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  • Prayut going to Phuket, see if it’s Sandbox ready | Thaiger

    Prayut going to Phuket, see if it’s Sandbox ready

    Thailand’s Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha, is set to travel to Phuket and determine its “readiness” to reopen for the proposed reopening on July 1. This news comes from a report in Thai media. The report says Prayut and other ministers will go to Phuket next Friday. When he gets to the island, Prayut and his cohorts will “inspect” the full…

  • Chulabhorn Royal Academy details Sinopharm vaccine insurance | Thaiger

    Chulabhorn Royal Academy details Sinopharm vaccine insurance

    Chulabhorn Royal Academy has announced key details of their insurance coverage included with Sinopharm vaccinations they provide as the business registration deadline approaches tomorrow. The new specifics for coverage include generous age restrictions, residence status, period of coverage, and payout totals for the insurance for those affected by the vaccine. In a post to their Facebook page yesterday, the academy…

  • Officials tinker with definition of “population”, “find” over 70% of Phuket is vaccinated | Thaiger

    Officials tinker with definition of “population”, “find” over 70% of Phuket is vaccinated

    The population of Phuket has been “adjusted” by officials. They now state the island is 74% vaccinated. That is, they claim 74% have received at least 1 of the 2 necessary inoculations. This news comes from a report by the Phuket office of the Public Relations Department. It was posted earlier today. The report states that the Phuket Governor, Pichet…

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

    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…

  • Thursday Covid Update: 3,129 new cases and 30 deaths | Thaiger

    Thursday Covid Update: 3,129 new cases and 30 deaths

    CORRECTION: An earlier version of the story reported an incorrect number for the confirmed cases at correctional facilities. The correct number is 457 infections. 3,129 new Covid-19 cases and 30 coronavirus-related deaths were reported today by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. Since April 1, the most severe wave of Covid-19 infections in Thailand, the CCSA has reported 178,861 cases.…

  • Medic says 10% of Covid-19 infections in Bangkok are Delta variant | Thaiger

    Medic says 10% of Covid-19 infections in Bangkok are Delta variant

    The head of the Department of Medical Sciences says 10% of Covid-19 infections in Bangkok are the Delta variant, formerly known as the Indian variant. According to a Bangkok Post report, 496 cases of the variant have been detected in the Kingdom between April 7 and June 13. DMS chief Dr Supakit Sirilak says 404 of those are in Bangkok,…

  • TAT asked to make changes to Phuket sandbox before submitting for final approval | Thaiger

    TAT asked to make changes to Phuket sandbox before submitting for final approval

    The Tourism Authority of Thailand has been asked to make further changes to the Phuket “sandbox” scheme before submitting it to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. Apisamai Srirangson from the CCSA says the government’s Covid-19 task force wants clarification on the safety measures aimed at controlling Covid-19 when the plan is implemented from July 1. “The sub-committee is concerned…

  • “We’ll do better on vaccines, there’s loads more on the way” – Anutin | Thaiger

    “We’ll do better on vaccines, there’s loads more on the way” – Anutin

    Thailand’s Public Health Minister has pledged to do better on vaccine rollout, saying many more doses are coming soon. Anutin Charnvirakul says 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine arrived yesterday, with another 1 million arriving tomorrow. The Bangkok Post reports that yesterday, Anutin visited the vaccination centre at Bang Sue Grand Station in the capital, where he met with some…

  • PM Prayut announces Thailand will fully reopen within 120 days | Thaiger

    PM Prayut announces Thailand will fully reopen within 120 days

    In a speech this evening, PM Prayut Chan-o-cha announced that Thailand must reopen in 120 days, which would be October 14, despite slow vaccine rollout and risk of increased Covid-19 outbreaks. The speech seemed to mark a shift from trying to eradicated Covid-19 in Thailand through controlling the spread and vaccinating the population to an acceptance of the virus’s long-term…

  • Restaurants request easing of Covid-19 rules and financial aid | Thaiger

    Restaurants request easing of Covid-19 rules and financial aid

    In a letter to PM Prayut Chan-o-cha, the Thai Restaurant Association requested urgent relief for the nation’s ailing food and beverage industry. The association released a statement about the letter that they submitted outlining a proposal for easing Covid-19 restrictions on restaurants and dining, as well as offering up financial assistance ideas to keep businesses afloat to ride out the…

  • Thailand’s FDA doesn’t approve Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, cites missing data | Thaiger

    Thailand’s FDA doesn’t approve Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, cites missing data

