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  • Covid-19 coronavirus questions and answers

    Everything you wanted to know which we answer to the best of our current knowledge…. 1. How does the virus/infection spread? Mostly spread through contact with an infected person through coughing, sneezing, nasal secretion and saliva. It is understood that the virus can be airborne for at least a short time. So just being in the same vicinity as an…

  • Cập nhật dịch COVID-19 tại Việt Nam: Bác sĩ đầu tiên bị lây nhiễm nCoV

    Nam bác sĩ 29 tuổi, là nhân viên y tế đầu tiên bị lây nhiễm nCoV trong quá trình làm việc. Bác sĩ này là một trong 3 ca dương tính được Bộ Y tế xác nhận sáng nay, đưa số bệnh nhân COVID-19 ở Việt Nam lên 116 người. Bệnh nhân 114: Nam, 19 tuổi, ở Hoàng Mai, Hà…

  • Four Chinese nationals arrested at Burmese border

    Four Chinese nationals have been arrested in the Mae Sot district of the lower northern province of Tak, in north west Thailand, and charged with illegal entry and violation of Covid-19 coronavirus controls. The four were arrested this morning. They were crossing from Myanmar into Thailand. They were arrested by a government patrol after crossing the Moei river from Myanmar…

  • Thailand confirms 122 new coronavirus cases (Monday)

    Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health and the Department of Disease control confirmed 122 new cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus in their daily press briefing today (Monday). This brings Thailand’s total to 721 since the virus was first detected in January. 7 remain in critical condition. Of the new cases, 16 have been traced to previously confirmed cases, while 4 were…

  • WHO says lockdowns aren’t enough, urgent measures needed now

    The World Health Organisation is warning that national “lockdowns” aren’t enough to defeat the Covid-19 coronavirus, and that public health measures are urgently needed to prevent a resurgence of the disease once the numbers of infections begin to fall. Given the failure of the ‘lockdowns’ and border closures in Italy four weeks ago, the WHO are asking national governments to…

  • Covid-19 UPDATE: Thailand’s latest cases, ‘Olympics’ decision in four weeks

    As the world’s new cases soar past 338,000 this morning (including 9,339 new cases announced in the US over the past 24 hours), Thailand is bracing itself for a wave of cases outside of Bangkok. Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health and the Department of Disease control confirmed 122 new cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus in their daily press briefing today (Monday). This…

  • Bye bye Bangkok, 1000s of workers head home

    The Thai PM was asked over the weekend if there would be additional measures to tackle the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. He replied “We’re working on it.” Bangkok’s lockdown-you-have-when-you’re-not-having-a-lockdown, is pushing 1,000s of casual and migrant workers out of the city ‘up country’ as Bangkok shutters many of its businesses. Many are heading home to Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos…

  • Cập nhật dịch COVID-19 tại Việt Nam: Thêm 14 ca dương tính nCoV, nâng tổng số bệnh nhân lên 113 người

    Cho đến 21h45 ngày hôm nay, Bộ Y tế xác nhận Việt Nam có thêm 14 ca dương tính với virus SARS-Cov-2, nâng tổng số bệnh nhân toàn quốc lên tới 113 người. Như vậy, chỉ trong đêm nay đã có tới 14 bệnh nhân mới được xác nhận, gồm 7 ở Hà Nội, 4 Đồng Tháp, 2 An Giang…

  • The Thaiger, punching on in tough times

    The Thaiger is a small, dedicated team who have been working overtime to keep up the flow of accurate (as best we can) information over the past two and a half months as the coronavirus story has evolved. But we’re a small business, like many others, and have a lot of pressures on us to keep punching on whilst so…

  • Officials concerned about people heading ‘up country’ after being put off work

    Bangkok’s next door provinces are imposing increased preventative measures to deal with Thailand’s current surge of Covid-19 cases by closing a range of retail business, starting today. The closures are set to add a wave of newly-unemployed who may decide to head home for the annual Songkran early, and that’s a problem. The provinces that have followed the lead from…

