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Sao nữ ‘James Bond’ – Olga Kurylenko dương tính với COVID-19
‘Bond girl’ Olga Kurylenko mới đăng tải lên Instagram hôm qua rằng cô đã nhiễm virus corona chủng mới gây bệnh COVID-19 cả tuần nay. “Thực sự tôi đã bị bệnh gần 1 tuần nay. Tôi bị sốt và mệt mỏi. Hãy chăm sóc bản thân một cách nghiêm túc”, nữ diễn viên kiêm người mẫu gốc Ukraine chia sẻ.…
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Songkran officially postponed
In a shock move, an urgent meeting of the Covid-19 Administration Centre, chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, today approved a motion to postpone the Songkran holidays from April 13-15 to later, undisclosed dates. Deputy government spokeswoman Rachada Thanadirek made the announcement on her Twitter account this afternoon. Songkran is the traditional Thai New Year festival. Ratchada says the meeting…
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Pattaya venues “willing to close” if ordered
“If the government ordered us to close entertainment venues, we are willing to cooperate.” Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-Cha said yesterday that, for the time being at least, he is not ordering a shutdown of the country’s massive nightlife industry. But one of Thailand’s main tourist hotspots is bracing for the worst: the Pattaya Entertainment Operators Association conceded yesterday they are…
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Hundreds linked to boxing stadium positive Covid-19 test
TV celebrity and boxing camp manager Matthew Deane, who tested positive for Covid-19 on March 6, was together with many others who were at the Lumpini boxing stadium in Ramintra Bangkok, north east of the city centre. The mayor of the Chachoengsao provincial administration organisation (PAO), Kitti Paopiamsap posted in his Facebook last night at 8.50pm saying that a laboratory…
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60 quarantined as Army Welfare chief tests positive
The director-general of the Army Welfare Department has tested positive for the Covid-19 coronavirus and is being treated in hospital. Sixty people who had close contact with him have been quarantined in their homes, including some of the army’s top brass. An army spokeman made the announcement today. “Sixty people risked infection and home quarantine was ordered for them. They…
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“Where is everyone?” – Suvarnabhumi airport deserted on Saturday night
Suvarnabhumi International Airport is largely deserted as virus fears grips travellers. It was eerily quiet at Suvarnabhumi at 9pm on Saturday night, as both the arrival and departure halls were practically empty. The managing director of Airports of Thailand Nitinai Sirismatthakarn, admitted that he had not expected to see such an atmosphere at the airport on Saturday March 14. To…
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Stormy skies for Boeing as Coronavirus compounds dire situation
As the world’s Covid-19 cases continue to rise, aircraft manufacture Boeing is watching its stocks slide. From around US$384 a share back in September last year to as low as US$154.84 last week. It’s since bounced back to US$170.20, but a long, long way from its peak. Most of the losses kicked in from mid-February when the extent of the…
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Be informed, be aware. Prevention and precautions in a Covid-19 world.
