covid-19

  • Việt NamCập nhật tình hình COVID-19 tại Việt Nam (Chiều T7 16/5): Thêm 4 ca dương tính nCoV ngoại nhập. Tổng số ca toàn quốc là 318 người

    Cập nhật tình hình COVID-19 tại Việt Nam (Chiều T7 16/5): Thêm 4 ca dương tính nCoV ngoại nhập. Tổng số ca toàn quốc là 318 người

    18h ngày 16/5, Bộ Y tế ghi nhận thêm 4 ca nhiễm nCoV mới, đều là người từ nước ngoài về. Tổng số ca nhiễm COVID-19 toàn quốc là 318 người, trong số đó, 260 người đã khỏi bệnh, 58 người đang tiếp tục điều trị. Như vậy, tính đến hết ngày 16/5, Việt Nam ghi nhận: Tổng số ca…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid-19 update: 0 new cases, 0 new deaths (May 16)

    Covid-19 update: 0 new cases, 0 new deaths (May 16)

    The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration announced that there no new reported cases of Covid-19 this morning at its daily press briefing, the second time in a week. The national total remains at 3,025 cases reported since the beginning of the outbreak. No new deaths were reported either, leaving the toll at 56. The southern island province of Phuket, which…

  • Việt NamCập nhật tình hình COVID-19 tại Việt Nam (Sáng T7 16/5): Thêm 1 ca dương tính nCoV. Tổng số ca toàn quốc là 314 người

    Cập nhật tình hình COVID-19 tại Việt Nam (Sáng T7 16/5): Thêm 1 ca dương tính nCoV. Tổng số ca toàn quốc là 314 người

    Đến 6h ngày hôm nay 16/5, Bộ Y tế ghi nhận thêm 1 ca dương tính nCoV mới. Tổng số ca nhiễm COVID-19 toàn quốc là 314 người, trong số đó, 260 người đã khỏi bệnh, 54 người đang tiếp tục điều trị. Như vậy, tính đến 6h ngày 16/5, Việt Nam ghi nhận: Tổng số ca nhiễm: 314 Số…

  • Covid-19 NewsUniversity hospital unveils robots to assist in Covid-19 cases

    University hospital unveils robots to assist in Covid-19 cases

    A fleet of robots, designed and built with the assistance of Toyota Motor Thailand to reduce contact between Covid-19 patients and medical staff, was unveiled at Bangkok’s Ramathibodi Hospital yesterday. A a neurosurgeon at the hospital and head of the team that came up with the idea, presented them in a media briefing. “A prototype was developed in March, but…

  • Việt NamCập nhật tình hình COVID-19 tại Việt Nam (Chiều T6 15/5): Thêm 1 ca dương tính nCoV. Tổng số ca toàn quốc là 313 người

    Cập nhật tình hình COVID-19 tại Việt Nam (Chiều T6 15/5): Thêm 1 ca dương tính nCoV. Tổng số ca toàn quốc là 313 người

    Đến 18h ngày hôm nay 15/5, Bộ Y tế ghi nhận thêm tổng cộng 25 ca dương tính nCoV mới. Tổng số ca nhiễm COVID-19 toàn quốc là 313 người, trong số đó, 260 người đã khỏi bệnh, 53 người đang tiếp tục điều trị. Như vậy, tính đến hết ngày 15/5, Việt Nam ghi nhận: Tổng số ca nhiễm:…

  • Thailand NewsThailand News Today – Friday, May 15

    Thailand News Today – Friday, May 15

    Maison Saigon7 new cases, all imported, no new deaths 7 new cases of Covid-19 this morning at the daily press briefing. The new cases bring the national total to 3,025 since the beginning of the outbreak. But today’s new infections are all among Thais returning from Pakistan, 6 men and a woman, aged 17-31. All are now in state quarantine.…

