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Thailand Post boosts anti-coronavirus measures
Thailand’s postal service announced this week that it’s employing health and safety measures to protect customers and staff from the COVID-19 coronavirus. According to Thai Post CEO and acting managing director Kalong Subsa-ard: “We will be using disinfectant spray at stations that receive inbound parcels from overseas. This applies to all parcels from all countries, not only China, as a…
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Coronavirus UPDATE: WHO fights the ‘infodemic’, recession fears in Europe
A total number of 67,100 cases of Coronavirus (covid-2019) have now been confirmed worldwide, along with 1,526 deaths reported and 8,193 people recovered. The number of reported full recoveries is now over 5 times the rate of reported deaths, and continues to rise each day. The infodemic… On top of the spread of the virus, there has been increasingly dangerous…
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TP. HCM, Hà Nội và 5 tỉnh tiếp tục cho học sinh nghỉ học
Đến chiều nay, UBND thành phố Hà Nội, TP. HCM, Vĩnh Phúc, Thanh Hóa, Tuyên Quang, Đồng Nai cho học sinh nghỉ thêm để phòng dịch bệnh. Mới đây, đại diện UBND huyện Sóc Sơn cho biết dựa trên khảo sát tại trang fanpage thì 80% phụ huynh có nguyện vọng cho con nghỉ học, đặc biệt là mầm non…
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Hơn 1.700 nhân viên y tế Trung Quốc nhiễm virus corona
Lần đầu tiên Trung Quốc xác nhận số nhân viên y tế nhiễm virus corona chủng mới (COVID-19) với số người mắc là hơn 1.700 ca. Ning Zhu là một trong những nữ y tá tại thành phố Vũ Hán. Khi nhận kết quả chụp cắt lớp cho thấy cô có thể bị nhiềm virus thì cô đã phải tự cách…
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MS Westerdam passengers, all cleared, alight in Cambodia
Passengers of the MS Westerdam, the cruise ship that spent two weeks at sea after being turned away by five countries including Thailand, over fears that someone aboard might have the COVID-19 coronavirus, finally disembarked today. The ship, carrying 1,455 passengers and 802 crew, docked in the Cambodian port town of Sihanoukville yesterday. It anchored offshore in the morning to…
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2 cruise ship allowed to dock in Phuket, prompting accusations of double standard
After the Netherlands-flagged MS Westerdam cruise ship was turned away on Tuesday and later escorted to Cambodia, some 4,000 passengers and crew from two cruise ships were allowed to alight in Phuket yesterday, after being cleared of the deadly COVID-19 coronavirus. The Bahamian-flagged Seabourn Ovation anchored at Phuket’s deep-sea port yesterday, returning from Langkawi in Malaysia. The 495 vacationers and…
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Cận cảnh hình ảnh “tâm dịch” bị cách ly tại huyện Bình Xuyên, Vĩnh Phúc
Từ ngày hôm nay, nơi được coi là “tâm dịch” Covid-19 (nCoV) – xã Sơn Lôi, huyện Bình Xuyên, tỉnh Vĩnh Phúc sẽ được khoanh vùng, cách ly hoàn toàn để phòng lây lan dịch bệnh. Hôm nay (13/2) là ngày đầu tiên xã Sơn Lôi (huyện Bình Xuyên, Vĩnh Phúc) áp dụng lệnh khoanh vùng cách ly hoàn toàn. Từ…
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Phát hiện xưởng làm khẩu trang từ giấy vệ sinh
Mới đây, quản lý thị trường đã phát hiện cơ sở sản xuất khẩu trang từ giấy vệ sinh để thay cho lớp kháng khuẩn. Chiều nay, tổ công tác Đội quản lý thị trường số 1, Cục Quản lý thị trường Hà Nội phát hiện một xưởng sản xuất khẩu trang giả tại xã Vạn Điểm, huyện Thường Tín…
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Coronavirus myths busted
The newly named Covid-19 coronavirus has killed over 1,300 people to date and infected more than 60,000 across 24 countries and territories. It’s perhaps unsurprising that myths and urban legends have sprung up surrounding the virus, both in how it’s spread and how to prevent it. The Thaiger is here to bust some of those myths, courtesy of information provided…
