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  • Covid-19 NewsUS evacuates citizens from Japan virus ship as China death passes 1700
    ThaigerPublished: 15:41, 17 February 2020
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    US evacuates citizens from Japan virus ship as China death passes 1700

    Some US citizens from the cruise ship Diamond Princess, currently quarantined off the coast of Japan, have been evacuated and flown home, where they face a further 14 day quarantine. Other nations are preparing to follow suit as global concern grows over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, and the death toll at its epicentre in China topped 1,700. More…

  • Covid-19 NewsNew coronavirus case brings Thailand total to 35
    ThaigerPublished: 12:38, 17 February 2020
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    New coronavirus case brings Thailand total to 35

    Thailand has a new case of the COVID-19 coronavirus, bringing the total in the country to 35 since January, the Ministry of Public Health’s permanent secretary announced at a press conference today. The new case is a 60 year old Chinese woman whose relatives earlier contracted the virus. Of Thailand’s 35 confirmed cases since January, 15 have recovered and return…

  • Việt NamDu khách tàu Westerdam dương tính virus corona sau 2 lần xét nghiệm
    Thuỳ DungPublished: 23:23, 16 February 2020
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    Du khách tàu Westerdam dương tính virus corona sau 2 lần xét nghiệm

    Du khách trên du thuyền MS Westerdam cập cảng Sihanoukville – Campuchia dương tính với virus corona sau hai lần xét nghiệm ở Malaysia. Theo Reuters, Malaysia vừa cho biết theo kết quả xét nghiệm hôm nay, một bà cụ 83 tuổi người Mỹ dương tính với virus corona và đây cũng là lần thứ 2 nhận kết quả tương…

  • Phuket NewsThailand welcomes cruise ship shunned in Vietnam over virus fears
    ThaigerPublished: 20:24, 16 February 2020
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    Thailand welcomes cruise ship shunned in Vietnam over virus fears

    German cruise ship AIDAvita has been welcomed in Thailand, days after it was blocked from docking in Vietnam due to fears of the COVID-19 coronavirus spreading across the region. Authorities in Vietnam’s Quang Ninh province, home to UNESCO world heritage site Ha Long Bay, barred passengers on the AIDAvita from disembarking on Thursday, according to the Vietnam News Agency. Germany’s…

  • Tourism NewsEmbattled tourism sector to get lifeline from the government
    ThaigerPublished: 16:18, 16 February 2020
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    Embattled tourism sector to get lifeline from the government

    Thailand’s government is prepared to throw a lifeline to tourism operators ravaged by the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, in the form of soft loans, tax incentives and training in return for income. Relief measures are urgently needed to protect tourism operators, according to Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak. State agencies have been tasked with proposing measures to the cabinet, which he…

  • Covid-19 NewsNew coronavirus case confirmed in Thailand, brings total to 34
    ThaigerPublished: 09:42, 16 February 2020
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    New coronavirus case confirmed in Thailand, brings total to 34

    A new case of the coronavirus (covid-19) has now been confirmed in Thailand which brings the total in the country to 34 since the start of this year. The public health ministry made the announcement yesterday. The new case is a 35 year old Thai female, a medical personnel, who was infected after contact with a patient, Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoenchia, according…

  • Việt NamTrung Quốc phát hành khẩn cấp tiền mới vì virus corona
    Thuỳ DungPublished: 16:12, 15 February 2020
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    Trung Quốc phát hành khẩn cấp tiền mới vì virus corona

    Trung Quốc tiến hành khử trùng và cách ly tiền mặt qua sử dụng, đồng thời phát hành tiền mới để giảm nguy cơ lây lan virus Covid-19. Hãng tin AFP đưa tin, hôm nay 15/2, tại cuộc họp báo của Ngân hàng trung ương Trung Quốc, các ngân hàng đang sử dụng tia cực tím và nhiệt độ cao…

  • Covid-19 NewsAsian tourists cancelling flights, staying home
    ThaigerPublished: 14:28, 15 February 2020
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    Asian tourists cancelling flights, staying home

    Scores of flights to Asian destinations are being cancelled after South Korea advised its citizens to delay trips to countries where the COVID-19 coronavirus has been found. Especially hard-hit are Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan. South Korea remains largely free of the virus, though one of its citizens tested positive for the virus after returning from…

  • Economy NewsThailand could fall to third place in rice shipments in 2020
    ThaigerPublished: 11:08, 15 February 2020
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    Thailand could fall to third place in rice shipments in 2020