  • Covid-19 News100 billion baht fund in the works for small businesses

    100 billion baht fund in the works for small businesses

    A pay cheque might be on the way for small businesses that kept paying their employees, despite loss of business from the pandemic. An up to 100 billion baht fund, or 3 billion USD, is planned to be set up to help Thailand’s small businesses, according to Reuters. Deputy PM Somkid Jatusripitak said assistance from the Finance Ministry will be for…

  • Covid-19 News‘Thai Chana’ app to help track ‘safe’ retailers in a Covid era

    ‘Thai Chana’ app to help track ‘safe’ retailers in a Covid era

    The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society revealed the details of “Thai Chana”, (Thailand Wins) a smartphone application to facilitate safety for both customers and establishments during the Covid-19 era. The businesses must register for the QR code and place it in front of the shop on the website. Customers will log in by scanning their QR code. This can…

  • Covid-19 NewsGovernment confirms 14.5 million Thais qualify for 5,000 baht state aid

    Government confirms 14.5 million Thais qualify for 5,000 baht state aid

    The director of the Fiscal Policy Office and spokesman for the Finance Ministry says 14.5 million Thai citizens now qualify for the government’s 5,000 baht subsidy, having passed the relevant screening criteria. Thai PBS World reports that Lawan Saengsanit says this number includes 4.4 million people who succeeded at a preliminary round of screening and have already received their first…

  • Covid-19 NewsThailand’s latest Covid-19 case was a tattoo artist travelling from Phuket to Chiang Mai

    Thailand’s latest Covid-19 case was a tattoo artist travelling from Phuket to Chiang Mai

    Thailand’s latest Covid-19 case revealed yesterday was a tattoo artist who had travelled from Phuket Province to Chiang Mai Province last Tuesday. Reports suggest that his main goal was to take his wife and son away from Phuket, being a high-risk province, but things didn’t go as planned when he ended up as the one who got infected. The tattoo…

  • Việt NamCập nhật tình hình COVID-19 tại Việt Nam (Sáng T6 15/5): Thêm 24 ca dương tính nCoV ngoại nhập

    Cập nhật tình hình COVID-19 tại Việt Nam (Sáng T6 15/5): Thêm 24 ca dương tính nCoV ngoại nhập

    Đến 6h ngày hôm nay 15/5, Bộ Y tế ghi nhận thêm 24 ca dương tính nCoV mới. Tổng số ca nhiễm COVID-19 toàn quốc là 312 người, trong số đó, 260 người đã khỏi bệnh, 52 người đang tiếp tục điều trị. Như vậy, tính đến hết ngày 14/5, Việt Nam ghi nhận: Tổng số ca nhiễm: 312 Số…

  • World NewsVongfong, aka. Ambo, barrels into Philippines’ east coast

    Vongfong, aka. Ambo, barrels into Philippines’ east coast

    Typhoon Vongfong (aka. ‘Ambo’ in the Philippines) has made landfall, forcing tens of thousands of people to quickly evacuate whilst in the middle of lockdown amid their local Covid-19 outbreak. The typhoon struck the Phillipines east coast islands around Samar at around noon yesterday. Around 200,000 people living in the coastal areas near Samar have been affected. Vongfong packed winds of…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid-19 update: 1 new case, no new deaths (May 14)

    Covid-19 update: 1 new case, no new deaths (May 14)

    The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration announced 1 new case of Covid-19 this morning at its daily press briefing in Bangkok. Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman for the CCSA, announced the new case is in Chiang Mai, which had previously been clear of new case reports for over a month. The 39 year old man had recently returned from Phuket and is…

  • Việt NamTin Covid-19: Bệnh nhân phi công Anh được chỉ định ghép phổi

    Tin Covid-19: Bệnh nhân phi công Anh được chỉ định ghép phổi

    Phổi “bệnh nhân 91” – phi công người Anh đông đặc gần như hoàn toàn, vì vậy Bộ Y tế chỉ định bệnh viện chuẩn bị thủ tục ghép phổi – cách duy nhất để cứu sống. Tiến sĩ Nguyễn Văn Vĩnh Châu, Giám đốc Bệnh viện Bệnh Nhiệt đới TP HCM, cho biết kết quả CT scan cho thấy…

