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Thailand News Today | Govt to downgrade Covid-19 threat level
Thailand’s government is expected to downgrade the Covid-19 disease status from October 1. Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced that the disease will be classified as “communicable under surveillance.” Until now, the Covid-19 disease was classified as a “dangerous communicable disease,” but Anutin says the current situation has been deemed suitable for regrading. In February 2020, the virus was classified as a dangerous infectious…
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Thailand News Today | Thailand to end state of Covid emergency
After over two and a half years, it’s finally time to say goodbye to our old friend, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. PM Prayut Chan-o-cha announced that the Emergency Decree which has been in effect since March 24, 2020, and created the CCSA to cope with the coronavirus pandemic, will not be extended a 20th time when it is…
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Thailand News Today | Opposition to Thailand govt hosting former Sri Lanka president
Amnesty International is urging Thailand to free all political prisoners, drop all current allegations made against activists, and return bail rights to activists who get arrested. The requests are detailed in a letter signed by 4,700 people addressed to Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin. Amnesty International UK ran a campaign to gain support for the letter. The letter was presented at…
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Thailand News Today | Thailand no longer considers Covid “dangerous infectious disease”
Thailand’s Communicable Disease Committee no longer considers Covid a “dangerous infections disease”, the owner of the nightclub that burned down has been released on bail, and will Prayut resign at the end of this month? All this and much more, coming up in today’s programYou’re watching Thailand News Today, bringing you the latest top stories in Thailand beyond. My…
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Thai PM says NO to removing mask mandate | GMT
https://youtu.be/J3j6dbKUYFM Thai PM says NO to calls for removing the mask mandate mid June. Changing Thailand’s culture of drunk driving. Nick chapman returns to talk about the success of BKFC. Malaysia’s biggest ever Thai Festival. Changing the numerals in Thailand’s official documents to modern times. All this and more on todays Good Morning Thailand.
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Is June 1 easing of restrictions meaningless? | GMT
Operators of nightlife outlets in Bangkok are frustrated with restrictions, there’s a Pepsi price surge coming to Thailand, Pattaya tourist says security guards beat him “bloody” near Walking Street and Singapore and India are at the top of list of the 10 countries travelling to Thailand. All this and more on todays Good Morning Thailand.
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Is it too late for Thailand’s Nightlife? | GMT
Is it too late for Thailand’s Night life? Nightlife venues have been warned to stay safe and follow precautions. Thai PM urges people to only travel for essential Photo contest thaiger member winners and smuggling durians. All this and more on todays Good Morning Thailand
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Lifting of the mask mandate in Thailand next month? | GMT
Face mask-wearing mandate to be lifted ‘only in certain areas’, Disability rights activist jailed for shaming a motorist parked in a disabled bay, Govt ups monkeypox alert level, Cafe serves drinks in “penis” bags in southern Thailand, and Thailand raises monkeypox alert level to “requiring close surveillance”. All this and more on today’s Good Morning Thailand.
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Thailand News Update | Thailand’s Covid-19 alert level has decreased
The Ministry of Public Health is bringing joy to everyone’s ears with their latest announcement that Thailand’s Covid-19 alert level has decreased from Level 4 to Level 3 nationwide. Whether Thailand is ready to declare Covid-19 as endemic will depend on vaccination rates, according to the ministry. Director-General of the Disease Control Department Opas Kankawinpong said Level 3 means Thai…
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Thailand News Update | Thunderstorm destroys brand new passenger building at Don Mueang Airport
The Thai public health ministry says it intends to stick to its schedule of declaring the Covid situation in Thailand ‘endemic’ by July 1. Since April 1 the number of new daily infections has fallen sharply but a ministry spokesperson yesterday noted that the number of daily deaths is continuing to rise and has been over 100 people each day…
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Thailand’s State of Emergency extended, again
Two years into Thailand’s reaction to the Covid pandemic, Thailand’s State of Emergency will remain in effect after being extended for another two months. The emergency decree allows the Government to tackle the outbreak through its Covid-19 task force – the CCSA. The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration makes decisions, relating to internal Covid policy and government reaction, on the run…
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Thailand News Today | Thailand purchases Covid pills, Democracy summit snubbs Thailand | Nov 26
Jett goes through all the main headlines in Thailand that include: The fugitive Red bull heir has been spotted in Austria, Thailand pays half a billion baht to buy 50,000 Molnupiravir Covid-19 treatment courses, and a global democracy summit is scheduled to take place in December without Thailand.