    Today, Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration says Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine isn’t approved as crucial data is still missing. TFDA Secretary General Dr Paisal Dunkhum says the information, sent last week by KinGen Biotech, the pharmaceutical company representing the vaccine manufacturer, is the same unfinished date that was already sent to the TFDA. The missing data is: GMP PIC/S…

  • Thai government apologises for data leak, blames “temporary glitch” | Thaiger

    Thai government apologises for data leak, blames “temporary glitch”

    The Thai government has released a statement apologising for the data leak on Monday which saw people who registered for a Covid vaccine have their personal information revealed. The government says there was a “temporary glitch” on the thailandintervac.com vaccination booking website and the error was because of “urgent system maintenance”. Soon after the website launched, multiple expats complained that…

  • Wednesday Covid Update: 2,331 new cases; provincial totals | Thaiger

    Wednesday Covid Update: 2,331 new cases; provincial totals

    The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration recorded 2,331 new cases and 40 coronavirus-related deaths, an update in fatalities over the past week. The recent and most severe wave of the virus in Thailand, infecting 175,732 people since April 1, is on a downward track with the number of active cases getting lower each day as the daily recovery count continues…

  • Covid-19, food delivery brings rise in plastic and infectious waste | Thaiger

    Covid-19, food delivery brings rise in plastic and infectious waste

    Often, evolving lifestyles, and the technology it brings, are first regarded for their revolutionary game-changing effect before facing down the road the negative unintended consequences of the change. It was decades between when we celebrated the way air travel allowed you to see the world and when we started talking about “carbon footprints”. Many years went by between seeing the…

  • Renowned Thai doctor cautions against letting tourists avoid 14 day quarantine | Thaiger

    Renowned Thai doctor cautions against letting tourists avoid 14 day quarantine

    Yesterday, a renowned Thai doctor, told media that he and his colleagues strongly opposed any program designed to admit foreign tourists, even the vaccinated, if the tourists aren’t required to do a strict 14 day quarantine. Further, Dr Prasit thinks that the quarantine should be even longer, depending on the variant. The doctor, and Dean of Faculty of Medicine at…

  • PM Prayut Chan-o-cha says sorry again for delays in the Covid-19 vaccine rollout | Thaiger

    PM Prayut Chan-o-cha says sorry again for delays in the Covid-19 vaccine rollout

    PM Prayut Chan-o-cha has again apologised for holdups in the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines, saying there were a number of reasons for the delays. Earlier this week, 25 vaccination sites in Bangkok postponed inoculations. Several hospitals also delayed vaccinations over the weekend due to a limited supply. “As the prime minister and director of CCSA, I am the top executive…

  • Thonburi Healthcare Group to import 5 million doses of Moderna | Thaiger

    Thonburi Healthcare Group to import 5 million doses of Moderna

    A private healthcare group in Thailand says it’s planning to purchase 5 million doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. The Thonburi Healthcare Group says the vaccine will be purchased through the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation, the only mechanism through which the private sector can import Covid-19 vaccines. The Bangkok Post reports that THG expects GPO approval within the coming month, with…

  • Wednesday Covid Update: 2,331 new infections and 40 deaths | Thaiger

    Wednesday Covid Update: 2,331 new infections and 40 deaths

    2,331 new Covid-19 cases and an uptick of 40 coronavirus-related deaths were reported today by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. In the latest and most severe wave of Covid-19 infections, 175,732 cases have been recorded since April 1. While the daily case count remains high, the wave of infections is on a downward slope with the number of recent…

  • Location-tracking wristbands and punishments for escapees: Phuket gets ready to welcome vaccinated tourists | Thaiger

    Location-tracking wristbands and punishments for escapees: Phuket gets ready to welcome vaccinated tourists

    As the date of Phuket’s re-opening to vaccinated foreign tourists draws closer, officials are busy preparing all necessary measures prior to the influx. The “sandbox” scheme kicks off on July 1 and provincial officials have been rehearsing immigration and Covid-19 control measures at Phuket airport, the island’s ports, and the Tha Chat Chai checkpoint by the bridge onto the island.…

  • Yala enters lockdown today | Thaiger

    Yala enters lockdown today

    Yala, a southern Thai province just north of the Malaysian border, is entering a lockdown from today until at least July 7. The lockdown is hoped to control the latest surge of new Covid cases. Yala’s Provincial Governor, Chaisit Panitpon, has imposed measuress to ensure people can’t get in or out of the Yala province. “If everyone follows the measures, I…