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Thai Embassy in Beijing ordered to care for 3 locals stranded in Wuhan
Thailand’s Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai yesterday ordered the Thai embassy in Beijing to take care of three Thai citizens stranded in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak. The three didn’t join the 138 Thai evacuees who returned on February 4. One of the three is a woman who overstayed her visa and has yet to pay the fine.…
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UK prisoner tested for coronavirus after extradition is virus-free
UPDATE: Neither Mark Rumble nor another suspect deported to the UK have the Covid-19 coronavirus, The Daily Mail reports: “Two British prisoners including a ‘drug dealer’ who were sent home from Thailand do not have coronavirus, tests have confirmed.” A British drug suspect, arrested in Pattaya on November 2 before being extradited to the United Kingdom in January, has been…
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Coronavirus UPDATE – sharp increase in cases, UK officials battle to contain a new threat
There’s been a sharp spike in new cases of coronavirus, principally in the central Chinese province of Hubei. There are now 60,373 world cases, 59,805 in China. 1,369 people have died and over 6,000 recovered. 242 new deaths were recorded yesterday, the deadliest day since the start of the outbreak. So what’s behind the big rise? It’s not actually a spike…
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Phuket’s cruise ship arrivals to be screened for coronavirus
Over 4,000 tourists and ship crews arrive in Phuket today, on two separate cruise liners, one from Hong Kong and one out of Singapore. There has been a sudden surge of interest in arriving cruise ships after the cruise boat still anchored in Yokohama Bay with a cluster The Seabourn Ovation arrived from Hong Kong just after 7am this morning…
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Thai evacuee from Wuhan clear of coronavirus, discharged from hospital
One of the three (out of 138) Thai evacuees from Wuhan, who has been at Sattahip naval base for treatment for coronavirus infection since February 6th, was discharged from hospital Tuesday night. The deputy director of Queen Sirikit Hospital, Dr Rewat Kitnarong, said this morning that the patient, whose name is being withheld, rejoined the other 136 evacuees, who are…
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Vĩnh Phúc cô lập để kiểm soát dịch corona
Vĩnh Phúc đã lập 3 chốt kiểm soát đặt tại xã Sơn Lôi (Bình Xuyên) nhằm hạn chế di chuyển khỏi khu vực trong 14 ngày, từ ngày 13/2. Chiều nay, ông Lê Duy Thành, Phó chủ tịch thường trực UBND tỉnh Vĩnh Phúc cho biết đây là một trong những biện pháp nhằm ngăn chặn dịch viêm đường hô…
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Stranded cruise ship will dock in Cambodia
The Holland American Line, operator of a cruise ship that’s been turned away by five countries over fears of the coronavirus, announced today that Cambodia has agreed to let a cruise ship dock and its passengers to disembark. The ship, The Westerdam, with 1455 passengers and 802 crew aboard, will dock at the Cambodian port of Sihanoukville tomorrow, the company…
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Virus cases on Japan cruise ship climb to 135
The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases aboard the cruise ship Diamond Princess has climbed to 135. Sixty-five new cases were confirmed on the ship, which has been quarantined off the coast of Yokohama since February 5. Patients showing symptoms have been transferred to local hospitals. Authorities have allowed some of the tourists to return home. The government says there were…
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Coronavirus UPDATE: No cases in Indonesia, why? Are paper face-masks effective?
