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  • Covid-19 NewsChina fears ‘second wave’ after six week high in new cases
    Sean KellyPublished: 13:03, 13 April 2020
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    China fears ‘second wave’ after six week high in new cases

    China has reported the highest increase in new coronavirus cases, the highest in nearly six weeks sparking fears of a second wave of infections. 108 new cases were reported Sunday, marking the highest number of cases since a peek of 143 cases in early March. Yesterday, The National Health Commission in China confirmed 98 of the 108 new cases were “imported”…

  • Covid-19 News31 Thai returnees from Russia quarantined, 3 hospitalised with fever
    ThaigerPublished: 10:25, 12 April 2020
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    31 Thai returnees from Russia quarantined, 3 hospitalised with fever

    34 Thai nationals who have been stranded at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport, due to travel restrictions caused by the Covid-19 coronavirus, have now arrived home. They arrived at at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport yesterday by Aeroflot Airlines flight SU272 as a special repatriation flight arranged by the Thai government. Authorities at the airport’s international communicable disease control checkpoint found that 3…

  • World NewsThai airways cancels 32 flights to 12 countries
    AnukulPublished: 16:40, 18 March 2020
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    Thai airways cancels 32 flights to 12 countries

    Reports from Thai Airways International say that due to the spread of the Covid-19 disease the national airline is obligated to announce the cancellation of international flights. In order to meet the traveling needs of decreasing passengers, the airline have announced cancelled flights to and from 12 countries, totalling 32 flights. These flights include… 1. Nepal, Kathmandu, 2 flights, TG…

  • World NewsVietnam extends 15 day visa-free travel for some countries
    ThaigerPublished: 07:31, 20 December 2019
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    Vietnam extends 15 day visa-free travel for some countries

    Vietnam’s tourism operators are welcoming the Vietnam government’s decision to extend the visa-free stays for citizens from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Japan, South Korea, Denmark and Belarus for another three years. The eight countries have already enjoyed visa exemption (for a stay up to 15 days) since 2015, but it was due to expire at the end of this year.…

  • Thailand NewsImport of birds and poultry from Russia suspended to avoid bird flu
    ThaigerPublished: 17:17, 30 November 2018
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    Import of birds and poultry from Russia suspended to avoid bird flu

    The Livestock Development Department is imposing a 90 day slowdown of imports into or transit through Thailand of birds and poultry, as well as their carcasses from Russia, Togo and Congo to prevent a possible spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza HPAI H5N1 virus in the country (bird flu). Thai PBS reports that the department’s previous announcement for a…