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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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Virus corona biến chủng nên phải mang khẩu trang ngay cả khi đi máy bay và taxi
Ý có 4 biến chủng của virus corona, khác với chủng tại Vũ Hán, Trung Quốc. Cần kiểm soát người nhập cảnh vào Việt Nam, đeo khẩu trang trên phương tiện công cộng. Ngày 11-3, Ban Chỉ đạo quốc gia phòng chống dịch bệnh viêm đường hô hấp cấp do chủng mới của virus corona gây ra (virus SARS-CoV-2, dịch…
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Bình Thuận: Thêm 5 người nhiễm nCoV từ bệnh nhân số 34
Có thêm 5 người bị lây nhiễm virus corona từ “bệnh nhân 34”, nâng số ca nhiễm trên toàn Việt Nam lên 44. Hôm nay, Bộ Y tế công bố thêm các ca dương tính mới gồm cháu, chồng, con, thông gia, và con của một nhân viên của bà. Cụ thể là, “Bệnh nhân 40”, nữ, 2 tuổi, tiếp…
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UPDATE: SCB becomes third bank to stop exchanging foreign cash
Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) today became the third Thai bank to cease exchanging foreign cash, shut down its exchange booths and quarantine booth staff for fourteen days as a result of the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak. The move comes after a similar move by Kasikorn Bank over the weekend – see original story below. Yesterday afternoon saw Krungthai Bank follow suit.…
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Tourism officials ponder moving Songkran to July, boosting domestic tourism
Joint ventures with the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and the Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) are trying to solve worst case scenarios of losing over 1 trillion baht in revenue and 10 million in inbound guests to celebrate Songkran. The TAT has set a optimistic target of 172 million domestic trips this year, generating 1.13 trillion baht in revenue.…
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Thailand confirms 11 new coronavirus cases
Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health announced 11 new confirmed cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus at its press briefing today. The new cases bring the total of confirmed cases in Thailand to 70. The ministry said the new patients were found infected in a cluster, the first since the virus struck the country in January. Officials say the eleven were at…
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UPDATE: 11 new Covid-19 cases announced for Thailand – total now 70 people
Thailand now has a total of 70 Covid-19 Coronavirus cases with the announcement yesterday of six new confirmed patients and another 11 cases announced this morning. In their daily briefings the Thai Ministry of Public Health added that 34 patients had now fully recovered. One person has died of the disease in Thailand. And Thailand confirmed eleven more cases of…
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US announces temporary ban on flights coming from Europe
The US President Donald Trump has announced today a month-long suspension for travellers out of Europe. The only exception if people travelling from the UK to the US. In an official televised address to the US TV audience from the White House, President Trump noted he was overseeing “the most aggressive and comprehensive effort to confront a foreign virus in…
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Covid-19 now a world pandemic, World Health Organisation
The Covid-19 coronavirus has now been identified in at least 114 countries, whilst killing more than 4,000 people. From an outbreak, to an epidemic, the coronavirus has now been declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation. Even though media outlets around the world were starting to use the ‘P’ word, the WHO had so far resisted raising the…
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Bình Thuận: Thêm ba ca nhiễm nCoV mới
Theo Bộ Y tế thì các ca bệnh thứ 36, 37, 38 là người thân và nhân viên của nữ doanh nhân ở Bình Thuận từ Mỹ về. Sau khi “bệnh nhân 34” được xác định dương tính với Covid-19, Trung tâm kiểm soát bệnh tật tỉnh Bình Thuận điều tra dịch tễ và lấy mẫu 15 người tiếp xúc…
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Lộ trình của ‘bệnh nhân số 35’ nhiễm COVID-19 và lý do Đà Nẵng không cách ly ngay bệnh nhân này
Chị N.T.T.N. – ‘bệnh nhân số 35’ có triệu chứng ho đã tới bệnh viện khám và khai báo có tiếp xúc với ca nhiễm COVID-19 nhưng bệnh viện yêu cầu cách ly tại nhà. Khách sạn Vanda (tòa nhà cao nhất hình) nơi 2 người Anh lưu trú nhiễm Covid-19 và lây bệnh cho nữ bệnh nhân N.T.T.N. làm…
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“My experiences with Coronavirus in Bangkok”
Today, the owner of Ohana Poké restaurant ‘Mr. Jay’ in Bangkok, has recently been placed in quarantine after been confirmed with the Covid-19 coronavirus. Feeling concerned, Jay decided to blog about his experiences battling the disease and his personal experiences in quarantine, in an honest and open fashion. Rumours spread after Mr. Jay travelled from Singapore to Bangkok on February…
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A few more flight cancellations and K-Pop curtailed
Airlines around the world are battling to re-assess and refine their flight schedules in response to the dive in passenger bookings following the outbreak and impact of the covid-19 coronavirus at the start of the year. In recent weeks the restrictions on travel, to many parts of the world, have started to bite. Thai AirAsia announced today that it will…
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400 billion baht stimulus announced to boost Thai economy
“The package will inject an estimated 400 billion baht into the economy in a bid to return growth to positive territory.” Yesterday’s Thai cabinet meeting gave the greenlight to a new stimulus package. The government expects the approved 400 billion baht to reduce the impact of the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak. Last week’s 2,000 baht cash stimulus proposal, which was largely…
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TP.HCM: Hai người từ tâm dịch Italy ‘lọt’ vòng kiểm dịch sân bay
Một cặp vợ chồng du lịch từ Italy về và nhập cảnh ở sân bay Tân Sơn Nhất nhưng không bị cách ly tập trung đã được người dân báo cáo với ngành y tế. Chủ tịch UBND quận Tân Phú, Hứa Thị Hồng Đang cho biết hai vợ chồng (ngụ chung cư Khương Gia Tân Hương) từ Milan (Italy),…
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Three new coronavirus cases raises Thailand total to 53
The number of confirmed Covid-19 coronavirus cases in Thailand has now reached 53 with 3 new cases announced yesterday. The Thai Ministry of Public Health announced that the new cases brought the Thai total to 53, with 33 patients already fully recovered. One person has died and the others remain in hospitals for treatment. One of the new cases is…
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All arriving passengers now required to provide additional contact info
The Department of Disease Control plans to impose compulsory measures for all inbound arrivals, including notifying personal information and contact information such as mobile phone numbers and email addresses as part of steps to control the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak. The additional arrival formalities will start tomorrow and officials say the new personal information provided by inbound passengers will stay in…
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