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  • Thailand video newsGMT | New record infections, Pattaya ‘Move On’, drones or fireworks? | July 29

    GMT | New record infections, Pattaya ‘Move On’, drones or fireworks? | July 29

    Tim and Jay talk about new clusters around the country, idiots opening bars, the latest Samui cluster, vaccination centre crushes, the new ‘fireworks’ being used at big events, a lot of fuss about a Thai Air Asia Zoom call. And your comments from Thaiger Talk and YouTube. Thanks to our sponsors Shambhala from Boat Pattana.

  • Covid-19 NewsThursday Covid Update: 3,129 new cases; provincial totals

    Thursday Covid Update: 3,129 new cases; provincial totals

    Thailand’s latest and most severe wave of Covid-19 is on a downward curve with 33,853 active cases reported today by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. Although the daily tally of new cases remains high, with 3,129 infections confirmed today, new recoveries recorded each day continue to exceed the number of new cases. Today, the CCSA logged 4,561 new recoveries. 30…

  • Thailand video newsGood Morning Thailand | The situation in Bangkok ‘slums’, Thailand re-opening plans

    Good Morning Thailand | The situation in Bangkok ‘slums’, Thailand re-opening plans

    Tim and Bill go through all the latest news from around Thailand including an interview about the Bangkok slums areas of high density housing, also the latest in the Phuket Sandbox and Thailand reopening plans, Malaysia’s new ‘lockdown’. Tomorrow we talk about vaccination, the myths and the vaccine-resistant among us.

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid UPDATE Tuesday: 3,226 new infections, 26 deaths

    Covid UPDATE Tuesday: 3,226 new infections, 26 deaths

    Thailand’s public health ministry has reported 26 new Covid-related deaths and 3,226 new infections for today. 882 of the new infections were from prisons. • The Thai government has rescheduled the second dose of AstraZeneca vaccines “16 weeks after the first dose”. This is instead of the previously announced 10 weeks. But they’re insisting the delay to the second vaccine…

  • Thailand NewsCovid UPDATE Saturday: 3,052 new infections and 24 Covid-related deaths

    Covid UPDATE Saturday: 3,052 new infections and 24 Covid-related deaths

    This morning the public health ministry has added another 3,052 infections and 24 new Covid-related deaths over the past 24 hours. Out of today’s new cases, 605 came from the country’s prisons where major clusters have emerged. The daily totals, even without the prison numbers, show a slow upward trend in new cases, the vast majority around Bangkok in high-density…

  • Covid-19 NewsBangkok Covid clusters prompt inoculation goal of 5 million by end of July

    Bangkok Covid clusters prompt inoculation goal of 5 million by end of July

    As 28 new Covid-19 clusters hit Thailand’s capital of Bangkok, The Public Health Ministry says it is planning to vaccinate 5 million people by the end of July. The capital yesterday saw the highest number of daily new infections at 1,843 out of the nationwide high of 9,635. The unusually high amount of infections comes after 12 prisons in Thailand…

  • Covid-19 NewsBangkok is now a red zone. Government gives people today to get back from Songkran break.

    Bangkok is now a red zone. Government gives people today to get back from Songkran break.

    …. before the next round of restrictions come into force at midnight tonight. Bangkok and 17 other Thai provinces (there are 77 in total) are now declared maximum control areas. These “red zones” are the feature of the Thai Government’s new restrictions to get a grip on its rising Covid infection numbers since the start of April. The restrictions will last for…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid UPDATE: Daily infection number drops slightly on Tuesday

    Covid UPDATE: Daily infection number drops slightly on Tuesday

    965 people have been detected as infected with Covid-19 in the past 24 hours. The daily total is the first drop in daily numbers for 13 days. 28,288 people have fully recovered. The total deaths remains at 97 people since the start of the pandemic in Thailand. 6,190 people remain under hospital care or are being monitored. 654 of today’s…

  • Thailand NewsThailand News Today | Bangkok nightspot Covid clusters, Tesco/CP merger goes to court | April 5

    Thailand News Today | Bangkok nightspot Covid clusters, Tesco/CP merger goes to court | April 5

    We’ll start off with a Covid whip around… some minor clusters popping up around parts of Thailand…. Thailand’s Chon Buri province, which includes Pattaya, has revealed 7 more Covid-19 infections today. There were another 8 yesterday. The new infections are worrying officials, who say they are the most the province has seen in 3 months. Japanese nationals are among the…

  • World NewsSecond wave of Coronavirus hits South Korea

    Second wave of Coronavirus hits South Korea

    Despite reporting relatively low cases, health officials from South Korea claim they are in the midst of a second wave of Covid-19. Although the nation was previously referred to as a success story for Covid-19, they now say they are expecting the pandemic to continue for the next few months. Jung Eun-kyeong, Head of the Korea Disease Control Centres, said that the…

  • World NewsSingapore hit by a second wave of coronavirus cases

    Singapore hit by a second wave of coronavirus cases

    Singapore was a paragon of coronavirus containment. Covid-19 was under control in the island state. Case number were flattening out. But the virus has made a resurgent return with the previous ‘flattening’ of new cases now spiking. As Italy, Spain, the UK and US founder under a seemingly relentless pandemic, despite lockdowns and best intentions, several Asian nations stand out…