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Thailand News Today | Pfizer for all, PM orders diesel price cut, 6 drug traffickers killed | Nov 24
Jett goes through all the main headlines in Thailand that include: The Thai government tells people to ditch their Moderna orders and come get Pfizer vaccines, the country plans to further subsidize diesel prices, and Myanmar’s pro-democracy opposition issues revolutionary bonds
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Best time to come to Thailand, Thai PM M/V , Fly internationally to BKK | Thaiger Bites | Ep.65
Jay and Tim go through your video messages, comments and feedback from Youtube, Facebook, Instagram and Thaiger Talk forum on the website.
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Thailand Top Stories | PM to host unity dinner, MP fights to keep seat on panel | November 11
Natty gives us a quick update on the national Covid-19 situation as well as the top headlines in Thailand and around the region: Thailand focuses tourism on first-time visitors and India, Palang Pracharath MP fights to keep seat on panel, Thousands protest Covid restrictions in New Zealand, Indonesia and Malaysia have agreed to launch a vaccinated travel lane
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Friday Covid Update: 8,148 new cases and 80 deaths
8,148 new Covid-19 cases and 80 coronavirus-related deaths were reported by the CCSA today. In the 24-hour period since the last count, the CCSA reported 8,238 recoveries. There are now 97,480 people in Thailand receiving treatment for Covid-19. In the latest and most severe wave of the virus in Thailand, first recorded on April 1, the CCSA has reported a…
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Thailand News Today | Politicians Voice Stance on Lèse Majesté | Moderna Donation Blocked | Nov. 4
Jett goes through all the main headlines in Thailand that include: Political parties voice their stance on Thailand’s lese majeste law, the foreign ministry defends its decision to block a Moderna vaccine donation to Thammasat University Hospital and the first severe reaction to the Pfizer vaccine in Thailand.
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Thailand Top Stories | Thailand steps up fight against climate change | November 3
Natty gives us a quick update on the national Covid-19 situation as well as the top headlines in Thailand and around the region: PM says Thailand will step up fight against climate change, AstraZeneca increases Covid 19 vaccine supply to Thailand, BMA pushes for haste in getting safety certificates, Bangkok man busted for distributing pornography on social mediaThree Hong Kong…
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Thailand News Today | Thai economic think tank, BTS pass doubles in price | Oct 18
Jett goes through all the main headlines across Thailand that include: You can now receive a certificate of vaccination online in Thailand. Bangkok’s skytrain is doing away with its fixed fee 30 day pass which could double the price of longer commutes and a leading economist lays out the structural issues the Thai government must address.
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Monday Covid Update: 10,035 new cases; provincial totals
60 coronavirus-related deaths were reported today by the CCSA, raising the pandemic’s death toll in Thailand to 17,751 with 17,657 of those fatalities during the latest wave of the virus, which was first recorded on April 1. In the 24-hour period since the last count, the CCSA has reported 10,035 new Covid-19 cases and 10,590 recoveries. There are now 110,265…
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Thailand News Today | Red Bull hit and run saga continues, Pfizer vaccine arrives in Bangkok | Sep 30
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Covid UPDATE: 147 deaths, 22,782 infections, provincial totals
Today the Thai public health department has announced 22,782 new infections, 375 of those from Thai prisons, along with 147 new Covid-related deaths in the past 24 hours. 23,649 patients have been released from hospitals or field hospitals as well. 209,028 patients remain under state care, but 68,335 infected people are in home or community isolation. 5,495 patients are listed…
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Covid UPDATE Thursday: 147 Covid-related deaths, 22,782 infections
Today the Thai public health department has announced 22,782 new infections, 375 of those from Thai prisons, along with 147 new Covid-related deaths in the past 24 hours. 23,649 patients have been released from hospitals or field hospitals as well. 209,028 patients remain under state care, but 68,335 infected people are in home or community isolation. 5,495 patients are listed…
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Wednesday Covid Update: 20,200 new cases, provincial totals
Thailand’s daily counts for Covid-19 cases and deaths hit record highs today with 20,200 new Covid-19 cases and 188 coronavirus-related fatalities recorded today by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. A total of 672,395 confirmed Covid-19 infections and 5,503 coronavirus-related deaths have been recorded in Thailand since the start of the pandemic last year. Thailand’s latest and most severe wave…
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Wednesday Covid Update: Record high of 20,200 new cases and 188 deaths
A record high of 20,200 new Covid-19 cases and another high of 188 coronavirus-related deaths were reported today by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. Thailand now has 211,076 active Covid-19 cases. In the latest and most severe wave of the virus, first recorded on April 1, the CCSA has recorded 643,522 Covid-19 cases. In 24 hours, the CCSA says 17,975 Covid-19 patients were…
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Monday UPDATE: 15,376 new infections, Provincial report