  • Cập nhật dịch COVID-19 tại Việt Nam: TP HCM ghi nhận thêm 4 ca nhiễm nCoV

    Bốn ca nhiễm COVID-19 mới tại Việt Nam bao gồm hai người Việt và hai người Anh ở TP HCM dương tính nCoV, đưa tổng số bệnh nhân cả nước lên 98 người. Bệnh nhân 95: Nam, 20 tuổi (trú quận Gò Vấp, TP HCM), là du học sinh tại Pháp. Ngày 18/3, bệnh nhân nhập cảnh Tân Sơn Nhất…

  • Chiang Rai reports first coronavirus cases

    The Thai Health Department reported 89 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, two of which are in Chiang Rai Province. (188 new cases were reported today, Sunday, bringing Thailand’s total to 599.) Both Chiang Rai patients are being treated in hospital and have provided medical authorities with lists of those they have been in contact with. Chiang Rai health officials have…

  • Thailand announces 188 new covid-19 coronavirus cases (Sunday)

    Thailand’s daily press briefing with the Ministry of Public Health and the Department of Disease Control confirmed 188 new cases of the Covid-19 Coronavirus this morning. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 599 since the first cases were detected in the Kingdom in January. Of those cases, 42 have fully recovered, while 557 remain…

  • 13 cases in Phuket, official

    13 cases of Covid-19 coronavirus have now been confirmed in the southern Thai island of Phuket. 6 new cases have been announced in the past 24 hours. On Friday the Phuket Governor admitted to five cases on the island – 2 Chinese visitors in early February and 3 current cases involving a Danish family. 188 new cases have been announced…

  • Covid-19 UPDATE: World cases exceed 300,000, Italian hospitals overwhelmed

    In the past week, the number of Covid-19 coronavirus cases has nearly doubled. Same with the number of deaths. This morning (10am Thai time) more than 308,000 people are now infected with the novel coronavirus worldwide, and that’s only the people who have been tested and identified. The most worrying rises have been in the US, Spain, Italy, Germany and…

  • More airline cancellations as options dry up for stranded visitors

    It is becoming increasingly difficult to fly in an out of Thailand, posing more challenges for stranded foreign visitors and tourists. Last week the Thai government estimated there were some 500,000 overseas visitors currently in Thailand. Some of the latest cancellations from local carriers… • Budget airline VietJet suspended its flights to major Southeast Asian destinations, out of Vietnam, including…

  • Cập nhật dịch COVID-19 tại Việt Nam: Ghi nhận thêm 2 ca nhiễm nCoV tại Hà Nội

    Bệnh nhân số 93 và 94 là một du học sinh từ Hungary và một người Việt từ Czech, về Việt Nam trên cùng chuyến bay cách đây hai ngày. Bộ Y tế tối 21/3 cho biết cả hai dương tính với nCoV. Như vậy số bệnh nhân Covid-19 tại Hà Nội lên 29, nhiều nhất cả nước. Bệnh nhân…

  • Your democracy is killing you and how China suppressed Covid-19

    OPINION On January 25, 2020 the Chinese government started locking down around 930 million citizens over the following few weeks, starting with the city centres of Hubei province, the probable ground zero of the outbreak, and spreading outwards. Most of these Chinese citizens are still quarantined in their homes. About two weeks later, in the second week of February, the…

  • Bangkok closures – the details and the panic buying

    After today’s announcement from the BMA that the closures around the city would be ramped up, supermarkets started filling up as the shelves started becoming increasingly empty. The additions to the closure list is the latest efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19 around the Thai capital. Bangkokians have started to stock up on essential goods after the Bangkok Metropolitan…

  • Độ tuổi mắc COVID-19 ở Việt Nam ngược với tình hình ở Vũ Hán và Ý

    Theo Chủ tịch UBND TP Hà Nội Nguyễn Đức Chung, độ tuổi mắc bệnh COVID-19 do virus corona đang ngược với tình hình dịch bệnh ở Vũ Hán, Trung Quốc và ở Ý. Chiều qua, chủ tịch UBND TP Hà Nội Nguyễn Đức Chung chủ trì họp Ban chỉ đạo phòng chống dịch COVID-19 của TP Hà Nội với các…