“Covid-19”. After a month and a half of being called the Wuhan Coronavirus, the Chinese Coronavirus or just boring old ‘coronavirus‘, the viral strain now has an official name. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was speaking in Geneva. “We now have a name for the disease and it’s Covid-19,” This morning the number of cases worldwide has reached 44,852, resulting in 1,113…
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TP. HCM: 3 người Trung Quốc tự rời khỏi khu cách ly
3 người Trung Quốc được cách ly tại quận 12 vì vừa quay lại Việt Nam, đã tự ý rời đi và chuyển đến quận khác tại TP. HCM. Hôm nay (11/2), bác sĩ Vũ Đức Diễn, Trưởng khoa Kiểm soát bệnh tật (Trung tâm Y tế quận 12), xác nhận với Zing việc 3 người Trung Quốc tự động…
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MC Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên không được lên máy bay, phải hủy show vì dịch bệnh Corona
MC Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên không được lên máy bay vì ho và cảm cúm. Cô cũng xin lỗi đến khán giả vì không thể tham gia một show diễn. Trên trang cá nhân của mình, MC Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên đăng hình ảnh giấy khám sức khỏe cùng lời xin lỗi đến khán giả vì vắng mặt trong show…
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Kỳ Duyên làm clip chia sẻ cách chống dịch Corona
Trong video mới đây, Kỳ Duyên đã chỉ ra một số phương pháp như rửa tay sạch sẽ, đeo khẩu trang, uống vinamin C,… để chống dịch Corona. Trước dịch virus corona, rất nhiều người đã nắm rõ nhiều biện pháp để phòng chống dịch và chia sẻ đến mọi người xung quanh, trong đó đáng chú ý là Hoa…
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You’re not welcome here! Thai Health Minister refuses request to berth in Thailand
The Holland-US “MS Westerdam” cruise ship has been refused docking permission at Laem Chabang Port in Chonburi, south east of Bangkok, after having been turned away by three other countries who were concerned about the spread of coronavirus. Referring to the company’s website, which stated that Thailand would allow the ship to dock at Laem Chabang Port last Thursday, Deputy…
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Vĩnh Phúc: Bé 3 tháng tuổi dương tính với virus corona
Bộ Y tế vừa công bố trường hợp thứ 15 dương tính với virus corona tại Việt Nam là bé 3 tháng tuổi, tại Vĩnh Phúc và lây nhiễm từ bà ngoại. Sáng nay, Bộ Y tế thông tin về trường hợp thứ 15 dương tính với virus corona là cháu gái N.G.L., 3 tháng tuổi (sinh ngày 5/11/2019), tại…
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Thai Health: Don’t panic, coronavirus isn’t airborne
Thai Health said today that the 2019nCoV coronavirus is not airborne and urged the public not to panic. Dr Tawee Chotpitayasunondh, an advisor to the Department of Disease Control, says the virus has yet to infect people via airborne transmission. It is transmitted by droplets from coughing and sneezing, which although they can travel short distances through the air, rely…
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Vĩnh Phúc: Lập bệnh viện dã chiến 300 giường giữa dịch corona
Với số bệnh nhân nhiễm nCoV cao nhất nước (9), UBND tỉnh Vĩnh Phúc đã cho lập bệnh viện dã chiến 300 giường, 200 cán bộ y tế. Chiều nay (10/2), ông Đoàn Thanh Bình, Chánh văn phòng Sở Y tế Vĩnh Phúc, cho biết tỉnh vừa lập bệnh viện dã chiến tại trường Cao đẳng Văn hóa nghệ thuật…
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Thượng Hải tĩnh lặng vì virus corona
Bao trùm Thượng Hải là sự tĩnh lặng khi không ai dám ra khỏi nhà những ngày dịch bệnh. Tới 8/2, thành phố ghi nhận 277 ca nhiễm virus corona chủng mới (nCoV) đã có một ca tử vong. Zhao Feng, 40 tuổi, cùng vài người trong gia đình là một trong số ít dân Thượng Hải ra đường, chia…
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Macau casino group losing $2.5 million a day over virus closure
Wynn Resorts Ltd. is losing about $2.5 million a day in Macau after the Chinese government ordered casinos there closed to deter the spread of the 2019nCoV coronavirus. The company employs about 12,200 people in the region. Although the casinos were ordered closed for 15 days period that beginning February 5, Wynn CEO Matt Maddox said last week that it…
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Thousands allowed to leave cruise ship quarantined in Hong Kong
Around 3,600 passengers and crew on the cruise ship World Dream, quarantined for four days in Hong Kong amid fears some staff could have contracted the 2019nCoV coronavirus, have been allowed to leave. Another cruise ship, the Diamond Princess, where dozens of cases have been confirmed, remains in quarantine off Japan. Authorities reported on Saturday that 64 people had been…
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Coronavirus UPDATE: 7 more cases in Thailand, WHO battling fake virus news
The number of worldwide coronavirus deaths has now reached 813, exceeding the number of those killed during the SARS outbreak in 2002/2003. In Hubei province, the centre of the outbreak in mid-December, the death toll has reached 780. Significantly, all but one of the overall total deaths deaths reported have been in mainland China and Hong Kong. 37,553 people are currently infected…
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Seven more coronavirus cases found in Thailand
Seven new cases of the 2019-nCoV coronavirus were discovered in Thailand yesterday, including three Thais and four Chinese. The new cases brought the total reported in the country to 32, the third highest number of infections outside of China, Japan and Singapore. The global death toll from the virus is now at least 805, surpassing the number of fatalities from…
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