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  • Northern Thailand NewsNorth-east province closes schools, theatres and fitness facilities

    North-east province closes schools, theatres and fitness facilities

    Ubon Ratchathani’s Governor Pongrat Phiromrat has ordered all schools, cinemas, fitness clubs, gyms, sports stadiums and sports grounds to be closed until at least January 17. Ubon Ratchathani is in north east Thailand. For restaurants, only air conditioned venues will be allowed to provide take away food, unless there is ‘natural ventilation’. 329 new Covid infections have been reported in…

  • Covid-19 NewsSamut Prakan uncovers Covid-19 cluster of 800 infections

    Samut Prakan uncovers Covid-19 cluster of 800 infections

    Worries that Covid-19 had spread through a condominium complex with 8,000 residents in Samut Prakan were justified today as a cluster of 800 infections were uncovered in the housing community. Over 8,000 people residing in the Sin Charoen Thani condo complex are being tested for Covid-19 by a team of public health officials and immigration officers led by the Muang…

  • Bangkok News1000+ Covid-19 infections and Indian variant in work camp

    1000+ Covid-19 infections and Indian variant in work camp

    A construction site camp in the Laksi district of Bangkok that had found a Covid-19 outbreak recently has spiralled out of control with over 1,000 Covid-19 infections including the dreaded Indian variant. 66% of the camp workers tested positive for Covid-19, with 36 of the 80 samples analyzed revealing the Indian variant, a strain much more contagious than the original.…

  • Pattaya NewsChon Buri releases Covid timeline of recent market cluster

    Chon Buri releases Covid timeline of recent market cluster

    Chon Buri is releasing a Covid-19 timeline of a recent market cluster that is seeing 19 cases of the virus so far. The Chonburi Public Health Office is asking those who visited the places listed below, to notify health authorities and monitor their health for Covid symptoms. The following is an English version of the timeline, translated by The Pattaya…

  • Thailand NewsThailand News Today | Fallout from weekend protest violence, Samut Prakan Covid cluster | March 22

    Thailand News Today | Fallout from weekend protest violence, Samut Prakan Covid cluster | March 22

    We apologise for some poor patches of sound in the opening of today’s Thailand News Today… the fallout from the weekend’s protests in Bangkok and the violence that followed, the latest from the Samut Prakan Covid cluster, next door to Bangkok, and a wind-fall for a couple in Nakhon Si Thammarat digging around their backyard. The Thaiger is unable to…

  • Thailand NewsThailand News Today | Cluster breaks out west of Bangkok, Phuket resort owner in bad crash | March 15

    Thailand News Today | Cluster breaks out west of Bangkok, Phuket resort owner in bad crash | March 15

    On The Thaiger today, another cluster breaks out in the west of Bangkok, more deaths in Myanmar as the Burmese Army turns against its citizens, and the PM apologises for spraying journalists with hand-sanitiser last week. Thailand recorded 170 new infections of Covid yesterday, most of them in Bangkok. It pushes the country’s accumulated total infections to nearly 27,000. The…

  • Crime NewsPolice arrest alleged gambling den boss in Rayong

    Police arrest alleged gambling den boss in Rayong

    An alleged gambling den boss in Rayong has been arrested in the Muang district of the province this morning. The man, Somchai Chutikidecha, aka Longchu Somchai, allegedly operated a large illegal gambling den, which was thought to be the source of a major Covid-19 outbreak. Police say he was found in a house surrounded by high walls, in Soi Ratsamakhi…

  • Covid-19 News50,000 to be tested for Covid-19 in Samut Sakhon, 198 new infections reported in Thailand today

    50,000 to be tested for Covid-19 in Samut Sakhon, 198 new infections reported in Thailand today

    50,000 people are lining up to be tested for Covid-19 in the hotspot of Samut Sakhon over the next 5 days as health officials step up pro-active testing in the hard-hit Thai province. The target of 10,000 people to be tested per day will focus on factory workers, communities and dormitories in an effort to change Krathum Ban and Muang…