  • Bangkok elderly can register for vaccine | Thaiger

    Bangkok elderly can register for vaccine

    Elderly residents can now register for a vaccine through the Mor Prom app, says the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. The news comes during a time of confusion, blame game playing, ex-pats’ personal information being leaked online, and everything going “according to plan“. Residents who are no less than 60 years old, and residing in Bangkok, are now able to register to…

  • “Bubble and seal” method to contain outbreaks at factories, keep business afloat | Thaiger

    “Bubble and seal” method to contain outbreaks at factories, keep business afloat

    With a number of Covid-19 clusters at large factories, the Thai government has been working to contain the virus quickly and rollout of vaccinations to the workers to prevent a downfall in the industrial sector. One of the controversial methods of containing the virus is the so-called “bubble and seal” policy at factories where a cluster of infections has been…

  • Thai government says vaccine rollout is going “according to plan” | Thaiger

    Thai government says vaccine rollout is going “according to plan”

    A spokesperson for the Thai government says the vaccination rollout is going “according to plan”. The spokesperson, Anucha Burapachaisri, made the statement today. Anucha says the rollout has reached the government’s target. He says the total amount of people that were vaccinated in the first week of mass vaccinations, from June 7 to June 17 was 1,865,190. The spokesperson also…

  • Vaccine registration website for expats back up after data leak | Thaiger

    Vaccine registration website for expats back up after data leak

    The Covid-19 vaccination website for foreign residents is back up after an apparent data leak yesterday where others could see personal information, including passport numbers, of those who had registered for a vaccine. The faulty site is live again, but for us at The Thaiger, the button to set an appointment isn’t working. Posts of the ThailandIntervac.com data leak were…

  • Tuesday Covid Update: 3,000 new cases and 19 deaths | Thaiger

    Tuesday Covid Update: 3,000 new cases and 19 deaths

    3,000 new Covid-19 cases and 19 coronavirus-related deaths were reported by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration today. In the latest and most severe wave of infections in Thailand, the CCSA has recorded 173,401 Covid-19 cases since April 1. Out of the new cases confirmed today, 640 were detected in correctional facilities. In the recent wave of infections, more than…

  • Pattaya tourism operators not getting their hopes up over foreign arrivals | Thaiger

    Pattaya tourism operators not getting their hopes up over foreign arrivals

    Tourism operators in Pattaya are not holding out much hope of a mass return of foreign arrivals in the first few months after re-opening. Pattaya has been chosen as the first non-island location to re-open to vaccinated foreign tourists, but operators fear the constant indecision and changes to regulations will have a negative impact. Thanet Supornsahasrungsi from the Chon Buri…

  • Airlines look to vaccine rollout to restore demand and boost economy | Thaiger

    Airlines look to vaccine rollout to restore demand and boost economy

    Airlines are pinning their hopes on Thailand’s vaccine rollout as the key to restoring traveller confidence and boosting the economy. All eyes are on Phuket in particular, to see how the much-discussed sandbox re-opening fares. Wutthiphum Jurangkool, chief executive of Nok Air, says June has already seen a slight increase in bookings. “After passenger traffic recorded a whopping 90% decrease…

  • CCSA: We’re out of vaccines | Thaiger

    CCSA: We’re out of vaccines

    Earlier today, the Thaiger reported that 25 vaccination sites have postponed scheduled vaccinations. And last week, the Thaiger reported that a Rural Doctor’s group alleged there weren’t enough vaccine doses to meet demand. The CCSA has now fessed up that there is a vaccine shortage. No vaccine deliveries are anticipated this week, either. Nattapon Nakpanich, who is in charge of…

  • 13 teenagers arrested in Chon Buri for partying, gathering | Thaiger

    13 teenagers arrested in Chon Buri for partying, gathering

    13 teenagers were arrested last night in Nongprue, a town in the Chon Buri Province. Allegedly, they were partying in a luxury resort around midnight. A “concerned citizen” had reportedly alerted police, as they were concerned the gathering could lead to a Covid outbreak in the community. Police got to the Pool villa and arrested the 13 teenagers. The police…

  • Monday Covid Update: 3,355 new cases, provincial totals | Thaiger

    Monday Covid Update: 3,355 new cases, provincial totals

    The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration recorded 3,355 new Covid-19 cases today and 17 coronavirus-related fatalities, raising the total case count since the start of the pandemic last year to 199,264 confirmed infections and the virus-related death toll to 1,466. Thailand now has 39,854 active cases, a downward trend over the past week. The recent and most severe wave of Covid-19…