 horses in Thailand have died from African Horse Sickness (AHS). It’s the country’s first instance of the illness, which only affects animals. Latest government data show at least 131 horses have died…
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Jetsada’s Cunning Plan – Drunk man asks to be jailed to escape his boss
A man man in Chon Buri decided he needed a vacation, so he drank a bottle of whisky, walked into a police station and asked to be jailed. Puzzled police say the man thought jail would be a good way to get away from his boss. According to Thai Residents the man is a construction worker on a site right…
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Phuket reports 13 new coronavirus cases, total now 100
The southern island province of Phuket confirmed 13 new cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus today (Friday), bringing the total there to exactly 100. Most appear to have originated in the island’s Patong area, largely from the Bangla Road red light district. The town of Patong was placed on unofficial curfew Wednesday as its governor issued a public decree urging residents…
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Thai authorities track down contacts of Covid-19 victim
Yesterday a 57 year old man, named as ‘Anan Soho’, passed away due to the effects of the Coronavirus. Authorities are now trying to track down people who came in contact with the man. The man died travelling on a southbound train on Monday night. A spokesperson from the Immigration Bureau says that Anan had returned to Thailand from Islamabad, Pakistan,…
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Curfew in place from today – the details
Under the state of emergency declared last week, the government of PM Prayut Chan-o-cha has imposed a nationwide curfew starting from today, banning all people from leaving their homes from 10pm to 4am, in its latest move to contain the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. Existing curfew orders in other provinces with stricter requirements will remain in effect. In a…
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Philippine President Duterte: “Shoot them dead”
The president of the Philippines is warning that those who violate his coronavirus lockdown could be shot. He also says abuse of medical workers is a “serious crime that will not be tolerated.” In a nationally televised address, President Rodrigo Duterte said it’s crucial that everyone cooperates and follows home quarantine measures to try to slow the spread of Covid-19…
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Passengers on 2 Thai Airways flights from London test positive for coronavirus
Authorities in Nonthaburi province, just outside Bangkok, have announced that passengers of 2 Thai Airways flights from London to Bangkok may be at risk of contracting the Covid-19 coronavirus because 3people on those flights were found to be infected. The 3 passengers developed symptoms en route and later tested positive. In a Facebook post, the Nonthaburi Provincial Public Health Office…
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Coronavirus UPDATE: World total passes 1 million cases, Covid-19 vs Flu
Case numbers have passed through the 1,000,000 mark, whilst world deaths have now reached over 50,000 as we wake up on the final day of the week in Thailand. Just after 7am the total around the globe has now reach 1,015,000 cases since the outbreak started and over 53,000 people have nw died as a result of the Covid-19 virus.…
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Tình hình Covid-19 tại Việt Nam: Ba bệnh nhân nặng âm tính nCoV ba lần liên tiếp
Đến ngày hôm nay, sức khỏe của 4 bệnh nhân Covid-19 nặng tại Bệnh viện Bệnh Nhiệt đới Trung ương đã có nhiều tiến triển, trong đó ba người đã có kết quả xét nghiệm âm tính ba lần. Bốn bệnh nhân nặng gồm một người phụ nữ 64 tuổi (bác gái của “bệnh nhân 17”), tiền sử rối loạn tiền…
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Cập nhật COVID-19 tại Việt Nam (Tối 2/4): Tổng cộng 227 người nhiễm nCoV
18h ngày 2/4, Bộ Y tế công bố thêm 5 ca nhiễm COVID-19 mới, gồm hai người liên quan đến Bệnh viện Bạch Mai, một người liên quan đến bar Buddha & Grill, hai ca từ nước ngoài về nước. Như vậy, ngày hôm nay ghi nhận 9 ca bệnh mới, nâng tổng số bệnh nhân lên 227. Tổng số…
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Cập nhật COVID-19 tại Việt Nam (Chiều 2/4): Thêm 11 bệnh nhân nCoV khỏi bệnh
Chiều 2/4, 11 bệnh nhân được Bệnh viện Bệnh nhiệt đới Trung ương công bố khỏi Covid-19, xuất viện. Các trường hợp xuất viện gồm các bệnh nhân: 19, 63, 76, 78, 107, 129, 131, 132, 138, 179 và 198. Bác sĩ Phạm Ngọc Thạch, Giám đốc Bệnh viện Bệnh Nhiệt đới Trung ương, cho biết các bệnh nhân kết…
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Thailand News Today – Thursday, April 2
Hosted by Tim Newton Thailand confirms 104 new coronavirus cases (Thursday) Thailand now has at total of 1,875 Covid-19 coronavirus cases, another drop in newly announced cases. 104 new cases were confirmed over the last 24 hours and 3 more patients died. Total deaths now stand at 15. This continues a hopeful trend of new cases in Thailand dropping as…
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All new arrivals to Thailand banned, effective immediately
Effective today, and until at least April 15, Thailand will bar all arrivals due to the increasing number of Covid-19 coronavirus cases. Thaveesilp Wissanuyothin, spokesman of the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration, says that PM Prayut Chan-ocha has ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to issue a new directive prohibiting any new arrivals. “The spread of Covid-19 must be stopped.…
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New Covid-19 test kits produced in Thailand
Today the first batch of 20,000 new Covid-19 test kits, developed by a joint effort of the Siam Bioscience and The Department of Medical Science, has been delivered to Government House. Each locally produced test kit costs around 1,500 baht each, while imported ones will cost about 4,500 baht each. The association of Siam Bioscience and The Department of Medical Science…
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National curfew announced. Takes effect tomorrow.