As of this morning the number of cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus has reached 169,552. The number of deaths related to the virus is now 6,516, representing a death rate of around 3.8%, up from 3.4% two weeks ago, and up from the earlier days when it hovered around 2%. But the number of people that have fully recovered has…
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Thammasat University cancels classes for a week, Thai universities urged to ‘go online’
Thammasat University has cancelled all classes for at least one week, saying in a statement that they plan to resume classes again next week (below). The statement from the university mentioned the Covid-19 world pandemic and said it would co-operate to protect its students. “All classes at Tha Prachan and Rangsit will be cancelled during March 16 –22, 2020. Classes…
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New Covid-19 specialist hospital to open as Thai government steps up response
The Thai government plans to use a freshly constructed hospital as a Covid-19-only patient hospital. Yesterday the number of infections in Thailand rose by 32 cases for a total of 114, the largest single rise in new daily cases. The Thai PM was speaking about the possibilities of moving to Stage 3 after chairing a meeting yesterday on new measures…
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TP. HCM: Cách ly 4 người và tìm kiếm hàng trăm người trên chuyến bay với du khách Latvia nhiễm nCoV
4 người lưu trú trong hẻm khu phố Tây, quận 1, bị cách ly vì tiếp xúc gần với du khách Latvia nhiễm nCoV; vẫn tìm kiếm hàng trăm người khác. Ông Huỳnh Mẫn, Phó chủ tịch UBND phường Phạm Ngũ Lão (quận 1) cho biết, sáng nay nhận được thông tin du khách Latvia lưu trú tại khách sạn…
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Bệnh nhân nhiễm Covid-19 chuyển biến xấu, Bộ Y tế yêu cầu chi viện khẩn cấp
Ca mắc Covid-19 đang điều trị tại Bênh viện Bệnh nhiệt đới Trung ương có chuyển biến xấu dần, Bộ Y tế hoả tốc yêu cầu đội cơ động phản ứng nhanh chống dịch chi viện, tập trung cứu chữa ca nặng. Hôm nay, Cục Quản lý khám chữa bệnh gửi công văn hoả tốc số 308 tới Bệnh viện…
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PM: Nightlife stays open for business
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-cha announced he has rejected, for the time being, the suggestion from Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to temporarily close the country’s massive nightlife industry. Anutin Charnvirakul said yesterday the suggestion was one of several measures he and the Ministry of Public Health would bring up with the PM tomorrow. But as social media exploded, fiercely…
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Italia có số ca nhiễm Covid-19 tăng vọt gần 3.500 ca trong ngày
Cuối ngày 14/3, Italia có hơn 1.400 ca tử vong và hơn 21.000 ca nhiễm Covid-19 mới. Giới chức siết chặt biện pháp kiểm soát dịch bệnh do virus corona chủng mới gây ra. Reuters dẫn từ Cơ quan phòng vệ dân sự Italia ngày 14/3 cho biết, chỉ trong 24 giờ qua, số ca tử vong mới vì Covid-19…
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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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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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Từ 16-3 phải đeo khẩu trang khi đến nơi công cộng
Đeo khẩu trang nơi công cộng, dừng cấp thị thực tại cửa khẩu và học trực tuyến, giảm nhẹ chương trình, rút ngắn thời gian học để phòng chống dịch COVID-19. Văn phòng Chính phủ vừa thông báo kết luận của Thủ tướng tại cuộc họp thường trực của Chính phủ về phòng chống dịch COVID-19. Thủ tướng chỉ đạo…
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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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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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Tiền Giang: Đánh chết bạn nhậu vì ‘lầy’ mãi không chịu về
Người đàn ông 40 tuổi nhậu với nhóm bạn, khi đã say xỉn nhóm bạn khuyên răn về nhà ngủ thì xảy ra mâu thuẫn dẫn đến xô xát, hậu quả là ông này bị đánh chết. Hôm nay, Công an thành phố Mỹ Tho, tỉnh Tiền Giang tạm giữ hình sự đối với Trương Văn Cảnh (30 tuổi, ngụ…
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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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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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Việt Nam xác nhận thêm 5 ca dương tính Covid-19 (nCoV) – Tổng 53 ca nhiễm bệnh
Chiều nay (14/3), Bộ Y tế công bố danh sách các bệnh nhân có kết quả dương tính với Covid-19 (nCoV) mới, từ số 49 đến 53, bao gồm một người Anh, một người Cộng hòa Séc, 3 người Việt Nam. “Bệnh nhân 49” là nam giới, 71 tuổi, chồng của “bệnh nhân 30”. Ông được cách ly từ ngày…
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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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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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The Thai Tourism Ministry hopes for Covid-19 to abate
Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said yesterday that if the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus continues, it will be a “big issue” nationally not only in terms of public health but also the tremendous loss of tourism revenue. However if the outbreak can be contained by then end of next month, the ministry expects more than 36 million tourists…
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