  • Covid-19 News541 additional Covid-19 infections announced for Samut Sakhon, mostly migrant workers

    541 additional Covid-19 infections announced for Samut Sakhon, mostly migrant workers

    On top of the numbers of new infections announced earlier today – some 315 both local and imported cases – the province of Samut Sakhon has reported 541 additional Covid-19 infections this afternoon afternoon. Most of them are migrant workers from the local seafood industry. The Mahachai Shrimp Market on the coast of Samut Sakhon, just south west of Bangkok,…

  • Thailand NewsThailand News Today | Rayong cluster, Samut Sakhon Gov Covid+, flights ‘quiet’ | Dec 28

    Thailand News Today | Rayong cluster, Samut Sakhon Gov Covid+, flights ‘quiet’ | Dec 28

    The CCSA has reported 144 new Covid-19 infections today – 115 local infections, 14 migrant workers and 15 quarantined arrivals. The total number of cases in Thailand, since February is 6,285. 2,045 people are currently receiving medical treatment in Thailand for the coronavirus. The local infections are all linked to the cluster in Samut Sakhon 10 days ago. The current…

  • Covid-19 NewsCCSA threatens lockdowns by March “if situation spirals out of control”

    CCSA threatens lockdowns by March “if situation spirals out of control”

    The spokesperson for Thailand’s CCSA, Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin, yesterday stated that, if the “situation spiralled out of control”, there would be a “nationwide lockdown by March”. The Christmas Day warning followed a week of tracking and tracing from an outbreak that centred on the Mahachai seafood market in Samut Sakhon, specifically, and Burmese migrant workers in the fishing and seafood…

  • World NewsSouth Australia lockdown to end early, after man lied about how he contracted virus

    South Australia lockdown to end early, after man lied about how he contracted virus

    A strict 6-day lockdown for South Australia will end early, as officials reveal an infected pizza parlour worker lied about how he contracted the virus. South Australia Premier, Steven Marshall, says a chef employed at a pizza business that was found to have a cluster of infections, misled officials. The worker told contact-tracers that he was a customer of the…

  • Covid-19 NewsAuckland cluster grows with 13 new Covid-19 infections reported

    Auckland cluster grows with 13 new Covid-19 infections reported

    Health officials in New Zealand announced yesterday that the new coronavirus cluster in Auckland has risen to 17 cases, raising the prospect of an extended lockdown in the country’s biggest city. National health chief Ashley Bloomfield said there are 13 new confirmed infections, all linked to 4 family members found on Tuesday, ending New Zealand’s record of 102 days without…

  • Covid-19 NewsLumpini boxing stadium officials side-lined over Covid-19 cluster

    Lumpini boxing stadium officials side-lined over Covid-19 cluster

    A report in Nation Thailand says that Thailand’s army chief Apirat Kongsompong has ordered the transfer of all committee members at the Lumpini Boxing Stadium in Bangkok. The dressing down and side-lining of the officials comes after the committee went ahead with a boxing match at the stadium on March 6, two days after the government ordered such venues to…

  • Covid-19 News19 new Covid-19 cases in Thailand, 1 new death (Tuesday)

    19 new Covid-19 cases in Thailand, 1 new death (Tuesday)

    Health officials today reported 19 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the national total to 2,811 patients. There has also been 1 more death, a 50 year old taxi driver whose passengers included boxing stadium spectators, raises that tally to 48. The number of new cases is fewer than the 27 recorded yesterday, and the lowest since March 14. It marks…

  • Covid-19 NewsArmy officers sidelined over illegal boxing match that caused ‘Covid-19’ cluster

    Army officers sidelined over illegal boxing match that caused ‘Covid-19’ cluster

    The head of the army’s welfare department has been “transferred to an inactive post” along with other army brass, as an inquiry begins into a now-notorious boxing event on March 6 at the Lumphini Boxing Stadium that’s has led to scores of Covid coronavirus infections. The Royal Thai Army announced today that that Major General Rachit Arunrangsri, who was in…