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Huge jump as Thailand confirms 32 new coronavirus cases
Thailand today confirmed 32 new cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus. The announcement was made at an afternoon press conference with the Department of Disease Control, and confirmed by The Ministry of Public Health. The list of new infections is varied, and includes nine from a boxing gym, three more who had contact with a cluster that had a party with…
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Du khách Anh chê khu cách ly Việt Nam ‘bẩn thỉu’ bị đồng hương lên án
2 du khách người Anh chê bai khu cách ly Việt Nam ‘bẩn thỉu’, nghèo nàn trên Sky News. Không chỉ khiến dân mạng Việt tranh cãi, mà ngay những người Anh cũng bàn tán sôi nổi. Ngày 10.3, trang Sky News đăng tải bản tin có nhan đề: “Coronavirus: British couple say they’ve been abandoned in ‘filthy’ Vietnamese hospital”…
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83 students returning from Italy quarantined
83 Thai students arriving on a Thai Airways flight from Italy were taken from U-Tapao International Airport to Sattahip naval base in Chon Buri this morning for Covid-19 coronavirus screening. Six students had fevers and were separated and taken to nearby hospitals for tests and a 14 day mandatory quarantine. The other 77 were taken to guesthouses within the naval…
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Coronavirus UPDATE: Fortress Australia, Europe new ‘epicentre’
As of lunchtime today, there are 156,766 cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus in the world. There have been 5,839 deaths and 75,937 patients who have now recovered. Italy now has more active cases than China, and new Chinese cases have drastically reduced over the past two weeks. The countries with more than 1,000 confirmed cases below… INFOGRAPHIC: worldometers.info In other…
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Thailand now lists UK, USA as “high risk” countries
Thailand has added the UK, USA and several other countries to the list of countries it regards as being “high risk” for Covid-19 coronavirus contagion. The list now includes: Japan, France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the UK and USA. An update posted on the Tourism Authority of Thailand website yesterday advised travellers arriving in Thailand from these…
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Government tries, fails to clarify visa-on-arrival confusion
After days of rumours, assertions and flip-flops, Thailand’s Foreign Ministry in a press briefing yesterday provided some much-needed clarity regarding visa-on-arrival (VOA) status for 18 countries and visa exemption for three countries with high infection rates of the Covid-19 coronavirus: they are cancelled. Cherdkiat Atthakor, director-general and spokesman of the Foreign Ministry’s Information Department says the cancellations are in place…
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US and China compete to control the narrative on the origins of Covid-19
With the two year trade war between the economic super-powers still being sorted out, the Chinese and US governments have entered into a tit-for-tat exchange of blame for the origins of the Covid-19 virus this week. Conspiracy theories have been fired back and forth between officials in the two countries. Washington has described the coronavirus outbreak as the “Wuhan Virus”.…
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Chung cư Hòa Bình quận 10 ra sao sau khi có bệnh nhân nhiễm virus corona
Chung cư Hòa Bình, quận 10, TP.HCM được phong tỏa khi ca nhiễm COVID-19 thứ 48 được xác nhận tại đây. 20 người tiếp xúc gần với anh này có kết quả âm tính. Trưa 14-3, sau khi nhận thông tin về bệnh nhân thứ 48, Trung tâm kiểm soát bệnh tật TP.HCM cho biết hệ thống phòng dịch đã…
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Manila goes on lockdown
“It’s a lockdown It’s just a matter of protecting and defending you from Covid-19. That’s about it.” Some 12 million people in the Philippine capital of Manila are now in near total lockdown after a Thursday order from the nation’s president Rodrigo Duterte banning domestic travel and an announcement earlier today of a nighttime curfew in the capital. The president…
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TP.HCM phát thông báo khẩn đến toàn bộ hành khách trên chuyến bay từ Doha
Trung tâm Kiểm soát bệnh tật TP.HCM vừa thông báo khẩn đến hành khách trên chuyến bay QR 970 ngày 10-3 vì một bệnh nhân có nguy cơ nhiễm COVID-19. Một trường hợp được xác định có nguy cơ cao mắc COVID-19 tại TP.HCM đã đi trên chuyến bay QR 970 của Hãng Qatar Airways ngày 10-3 từ Doha về…