Thailand will announce a nationwide curfew between 10pm – 4am starting tomorrow (Friday) to try to curb the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. The government made the announcement in a statement today. There will be some exceptions to the new measure, including the transport of medical supplies, movement of people into quarantine, patients and travel of medical personnel, according to…
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250 Germans fly out of Phuket before airport closes on April 10
Some 250 German nationals flew out of the southern island of Phuket this morning on a special flight chartered to take them home before the airport closes on April 10. Condor Airlines flight DE8759 took off at 10:10am. Phuket has closed all its land and sea borders already, and Thailand is under a state of national emergency until at least…
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‘Pheu Thai’ pledges to work with the ruling party to fight Covid-19
Thailand’s main opposition party ‘Pheu Thai’ has pledged to work with the government in the battle against the Covid-19 outbreak. Party leader Sompon Amornvivat acknowledged that… “Thailand is now facing a crisis of immense proportions, which is affecting everyone’s daily life, with impacts on our health, income and the economy, all of which challenges our ability to weather the crisis…
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Bangkok, Phuket order convenience stores closed overnight to battle virus
To fight the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, Bangkok’s convenience stores, food shops and stalls are to be closed from midnight to 5am, effective from now until end of April, by order of City Hall (the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, or BMA). A BMA spokesman says that all public and private parks in communities, housing estates and condos will also be…
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Malaysia’s coronavirus cases will peak in mid-April: WHO
Today, The World Health Organisation has announced that the number of coronavirus cases in Malaysia is expected to peak in mid-April as there appears there are signs of a flattening of the infection curve. Malaysia is now ranked the highest number of known infections in Southeast Asia with a total of 2,908 confirmed cases with 102 patients that are in intensive…
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Tình hình Covid-19 Thế giới (Sáng 2/4): Hơn 930.000 người nhiễm nCoV toàn cầu
Theo số liệu đến sáng ngày 2/4, số ca nhiễm nCoV toàn cầu đã lên hơn 930.000, với gần 47.000 ca tử vong. Châu Âu và Mỹ tiếp tục là điểm nóng Covid-19 và chưa có dấu hiệu “giảm nhiệt”. Cụ thể, thế giới ghi nhận 933.688 ca nhiễm Covid-19 và 46.869 người chết tại 203 quốc gia và vùng…
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Thai Airways goes into hibernation until end of May, others ground fleets too
After a decade of financial struggles and corporate upheaval, Thailand’s national flag carrier, Thai Airways, with a previous reputation as one of Asia’s premier airlines, is ceasing all flights for a period of at least two months, due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand has now allowed the suspension of all domestic and international flights.…
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DSI Thailand tells 100 officers to self quarantine after an officer contracts Covid-19
100 officers at the Department of Special Investigation have been asked to self-quarantine after one of their officers tested positive for Covid-19. Yesterday DSI deputy director-general, Triyarith Temahivong, said that an investigation officer in the Office of the Secretary of the department had become infected with the disease and around 100 officers who were in close contact with him will…
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Thailand confirms 104 new coronavirus cases (Thursday)
Thailand now has at total of 1,875 Covid-19 coronavirus cases, with 104 new cases confirmed over the last 24 hours and 3 more patients dying. Total deaths now stand at 15. Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman for the government’s newly formed Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, made the announcement today (Thursday). This continues a hopeful trend of new cases in Thailand overall…
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Cập nhật COVID-19 tại Việt Nam (Sáng 2/4): Tổng cộng 222 người nhiễm nCoV
Sáng 2/4, Bộ Y tế công bố thêm 4 ca nhiễm COVID-19 mới, bao gồm một người chăm sóc bệnh nhân tại bệnh viện Bạch Mai, ba người nhập cảnh được cách ly ngay, nâng tổng số ca nhiễm COVID-19 tại Việt Nam lên 222. Tính đến thời điểm hiện tại, số ca liên quan đến Bệnh viện Bạch Mai…
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Phuket rooftop party busted, drugs seized
Police arrested 9 foreigners and 5 Thai women for partying in Patong in violation of orders against gathering in crowds, to control the spread of coronavirus disease. They were arrested on the rooftop of a rental house on Sirirat Road in tambon Patong of Kathu district last night after police received a complaint about a loud party. Those arrested included Australians,…
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Chiang Rai puts strict conditions on people entering the province
As of yesterday, the Governor of Chiang Rai Prajon Pratyakul issued an order that ‘everyone entering Chiang Rai province will have to wear a face mask and undergo screening at checkpoints’. “This order will apply to all visitors whether, on foot, private vehicles or public transport, those who cannot provide evidence of being a local resident or having a workplace…
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