    Weaker competitiveness, drought and changing market demand could see Thailand lose its place as the world’s second-biggest exporter of rice this year. Higher production costs compared to rivals, and volatile foreign exchange rates mean Thailand risks losing out to Vietnam, according to Charoen Laothamatas, president of the Thai Rice Exporters Association. “Thailand has shipped the same rice varieties for 30…

  • Việt NamKon Tum: Nghỉ học về nhà ngoại chơi, hai anh em đuối nước
    Thuỳ DungPublished: 22:27, 14 February 2020
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    Kon Tum: Nghỉ học về nhà ngoại chơi, hai anh em đuối nước

    Hai anh em ruột ở xã Đăk Hring, huyện Đăk Hà (Kon Tum) không may chết đuối dưới ao sau nhà bà ngoại của mình. Tối nay (14-2), ông Lê Văn Hiền – chủ tịch UBND xã Đăk Hring (huyện Đăk Hà) đã xác nhận trên địa bàn xã vừa xảy vụ đuối nước vào 13h30 cùng ngày. Theo thông…

  • Việt NamTP. HCM, Hà Nội và 5 tỉnh tiếp tục cho học sinh nghỉ học
    Thuỳ DungPublished: 21:07, 14 February 2020
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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…

  • Việt NamHơn 1.700 nhân viên y tế Trung Quốc nhiễm virus corona
    Thuỳ DungPublished: 19:34, 14 February 2020
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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…

  • Tourism NewsMinister proposes bars stay open till 4, free visas to revive tourism
    ThaigerPublished: 16:32, 14 February 2020
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    Minister proposes bars stay open till 4, free visas to revive tourism

    Thailand’s sports and tourism minister Pipat Ratchakitprakarn told an extraordinary meeting in Bangkok’s Amari Watergate hotel yesterday that he proposes giving free visas to Chinese and Indians tourists, and allowing bars and other entertainment venues to stay open until 4am. That is the embattled minister’s response to the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis that continues to devastate Thailand’s tourism. Pipat asked for…

  • World NewsMS Westerdam passengers, all cleared, alight in Cambodia
    ThaigerPublished: 14:39, 14 February 2020
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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…

  • Tourism News2 cruise ship allowed to dock in Phuket, prompting accusations of double standard
    ThaigerPublished: 11:36, 14 February 2020
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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…

  • Việt NamCận cảnh hình ảnh “tâm dịch” bị cách ly tại huyện Bình Xuyên, Vĩnh Phúc
    Nguyễn Lê Việt AnhPublished: 23:16, 13 February 2020
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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…

  • Covid-19 NewsCoronavirus myths busted
    ThaigerPublished: 16:37, 13 February 2020
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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…

  • Covid-19 NewsThai Embassy in Beijing ordered to care for 3 locals stranded in Wuhan
    ThaigerPublished: 14:54, 13 February 2020
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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.…

  • Covid-19 NewsUK prisoner tested for coronavirus after extradition is virus-free
    ThaigerPublished: 13:48, 13 February 2020
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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…

  • Covid-19 NewsSouth Korea issues travel advisory for Thailand
    ThaigerPublished: 11:32, 13 February 2020
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    South Korea issues travel advisory for Thailand

    South Korea’s government is advising its nationals not to travel to Thailand due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 virus. Other countries on the advisory include Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia and Vietnam. Vice Minister of Health & Welfare Kim Gang-lip told a press briefing that the measure aims to prevent the inflow of Covid-19 into the country. Taiwan has asked Seoul…

  • Việt NamVĩnh Phúc cô lập để kiểm soát dịch corona
    Thuỳ DungPublished: 22:26, 12 February 2020
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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…

  • Covid-19 NewsVirus cases on Japan cruise ship climb to 135
    ThaigerPublished: 09:32, 12 February 2020
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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…

  • Covid-19 NewsCoronavirus UPDATE: No cases in Indonesia, why? Are paper face-masks effective?
    ThaigerPublished: 08:22, 12 February 2020
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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…

  • EventsPhuket’s Laguna launches Singha “Obstacle Trail Run”
    ThaigerPublished: 16:07, 01 February 2020
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    Phuket’s Laguna launches Singha “Obstacle Trail Run”

    Singha has announced that its “Obstacle Trail Run,” presented by Laguna Phuket, will launch on Saturday, May 2. Called “Keng,” meaning “to excel” in Thai, the race will be Singha’s first beach obstacle trail event and mark the beginning of the brewery’s “Obstacle Trail Series 2020.” The announcement comes as sports events across the region and around the world face…