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Phuket migrant workers permitted to return home
Some migrant workers were allowed to leave Phuket to return to their homes yesterday, as the provincial administration agreed to temporarily lift the travel ban so they could rejoin their families. One worker who hails from the nearby province of Nakhon Si Thammarat, told Thai PBS that he has been out of work for 2 months, and his family could…
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UPDATE: Visa amnesty signed by PM
UPDATE: PM Prayut Chan-o-cha today signed an executive order granting visa amnesty to foreigners left stranded in Thailand by the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. The order, released by the Ministry of Interior, grants “special permission for some classes of aliens to stay in the Kingdom.” It was signed by Prayuth and head of the Ministry of Interior, Anupong Paochinda. ORIGINAL STORY:…
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Tin Covid-19: Thủ tướng Anh Boris Johnson “không phải dùng máy thở”
Hiện sức khỏe của Thủ tướng Anh Boris Johnson đã dần ổn định sau khi có một đêm trong phòng hồi sức cấp cứu vì nhiễm Covid-19. Người phát ngôn của phủ thủ tướng cho biết, ông Boris Johnson, 55 tuổi, ở trong tình trạng ổn định, đã được cho thở oxy nhưng không phải dùng máy thở. Hiện, ông…
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International visitor numbers down 35% January-March, exceeding worst predictions
International visitor numbers to Thailand from January to March dropped by 8.5 million, or 35.3% year-on- year, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand. You can be sure the specific numbers for March would have been a lot worse. The biggest decline, unsurprisingly, was in Chinese visitor numbers, which dropped by 59.4% compared to 2019, to around 2.4 million.…
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Mẹ của HLV Pep Guardiola qua đời vì Covid-19
Hai làng bóng Anh và Tây Ban Nha cùng bày tỏ sự thương tiếc khi mẹ của HLV Pep Guardiola mới qua đời do nhiễm dịch Covid-19. Châu Âu nói chung và Tây Ban Nha nói riêng vẫn đang là tâm dịch Covid-19 toàn cầu ở thời điểm này và vẫn chưa có dấu hiệu dừng lại. Ngày 6/4, bà…
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Tình hình Covid-19 Thế giới (Chiều 8/4): Hơn 81.000 người chết vì nCoV toàn cầu
Đến ngày hôm nay, toàn thế giới ghi nhận hơn 1,4 triệu ca nhiễm Covid-19, trong đó hơn 81.000 người tử vong. Theo thống kê của Đại học Johns Hopkins, thế giới hiện ghi nhận: 1.414.738 ca nhiễm (tăng 72.366 ca). 81.259 ca tử vong (tăng 6.701). 298.642 người đã hồi phục. 211 quốc gia và vùng lãnh thổ. Mỹ…
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Pattaya commences ‘restricted access’ from April 9 onwards
Today, Chon Buri’s governor Pakkhathorn Thianchai has approved the Pattaya City’s proposal to restrict access to the town at 2pm from tomorrow (April 9) for 21 days. It is not a new curfew, but a limitation on people travelling in and out of the city region. Pattaya City will commence a 24 hour lock down of the city’s borders where…
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111 new Thai coronavirus cases. 3 more deaths, all foreigners
Thailand’s National Covid-19 Coronavirus Disease Management Centre has announced 111 new confirmed cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus today. Total cases now stand at 2,369 nationwide. 3 foreign men died, pushing the total death toll up to 30. 42 of today’s new cases were all returnees from a religious festival in Indonesia. The new fatalities include a 48 year old Russian man…
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Chiang Mai bans booze to battle coronavirus
There’s likely to be a rush on for booze over the next few days in Chiang Mai. The northern province is banning alcohol sales for 10 days, from April 10 – 20 in its local battle with the Covid-19 coronavirus. Provincial governor Charoenrit Sanguansat issued the order yesterday. He says the Chiang Mai Communicable Disease Committee has already issued emergency…
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Health ministry begs children to ‘save parents’ and avoid Songkran visits
Songkran, the traditional Thai New Year festival, is typically a week long celebration including a mass exodus to the provinces as dutiful children visit their homes bringing best wishes to their elders. This year’s celebrations have been postponed indefinitely to prevent that exodus, for fear of spreading the Covid-19 coronavirus to the provinces and among the elderly. Now the the Department…