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Health minister to “suggest” closing bars, nightclubs
Thailand’s gaffe-prone public health minister and deputy PM Anutin Charnvirakul is back at it, telling a press conference this afternoon that the Public Health Ministry will “suggest additional precautions” to the government and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday, including the temporary closure of bars and entertainment venues, including nightclubs, concerts, live music venues and other venues where people congregate.…
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Phuket Covid-19 ‘updates’
The spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus prompted tourism industry leaders in Phuket this week to support moves to cancel or postpone mass events across the island. All official Songkran Thai New Year festivities in the southern resort island’s Patong district have already been cancelled, along with the annual Phuket Bike Week, usually the biggest motorcycle event in Asia. Even the…
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Body of Chinese man lies untouched for hours over coronavirus fears
A Chinese man who fell to his death from a Bangok hotel room yesterday was left lying untouched for more than six hours, as responders feared contracting the Covid-19 coronavirus from the body. Police, who were notified at about 12;30pm, say the 39 year old Chinese national was staying in a room on the sixth floor of the hotel, which…
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Seven new confirmed coronavirus cases in Thailand include popular actor
The Public Health Ministry confirmed 7 new cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus today, raising the number of infections in Thailand to 82 since the virus struck in January. Of those, 35 have recovered and been sent home, while 46 remain under medical care. One man died from complications arising from the illness. Sukhum Karnchanapimai, the ministry’s permanent secretary, said that…
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240 Thais return home after ‘naval quarantine’
240 “phee noi” (little ghosts), Thais who have thus far returned from South Korea, have been allowed to return to their homes after they tested negative for the Covid-19 coronavirus. A spokesman for the Royal Thai Navy made the announcement yesterday. “We prepared 16 buses to take them to their homes and we have coordinated with Public Health offices in…
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Doctors warn Thailand unprepared for Stage 3 virus outbreak
The Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak is still only at the second stage in Thailand, permanent secretary for public health Sukhum Kanchanapimai said yesterday, meaning the spread is still limited and mostly confined to overseas returnees, foreigners from affected countries and those in close contact with either group. But an association of doctors is warning that the nation might not be equipped…
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Europe is the new epicentre of Covid-19 coronavirus – WHO
The World Health Organisation has now put Europe as its current “epicentre” for the global coronavirus pandemic, warning that it was impossible to know when the pandemic would peak. In the past 24 hours there has been a swift rise in new cases and deaths, compared to past months, primarily in Europe, as well as Iran and the US. WHO…
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Monkeys plunder town hall building in South, apparently searching for food
Days after a pitched battle between rival monkey gangs rocked Lop Buri in central Thailand, dozens, perhaps hundreds of monkeys have ransacked an old town hall building in the southern province of Prachuap Khiri Khan, forcing staff to flee. It’s believed in both instances that the drop in tourism caused by the Covid-19 coronavirus, combined with dry weather and drought,…
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Nhiều bệnh nhân nhiễm virus corona tử vong dù chưa có triệu chứng nhiễm bệnh
Trung tâm Life Care ở Kirkland, Washington vừa cho biết đã có 15 bệnh nhân tử vong vì Covid-19 “ngay trong vòng vài giờ” mà không có triệu chứng. Để ngăn chặn virus lây lan, các chuyên gia y tế đã kêu gọi chính phủ đẩy nhanh quá trình xét nghiệm nhằm tiến hành điều trị sớm cho những bệnh…
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Lộ trình di chuyển của nữ tiếp viên hàng không Vietnam Airlines nhiễm Covid-19
Chủ tịch UBND quận Long Biên cho biết, đã xác định 22 người tiếp xúc gần với nữ tiếp viên mắc Covid-19 gồm nhiều tiếp viên hàng không, 4 lái xe Grab, taxi. Sáng nay, tại buổi họp khẩn Ban chỉ đạo phòng chống Covid-19, ông Nguyễn Đức Chung – Chủ tịch UBND TP Hà Nội cho biết một nữ…