  • Bangkok closes shopping centres and markets from tomorrow

    It’s the lockdown you have when you haven’t really declared a full lockdown. Today’s announcement from the Bangkok government is a step close to a virtual close-down of most Bangkok retail. Today’s order closes all department stores and markets in the capital for three weeks. The measures are the latest attempts to stem the rise in cases of Covid-19 around…

  • Man arrested for deliberately trying to contaminate Bangkok lift – VIDEO

    A 32 year old Thai man in Bangkok has been arrested after being captured on CCTV camera deliberately contaminating an elevator with his saliva and sweat. Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTS) staff told reporters the incident was captured on CCTV at 5:23am Friday. Footage shows the man, with a shaved head and wearing a singlet and shorts, touching his tongue,…

  • Thailand closes many of its land borders

    Interior Ministry, Anupong Paojinda, has given governors full authority to close all border provinces, but must leave one international checkpoint active for special circumstances. The move is the latest in Thailand’s attempts to block any arrivals to contain the Covid-19 outbreak, which has spiked sharply with new cases this past week. “The only exception will be Chiang Rai as it…

  • WHO praises Thailand’s coronavirus measures

    Do not adjust your monitor, that’s what actually happened yesterday in Bangkok. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has praised Thailand’s efforts to stem the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak sweeping the world, and for being the first country outside of China to identify and report the virus. The WHO’s Dr Daniel Kertesz made the comments while meeting with Public…

  • Covid-19 UPDATE: 89 new cases in Thailand, Italian attempts fail to control escalation in cases

    Despite four weeks of ‘lockdown’ including closing borders, cancelling flights, closing schools, limiting domestic travel and closing public places, Italy’s level of new cases, and deaths, continues to rise at an alarming level. The best efforts of Italian health officials has failed to contain the spread of the disease, particularly in the north of the country. The death toll from…

  • Despite closures elsewhere, Chiang Rai’s border crossings to remain open for trade

    “I stress that people need to cooperate with instructions from the government to reduce transmission. Please do not gather or go to other provinces.” Although the Interior Ministry has ordered most border provinces to leave only one checkpoint open as the country tries to block arrivals to contain the coronavirus outbreak, an exception has been made for Chiang Rai, which…

  • Chinese tourist packing their bags to come back to Thailand

    Some groups of Chinese say they’re ready to pack their bags and start travelling again. And, astonishingly, Thai tourism officials say they they’re preparing for a return of Chinese tourists! Chinese tourists groups say they expect to resume their travels in April as the novel coronavirus (Covid19) infections start to subside in China. Thai tourism officials say they are aiming…

  • Hà Nội: Người dân phố Trúc Bạch mừng như Tết ngày dỡ cách ly

    Trẻ em vẫy cờ, người lớn đổ ra đường trong tâm trạng hớn hở “hơn bắt được vàng” vì được ra ngoài sau 14 ngày phong tỏa vì phố có người nhiễm Covid-19. Vào lúc 19h ngày 20/3, nhiều người tập trung phía ngoài rào sắt chờ đợi thời điểm phố Trúc Bạch (quận Ba Đình, Hà Nội) hết phong…

  • 25 Covid-19 cases awaiting test results in Phuket, 5 cases confirmed yesterday

    At a tetchy meeting of the Provincial Communicable Diseases Committee in Phuket Town yesterday, Phuket’s Govenor Phakaphong Tavipatana finally admitted to five cases of Covid-19 on the holiday island, three of them still active. After weeks of obfuscation and denying active cases of the coronavirus in Phuket, the Governor finally came clean after repeated questions from a frustrated Phuket press…

  • COVID-19 tại Việt Nam: Thêm 4 trường hợp nhiễm SARS-CoV-2 bay từ nước ngoài về

    Bốn ca nhiễm COVID-19 mới (3 người ở TP HCM, 1 người ở Hà Nội) gồm một phi công, một thực tập sinh khách sạn, hai du học sinh, dương tính với SARS-CoV-2, nâng số bệnh nhân tại Việt Nam tối 20/3 lên 91. Bệnh nhân 88: Nữ, 25 tuổi (địa chỉ ở khu đô thị Văn Quán, Phúc La,…