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  • Covid-19 NewsNumber of Covid-19 cases passes 3.5 million worldwide
    Maya TaylorPublished: 10:15, 04 May 2020
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    Number of Covid-19 cases passes 3.5 million worldwide

    The number of Covid-19 cases around the world yesterday passed the 3.5 million mark, with a worldometers.com tally confirming 84,004 new cases in the last 24 hours. However, the growth in new cases is finally starting to slow down – flattening the curve. Nearly a quarter of a million people have now died from the virus, with Europe and the…

  • Northern Thailand NewsGrand opening of Nakhon Ratchasima war room
    AnukulPublished: 20:14, 08 April 2020
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    Grand opening of Nakhon Ratchasima war room

    In a joint effort with locals, government, the private sector and Former Deputy prime minister Suwat Liptapanlop, Nakhon Ratchasima has officially announced the opening of a “War Room”. The purpose of the situation room is to combat the deadly disease and to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus locally in the province. The centre is also producing free cloth…

  • Covid-19 NewsGovernment aims to limit travel around Thailand by 90%
    ThaigerPublished: 07:59, 31 March 2020
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    Government aims to limit travel around Thailand by 90%

    It won’t do much for oil prices, but it will flatten Thailand’s Covid-19 ‘curve’ and help with the country’s air pollution problems. The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration is aiming to cut public transport use by as much as 90% around the country in order to stem the rise of Covid-19 coronavirus infections. Just yesterday, Thailand’s Department of Land Transport announced that…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid-19 coronavirus questions and answers
    AnukulPublished: 13:52, 23 March 2020
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    Covid-19 coronavirus questions and answers

    Everything you wanted to know which we answer to the best of our current knowledge…. 1. How does the virus/infection spread? Mostly spread through contact with an infected person through coughing, sneezing, nasal secretion and saliva. It is understood that the virus can be airborne for at least a short time. So just being in the same vicinity as an…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid-19 reaching ‘stage 3’ in Thailand
    AnukulPublished: 14:42, 13 March 2020
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    Covid-19 reaching ‘stage 3’ in Thailand

    Yesterday The public Health Ministry insisted that the country was yet to enter Stage 3 of the covid-19 coronavirus outbreak. Despite the discovery of a new cluster of infections, the number of cases still remains at 70. (Update: 5 new cases were announced on Friday morning) The permanent secretary for public health, Dr Sukhum Kanchannaphimai reports some cases can be…

  • Covid-19 NewsCoronavirus UPDATE: WHO fights the ‘infodemic’, recession fears in Europe
    ThaigerPublished: 08:59, 15 February 2020
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    Coronavirus UPDATE: WHO fights the ‘infodemic’, recession fears in Europe

    A total number of 67,100 cases of Coronavirus (covid-2019) have now been confirmed worldwide, along with 1,526 deaths reported and 8,193 people recovered. The number of reported full recoveries is now over 5 times the rate of reported deaths, and continues to rise each day. The infodemic… On top of the spread of the virus, there has been increasingly dangerous…

  • Covid-19 NewsCoronavirus UPDATE – sharp increase in cases, UK officials battle to contain a new threat
    ThaigerPublished: 12:15, 13 February 2020
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    Coronavirus UPDATE – sharp increase in cases, UK officials battle to contain a new threat

    There’s been a sharp spike in new cases of coronavirus, principally in the central Chinese province of Hubei. There are now 60,373 world cases, 59,805 in China. 1,369 people have died and over 6,000 recovered. 242 new deaths were recorded yesterday, the deadliest day since the start of the outbreak. So what’s behind the big rise? It’s not actually a spike…

  • Covid-19 NewsCoronavirus UPDATE – 6,057 confirmed cases, 132 dead, Wednesday 11.30am
    ThaigerPublished: 11:30, 29 January 2020
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    Coronavirus UPDATE – 6,057 confirmed cases, 132 dead, Wednesday 11.30am

    The Coronavirus has now infected a confirmed 6,057 people who are undergoing treatment, and the death toll has reached 132. 125 of those deaths are isolated to Hubei Province in central China. The largest city of Hubei is Wuhan, the epicentre of the current outbreak which first came to light in mid-December last year at a fresh meat market. Germany…

  • Thailand NewsThai, Air Asia suspend flights to Wuhan because of Novel Coronavirus
    ThaigerPublished: 15:48, 24 January 2020
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    Thai, Air Asia suspend flights to Wuhan because of Novel Coronavirus

    Thai Airways and Thai Air Asia are both taking steps to prevent any possible spread of Novel Coronavirus pneumonia through tourist arrivals from Wuhan, the source of the outbreak. Thai Air Asia, which operates two daily flights to Wuhan from Bangkok and one from Phuket, suspended services yesterday. Meanwhile Malaysia-based Air Asia, has also suspended scheduled flights to and from Kota Kinabalu…

  • World NewsFortress Wuhan. Chinese authorities lock down the source of the coronavirus.
    ThaigerPublished: 08:34, 23 January 2020
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    Fortress Wuhan. Chinese authorities lock down the source of the coronavirus.

    Wuhan, a city of more than 10 million in the central Chinese province of Hubei, is effectively in lock down following a decisive attempt to isolate the source of the Novel Coronavirus. Wuhan has ‘temporarily’ closed its airport, rail station and main roads out of the city. All city public transport services are all suspended too, as authorities scramble to…