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Thailand’s virus testing goes to the next level
There are currently 35 labs in Thailand that can test up to 200 specimens daily, and 20 more are expected to open soon. But there’s now a “superlab” that can perform 4000 tests per day. The facility, unveiled today by the Public Health Ministry’s Department of Medical Sciences, will use the Rapid Polymerase Chain reaction method of testing. A department…
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Friday the 13th: Thai bourse uses “circuit breaker” as coronavirus batters Thai stocks
The Stock exchange of Thailand (SET) pulled the “circuit breaker” for the second time in as many days, to suspend trade between 9:59 and 10:29am after the index fell by over 10% this morning. A stock analyst at Krungsri Securities said that move was due to panic selling after US President Donald Trump suspended travel from Europe for 30 days,…
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Trung Quốc nghi ngờ Mỹ đưa virus corona vào Vũ Hán
Người phát ngôn Trung Quốc ám chỉ quân đội Mỹ đưa virus corona chủng mới vào Vũ Hán trong khẩu chiến Bắc Kinh và Washington về dịch COVID-19. “Mỹ có bệnh nhân số 0 từ khi nào? Có bao nhiêu người bị nhiễm? Tên của các bệnh viện là gì? Có thể quân đội Mỹ chính là người đã đưa…
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Covid-19 reaching ‘stage 3’ in Thailand
Yesterday The public Health Ministry insisted that the country was yet to enter Stage 3 of the covid-19 coronavirus outbreak. Despite the discovery of a new cluster of infections, the number of cases still remains at 70. (Update: 5 new cases were announced on Friday morning) The permanent secretary for public health, Dr Sukhum Kanchannaphimai reports some cases can be…
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Thousands laid off, millions of baht lost as Chiang Mai elephant camps close
Elephant businesses in Chiang Mai and elsewhere in Northern Thailand are being wiped out in their dozens by the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak. Most have closed their doors and laid off thousands of staff. Those that remain open are haemorrhaging money. According to Boonthachai Lert, chairman of Mae Taeng Elephant Camp and a spokesperson for the industry, 85 of Chiang Mai’s…
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“Little ghosts” going home
Some of the Thai nationals dubbed “phee noi” (little ghosts), who recently returned from South Korea and were quarantined at a naval base in Chon Buri’s Sattahip district are today being sent to their hometowns. Public Health Ministry and Royal Thai Navy officials agreed this week that many of the migrant workers can be released. All are suspected of being…
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Thailand confirms five new coronavirus cases
The Public Health Ministry confirmed five new Covid-19 coronavirus cases this morning in its daily press briefing. The new cases take the total number of infections in the country to 75 since January. 34 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospital. Meanwhile, worried citizens continue to have difficulty buying face masks and hand sanitiser due to short supply and…
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Government cancels cancellation of visa-on-arrival, visa-free travel
In yet another abrupt U- turn, the government yesterday withdrew its suspension of visa-on-arrival status for 22 countries and territories over the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak, less than 24 hours after issuing the order, citing the “need for more research.” The areas affected are Bulgaria, Bhutan, China (including Macau, China and Taiwan), Cyprus, Ethiopia, Fiji, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Malta, Mexico, Nauru,…
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China says US military may have brought virus to China
In an escalating war of words with Washington, China’s Foreign Ministry suggested yesterday that the US military might have brought the Covid-19 coronavirus to the Chinese city of Wuhan, long considered the source of the outbreak. China has taken great offence at comments by US officials accusing it of being slow to react to the virus, first detected in Wuhan…
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Vợ chồng sao Hollywood Tom Hanks và Rita Wilson nhiễm virus corona
Tài tử Tom Hanks và vợ Rita Wilson có xét nghiệm dương tính với virus corona mới gây dịch COVID-19. Họ là những người nổi tiếng đầu tiên công khai nhiễm dịch bệnh này. Tom Hanks và Rita Wilson, cả hai cùng tuổi 63, tiết lộ thông tin này thông qua một thông báo hôm 11-3 (giờ Mỹ). Tờ Variety…
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