  • Việt NamCập nhật tình hình COVID-19 tại Việt Nam (Ngày T4 13/5): Không ghi nhận ca dương tính nCoV mới

    Cập nhật tình hình COVID-19 tại Việt Nam (Ngày T4 13/5): Không ghi nhận ca dương tính nCoV mới

    Đến 18h ngày hôm nay 13/5, Bộ Y tế không ghi nhận thêm ca dương tính nCoV mới. Tổng số ca nhiễm COVID-19 toàn quốc là 288 người, trong số đó, 252 người đã khỏi bệnh, 36 người đang tiếp tục điều trị. Như vậy, tính đến hết ngày 13/5, Việt Nam ghi nhận: Tổng số ca nhiễm: 288 Số…

  • Covid-19 NewsZero new cases. Covid-19 update, first time since March

    Zero new cases. Covid-19 update, first time since March

    The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration today reported no new coronavirus cases for the first time since March 9, keeping Thailand on track for the second phase of reopening and easing of Emergency Decree restrictions scheduled for this Sunday (but yet to be confirmed). Thailand has a total of 3,017 cases and 56 reported deaths since the outbreak began in…

  • Thailand NewsThailand News Today – Tuesday, May 12

    Thailand News Today – Tuesday, May 12

    Thailand’s national figures for Covid-19 patients – May 12 Only 2 new Covid-19 cases have been announced today bringing the national total in Thailand to 3,017 cases. No additional deaths were reported keeping the accumulated death toll from Covid-19 at 56 cases. One case was a 19 year old Bangkok woman, the other a 51 year old Thai woman from…

  • Covid-19 NewsThailand’s national figures for Covid-19 patients – May 12

    Thailand’s national figures for Covid-19 patients – May 12

    Today at the daily press conference led by Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin, the regular spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, he reported only 2 new Covid-19 cases bringing the national total in Thailand to 3,017 cases. No additional deaths were reported keeping the accumulated toll at 56 cases. Both confirmed cases were reported to have lived in the same…

  • Covid-19 News24 Patong police placed under quarantine

    24 Patong police placed under quarantine

    Today at around 1pm, 24 Patong police officers were placed under quarantine at a prominent three-star hotel on Rat U Thit Road, Patong. This was after a police officer was confirmed as one of the cases founded in Phuket yesterday. Read more HERE. While 20 tested negative, 4 are still waiting on the results from supervising medical staff. Thai media…

  • Covid-19 NewsThailand national figures for Covid-19 – May 11

    Thailand national figures for Covid-19 – May 11

    This morning Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman of the Centre for Covid-19 Coronavirus Situation Administration, announced in his daily press conference that 6 new cases of the Covid-19 cases were confirmed across the country, bring the total in Thailand to 3,015 cases. Of the 6 cases, 4 were reported in Phuket yesterday afternoon but were not included in yesterday’s national tally…

  • World NewsCoronavirus pandemic reaches 4 million people infected

    Coronavirus pandemic reaches 4 million people infected

    Across the world some 4,100,000+ people are now infected with Covid-19. The actual number is much higher but, for lack of testing and diagnosis in some countries, we may never know the exact number. Still the statistics, as varied and unreliable as they may be, still provide some general trends and provide scientists with valuable data. There has never been…

  • Covid-19 NewsSamui singled out for community donation efforts

    Samui singled out for community donation efforts

    Koh Samui was highlighted by the Centre for the national Covid-19 Situation Administration for its “community effort” to feed those on the island in need of food. Samui is the second largest island in Thailand, after Phuket. Natapanu Nopakun, the Deputy Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, applauded the concerted fight made by many including the German and Swiss food donors on the…

  • Covid-19 NewsGovernment panel predicts 12-18 more months of pandemic-related pain

