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  • Covid-19 NewsPublic Health Ministry urges Thais to delay visits to Japan, Singapore
    ThaigerPublished: 11:16, 18 February 2020
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    Public Health Ministry urges Thais to delay visits to Japan, Singapore

    The Public Health Ministry is urging Thais to postpone any planned visits to Singapore and Japan, citing the rising number of COVID-19 coronavirus cases in the two countries. Thailand’s total confirmed cases of the virus has risen to 35. The permanent secretary at the Public Health Ministry Dr Sukhum Kanchanapima says that the virus outbreak in the two countries has…

  • World NewsThe Great Hong Kong Toilet Roll Heist of 2020
    ThaigerPublished: 08:13, 18 February 2020
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    The Great Hong Kong Toilet Roll Heist of 2020

    And now from the files of the ‘Laws of Unintended Consequences’, a coronavirus story with a twist. Police in Hong Kong have arrested two men and are still searching for a third following a toilet paper roll heist. Some 600 paper rolls were stolen in a panic-theft linked to shortages over the coronavirus. Yesterday morning a delivery was being made…

  • Songkran NewsThai government ponders nine day Songkran holiday
    ThaigerPublished: 07:50, 18 February 2020
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    Thai government ponders nine day Songkran holiday

    With the impact of the coronavirus cutting deep into the Thai tourism industry, and tourism accounting for around 18% of the Thai GDP, the government are eyeing some additional public holidays to boost spending and activity. The Thai PM announced yesterday that the government is considering adding two public holidays to the annual Songkran festival. Songkran, the Thai new year…

  • Việt NamTruy tìm khẩn cấp hơn 1.000 hành khách trên du thuyền mới cập cảng ở Campuchia
    Thuỳ DungPublished: 18:52, 17 February 2020
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    Truy tìm khẩn cấp hơn 1.000 hành khách trên du thuyền mới cập cảng ở Campuchia

    Một người trên du thuyền MS Westerdam cập cảng Campuchia dương tính với virus corona, hơn 1.000 du khách khác đã đến nhiều nơi trên thế giới. Thủ tướng Campuchia Hun Sen đích thân ra đón du thuyền Mới đây, một nữ hành khách người Mỹ trên du thuyền MS Westerdam đã có kết quả dương tính với virus corona…

  • 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…

  • Việt NamCa tử vong đầu tiên tại Đài Loan vì virus corona
    Thuỳ DungPublished: 21:05, 16 February 2020
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    Ca tử vong đầu tiên tại Đài Loan vì virus corona

    Chính quyền Đài Loan xác nhận ca tử vong đầu tiên vì virus corona là người chưa từng tới Trung Quốc và có bệnh nền tiểu đường, viêm gan B. Theo Reuters, hôm nay tại cuộc họp báo, người đứng đầu cơ quan y tế Đài Loan – ông Chen Shih Chung xác nhận ca tử vong đầu tiên do…

  • Covid-19 NewsUPDATE: China coronavirus deaths reach 1665, Taiwan reports first fatality
    ThaigerPublished: 19:37, 16 February 2020
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    UPDATE: China coronavirus deaths reach 1665, Taiwan reports first fatality

    UPDATE: Taiwan has confirmed its first death from the coronavirus. Malaysia says it won’t allow any more passengers from the Westerdam cruise ship to enter the country from Cambodia, after an American woman who flew into Kuala Lumpur was diagnosed with the coronavirus. China said today the number of coronavirus cases nationwide had reached 68,500, with the death toll rising…

  • Tourism News“Tourist arrivals to plunge 50% in first half of 2020” – Thai Tourism Minister
    ThaigerPublished: 10:02, 16 February 2020
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    “Tourist arrivals to plunge 50% in first half of 2020” – Thai Tourism Minister

    Thailand’s Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn has painted a gloomy outlook for Thailand’s previously-robust tourism industry. He says he expects tourist arrivals to plunge by 50% in the first half of 2020 because of the coronavirus outbreak. His predictions are born out by sluggish arrival numbers at the country’s main airports, hotel forward bookings and ‘landing slots’ cancelled by international…

  • 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 NewsThai healthcare worker tests positive for COVID-19 coronavirus
    ThaigerPublished: 15:13, 15 February 2020
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    Thai healthcare worker tests positive for COVID-19 coronavirus

    In a first, a Thai healthcare worker was diagnosed with the COVID-19 coronavirus yesterday. The new case brings the country’s total confirmed cases to 34 since the outbreak. Fourteen patients have recovered and returned home. Thailand has so far not recorded a fatality from the virus. The director-general of the Department of Disease Control told a news conference today that…

  • 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…

  • Covid-19 NewsThailand Post boosts anti-coronavirus measures
    ThaigerPublished: 13:28, 15 February 2020
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    Thailand Post boosts anti-coronavirus measures

    Thailand’s postal service announced this week that it’s employing health and safety measures to protect customers and staff from the COVID-19 coronavirus. According to Thai Post CEO and acting managing director Kalong Subsa-ard: “We will be using disinfectant spray at stations that receive inbound parcels from overseas. This applies to all parcels from all countries, not only China, as a…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Covid-19 NewsThai evacuee from Wuhan clear of coronavirus, discharged from hospital
    ThaigerPublished: 09:40, 13 February 2020
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    Thai evacuee from Wuhan clear of coronavirus, discharged from hospital

    One of the three (out of 138) Thai evacuees from Wuhan, who has been at Sattahip naval base for treatment for coronavirus infection since February 6th, was discharged from hospital Tuesday night. The deputy director of Queen Sirikit Hospital, Dr Rewat Kitnarong, said this morning that the patient, whose name is being withheld, rejoined the other 136 evacuees, who are…

  • 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…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid-19 Coronavirus UPDATE: Global pandemic, Italy cases soar, new Chinese cases plummet
    ThaigerPublished: 11:19, 12 March 2019
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    Covid-19 Coronavirus UPDATE: Global pandemic, Italy cases soar, new Chinese cases plummet

    As the World Health Organisation declares the Covid-19 coronavirus a global pandemic, there are now 126,380 cases, resulting in 4,634 deaths, with 68,310 people fully recovered. The focus of new outbreaks has moved away from China and to the European continent and the US. The current death rate is 3.7%. Here are snippets of the latest news from around the…