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Cập nhật COVID-19 tại Việt Nam (Sáng 8/4): Thêm 2 ca dương tính nCoV, tổng 251 ca
6h ngày 8/4, Bộ Y tế công bố thêm hai ca nhiễm Covid-19 mới, gồm một người hàng xóm với “bệnh nhân 243”, một người điều trị tại bệnh viện ở Hà Nam. Như vậy, tổng số bệnh nhân Covid-19 toàn quốc là 251 người. Tổng số bệnh nhân khỏi Covid-19 là 122 người. 129 người còn lại hiện đang…
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Phuket reports 14 new coronavirus cases, total now 140
Phuket has reported 14 new Covid-19 coronavirus cases today (Wednesday). The island is on virtual lockdown, especially Patong, home of the Bangla Road red light area, the flashpoint of most of the island’s infections. The new number bring the island’s infections to 140. Phuket has closed off all land and sea routes and barred entry to all but essential goods vehicles,…
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Boris Johnson ‘stable’ but on oxygen support as he battles coronavirus
Britain’s PM Boris Johnson spent his second night in an intensive care unit receiving supplemental oxygen, as Britain reels under the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic that’s confined its exuberant leader to a bed reserved for the sickest patients. Johnson is the first world leader to fall sick with the virus. UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who is carrying out the PM’s…
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Government doubles cash stimulus period for informal workers
The Thai government is doubling the period of monthly cash handouts for “informal workers,” from 3 months to 6. Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana made the announcement after yesterday’s weekly Cabinet meeting. The government initially only planned to provide cash to 3 million people for 3 months. The new stimulus marks a huge investment by the Thai government to keep the…
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Link between Covid-19 infections and ‘smell blindness’
The Royal College of Otolaryngologists, Head and Neck Surgeons of Thailand is alerting doctors to pay special attention to signs of anosmia (loss of smell or ‘smell blindness’) with Covid-19 patients and people who are being tested for Covid-19. Anosmia was found to be more common in patients with mild symptoms of Covid-19. The chairperson of the royal college, Professor…
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More than 600 prosecuted for violating emergency decree
The national state of emergency declared on March 26 and the resultant curfews are no laughing matter, and violators are being prosecuted to the full extent of the law. More than 600 people nationwide have been prosecuted for defying the emergency decree invoked to contain the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. A spokesman for the Office of the Attorney General says…
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Covid-19: Your questions answered
by Andrew J Wood We are living in extraordinary times. With the world forced into a complete shutdown and travel by any means frowned upon and commercial aircraft largely grounded GLOBALLY we are all in #StayAtHome so we can #TravelTomorrow mode. Our national leaders are also making televised addresses reinforcing the gravitas of the moment. No-one captured the mood of…
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Tình hình Covid-19 tại Việt Nam (7/4): 27 người xuất viện hôm nay
Trên cả nước, tổng cộng có 27 bệnh nhân Covid-19 xuất viện hôm nay, đưa tổng số ca khỏi bệnh lên 122 người, 123 người còn lại đang được điều trị tại nhiều cơ sở y tế. Các bệnh nhân được rời đi từ 7 cơ sở y tế, tiếp tục theo dõi cách ly 14 ngày. Trong số 27…
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Boxing fans preparing to donate blood plasma to help others with their recovery
Today, boxing fans who has fully recovered from the Covid-19 virus has announced that they are planning to donate their blood plasma to help doctor and medical officials study on ways to help others. With the donation fans are hoping that it could help with the recovery of other patients and hopefully, find a cure for the pandemic. A ring…
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Cập nhật COVID-19 tại Việt Nam (Tối 7/4): Thêm 4 ca dương tính nCoV, tổng 249 ca
18h ngày hôm nay 7/4, Bộ Y tế ghi nhận thêm 4 ca nhiễm Covid-19 mới, trong đó một ca liên quan đến quán bar Buddha ở TP HCM, 3 người nhập cảnh cách ly ngay. Như vậy, trong ngày hôm nay, tổng cộng có 4 ca nhiễm Covid-19 mới, nâng tổng số bệnh nhân toàn quốc lên 249 người.…
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Curfew violations on the rise