    Government panel predicts 12-18 more months of pandemic-related pain

    Thailand faces up to a year and a half of serious impacts from Covid-19 pandemic, according to a government advisory panel investigating the pandemic’s consequences on the Kingdom. The panel was set up on the Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha’s orders on April 30. After analysing data from the Ministry of Public Health, the advisory committee on the social and economic…

  • Covid-19 NewsChon Buri discharges last Covid-19 patient, now a “white zone”

    Chon Buri discharges last Covid-19 patient, now a “white zone”

    Authorities in Chon Buri announced yesterday that the last Covid-19 patient in the province has recovered and been discharged from hospital, making the entire province a designated “white zone – no recorded cases of Covid-19 in 14 days and not a single patient in hospital for treatment. Pattaya City has had no cases for 24 days and will reach the…

  • Việt NamCập nhật tình hình COVID-19 tại Việt Nam (Ngày T6 8/5): Không ghi nhận ca dương tính nCoV mới

    Cập nhật tình hình COVID-19 tại Việt Nam (Ngày T6 8/5): Không ghi nhận ca dương tính nCoV mới

    Đến 18h ngày hôm nay 8/5, Bộ Y tế không ghi nhận thêm ca dương tính nCoV mới. Tổng số ca nhiễm COVID-19 toàn quốc là 288 người, trong số đó, 241 người đã khỏi bệnh, 47 người đang tiếp tục điều trị. Như vậy, tính đến hết ngày 8/5, Việt Nam ghi nhận (so với 24h trước): Tổng số…

  • Covid-19 NewsBangkok hospitals use baby face shields, US health officials say it could be dangerous

    Bangkok hospitals use baby face shields, US health officials say it could be dangerous

    While Bangkok hospitals say they are protecting newborn babies from the coronavirus with baby-sized face shields, health authorities in the US disagree with the move, and even claim it could be dangerous. The US Centre of Disease Control says an infant face shield could increase the risk of sudden infant death syndrome as well as suffocation or strangulation. Since infants…

  • Pattaya NewsPattaya’s beaches are still a ‘no go’ area this month

    Pattaya’s beaches are still a ‘no go’ area this month

    Don’t go to Pattaya’s beaches unless you’re willing go to jail or pay a hefty fine. Starting tomorrow, the city’s beaches will be closed until the end of May in an effort to prevent socialising and to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Pattaya’s police posted photos on Facebook of the taped-off beaches and warning signs. “Those who try to access the…

  • Việt NamCúp Quốc gia và V-League 2020 sắp trở lại

    Cúp Quốc gia và V-League 2020 sắp trở lại

    Với tình hình dịch Covid-19 trong nước tạm ổn, các giải đấu chuyên nghiệp của bóng đá Việt Nam đã rục rịch quay trở lại, trong đó Cúp Quốc gia dự kiến diễn ra vào cuối tháng 5 và V-League đá đầu tháng 6. “Tình hình Covid-19 đã tạm ổn nên bóng đá Việt Nam sẽ trở lại”, Chủ tịch…

  • Covid-19 NewsRepatriation flight from Germany arrives in Bangkok

    Repatriation flight from Germany arrives in Bangkok

    Last night 110 Thai people, living abroad and having been affected by the Covid-19 travel restrictions and flight bans, arrived from Frankfurt, Germany on a specially-chartered Lufthansa flight. The flight number LH772 arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport where all the passengers passed initial screening with no high fevers detected and medical paperwork intact. Thai citizens, who weren’t in Frankfurt, had to make…

  • Business NewsWill Pattaya bar customers want ID tracing and bar girls with masks and gloves?

    Will Pattaya bar customers want ID tracing and bar girls with masks and gloves?

    OPINION Why do people travel to Pattaya? If it’s for the legendary bar scene, they’re going to be in for a surprise if proposed Covid-era measures are adopted. Likely it’s not going to be the ‘Pattaya’ they were expecting, or had been accustomed to in the past. Social distancing (surely a phrase to be added to dictionaries from this year),…