Thailand’s public health department has confirmed another 15,376 new infections and 87 Covid-related deaths over the past 24 hours. 1,041 of the new cases are from the Thai prison system. Thailand has now reached half a million reported Covid infections since the start of 2020. Just 4 months ago, when the so-called 3rd wave kicked off, there were 1,247 patients in…
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Monday Covid report, world situation and news briefs
Thailand’s public health department has confirmed another 15,376 new infections and 87 Covid-related deaths over the past 24 hours. 1,041 of the new cases are from the Thai prison system. Thailand has now reached half a million reported Covid infections since the start of 2020. Just 4 months ago, when the so-called 3rd wave kicked off, there were 1,247 patients in…
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Monday Covid Update: 8,656 new cases; provincial totals
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration recorded 8,656 new Covid-19 cases today, raising Thailand’s total case count since the start of the pandemic last year to 345,027 confirmed infections. The latest and most severe wave of infections, first recorded on April 1 in Bangkok nightlife districts, has accounted for 316,164 of the total confirmed cases. Thailand now has a record…
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Thailand News Today | Tourist predictions, Sinovac batch problem, Tak cluster | June 30
A man used a knife to rob a gold shop in the Lam Luk Ka district, Prathum Thani province, Tourism Council of Thailand says we’ll get 3 million foreign tourist arrivals for the rest of the year, Food and Drug Administration says it has found 110 faulty bottles of the CoronaVac vaccine from Sinovac Biotech that they claim contain lumps…
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Covid UPDATE: 4,161 new infections, 51 deaths, provincial totals
Today the public health department announced 51 deaths and 4,161 new infections of Covid-19. Only 72 were related to detections in Thai prisons, a further drop in prisoners testing positive for the coronavirus. Here is Saturday’s announcement of Provincial cases announced in the past 24 hours. Notably Chon Buri added a whopping 320 new infections to today’s total. Phuket, ready…
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Covid UPDATE Saturday: 4,161 new infections, 51 deaths
For Saturday, the trend of new infections, and deaths, from Covid-related disease, remains on the rise. Today the public health department announced 51 deaths and 4,161 new infections of Covid-19. Only 72 were related to detections in Thai prisons, a further drop in prisoners testing positive for the coronavirus. As the Thai government is faced with its worst week of…
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Thailand News Today | Vaccine deaths investigation, PM heads to Phuket, BMA extends vendor licences | June 18
Thai health officials are finishing up an investigation into deaths involving people who had received a Covid-19 vaccine in Thailand, Hotel operators in the southern province of Krabi will be watching Phuket’s imminent re-opening with great interest, The government has “confirmed” that Phuket is 62% vaccinated, A Bangkok Metropolitan Administration committee has decided to extend street vendor permits from 1…
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Thailand News Today | PM apologises, vaccine delays, Pattaya sandbox? and sharks | June 16
A prominent Thai doctor has called on the government to ramp up the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines, amid concerns at the low number of doses administered to date, private healthcare group in Thailand says it’s planning to purchase 5 million doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine, Pattaya tourism officials are pitching a travel scheme similar to Phuket’s “Sandbox” , Thailand’s…
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Thailand News Today | Drive-thru vaccines, more vaccines on the way, Samui Sandbox? | June 9
The Thai government is ordering 20 million doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, along with 5 million of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine. Public Health Ministry has instructed Thai hospitals to honour vaccination appointments, even though they may not have received the number of doses expected. Police have arrested a group of Burmese migrants and an alleged guide from…
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Thailand News Today | Autopsy of Koh Tao couple, buy a Moderna vaccine, Koh Samui sandbox? | June 8
A preliminary autopsy result suggest the billionaire Thai couple died from drowning at a Koh Tao resort pool on Shark Bay, Private hospitals in Thailand are planning to buy up to 10 million doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine through the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation, locals at a village in Trang, a southern Thai province, set up nets along the roads…
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Thailand News Today | Local-made AZ vaccine released, new prosecutor to chase ‘Boss’ | June 4
Several Thai provinces with low infection rates have had to delay their Covid-19 vaccine rollout after receiving fewer doses than expected, Siam Bioscience announced that they are ready to begin deliveries of the local AstraZeneca vaccine to the Thai government, the new chairman of a committee that oversees Thailand’s public prosecutors and he has set his sights on the infamous…
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Thailand News Today | Airline rules for July 1 ‘opening’, WHO gives thumbs up for Sinovac | June 2
The Thai Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand has announced some specific flight rules for international travellers flying into Phuket after July 1, Sinovac has been approved for emergency use by the World Health Organisation, Thailand’s Public Health Minister says the delivery of 6 million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is on schedule and A spokesman yesterday defended the Royal…
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