Despite the Emergency Decree of a nationwide curfew enforced by police checkpoints, armed soldiers, hefty fines and threats of jail time, people are still found to be violating the orders by going out. This from Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. “Not only are people ignoring the curfew, but the numbers of those caught violating…
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Thai government schools push reopening to July 1
The cabinet announced today that government schools will be permitted to reopen from July 1 instead of May 16, which was in the original school calendar. A government spokesman says the cabinet acknowledged that the first semester of the 2020 academic year will have to be adjusted and schools will be permitted to start the semester on July 1, a…
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1.9 trillion baht stimulus aims to relieve Covid-19 impacts on Thai business
Today, on the weekly meeting with the Thai Cabinet, it was concluded and approved that the third phase of the economic stimulus will commence as of today. The stimulus is valued at 1.9 trillion baht and is aimed to relieve some of the impacts of the Covid-19 outbreak. PM Prayut Chan-o-cha revealed that the third phase of economic stimulus measures…
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HRH Princess Sirindhorn sets up fund to aid Thai hospitals and health care providers
Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn has assigned the Chaipattana Foundation (a non-government organisation) to set up funds and raise money to help hospitals and health care providers as an aid to battle against the Covid-19 virus. The fund is to support the requirement of medical equipment and supplies for hospitals and health care providers who are currently treating…
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CP will start production of medical masks in Thailand
4 weeks ago the Charoen Pokphand Group announced plans to build a factory specifically to start the production of medical masks for medical personnel and Thai citizens. CP has now bought an automatic medical mask machine from China with the ability to produce 50,000 medical masks per day. In the past 3 weeks, the CP group has been constructing the…
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Tin Covid-19 tại Việt Nam: Cách ly thêm 10 y bác sĩ liên quan tới ‘bệnh nhân 243’
10 nhân viên y tế của Bệnh viện Đa khoa khu vực Phúc Yên được cách ly và lấy mẫu xét nghiệm, sau khi tiếp xúc với người nhiễm nCoV gây xon xao dư luận “bệnh nhân 243”. Sáng nay, ông Hoàng Văn Chiến, Giám đốc Bệnh viện Đa khoa khu vực Phúc Yên, cho biết bệnh viện đã lấy…
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Tin Covid-19 tại Việt Nam: 8 bệnh nhân tại TP HCM xuất viện
Bốn người ở Bệnh viện dã chiến Củ Chi và bốn người ở Bệnh viện điều trị Covid-19 Cần Giờ được tuyên bố khỏi bệnh sáng nay, nâng tổng số bệnh nhân Covid-19 được ra viện lên 106 người. Trong số 8 người này, có 3 người từng đến ổ dịch Buddha Bar&Grill. Sau hơn hai tuần điều trị, 4…
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Proper use and disposal of sanitary masks
With new regulations in Phuket for the compulsory use of sanitary face masks, it is important to know how to properly use and dispose of sanitary masks. The World Health Organisation has created some instructional videos and provided recommendations to keep the mask the most effective possible while at the same time ensuring it’s proper maintenance and disposal. While the…
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Foreigners in Thailand worried about their security
Ever had the feeling you’re not wanted at the moment? As the highly infectious Covid-19 disease spreads through Bangkok’s streets, Thai PBS World reports the city’s expatriate community has multiple reasons to be nervous. The trouble began in early last month when Thailand’s mercurial Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul blasted “all farang” (a derogatory term for white-westerner), for not wearing…
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New coronavirus cases in Thailand fall to 38, 1 more death
“The lower number of daily new cases and the slower increase in accumulated patients apparently resulted from the nationwide curfew starting on April 3.” In another dramatic drop, Thailand’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration reported only 38 new Covid-19 coronavirus cases in the previous 24 hours, and one additional death in its daily press briefing today (Tuesday). The cumulative death…
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