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  • Covid-19 NewsUS Embassy passes on message to Thailand from US Department of State
    AnukulPublished: 11:50, 11 April 2020
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    US Embassy passes on message to Thailand from US Department of State

    “Our countries have enjoyed a profound friendship for over 200 years. Our friendship and decades-long health partnership have given us the resilience to address this global health crisis caused by Covid-19.” The message from spokesperson Morgan Ortagus from the US Department of State. In the same statement issued yesterday, the US Embassy sent their good wishes to the people of…

  • Phuket NewsSoi Dog Foundation distributes over 11 tonnes of food to stray animal feeders across Phuket
    ThaigerPublished: 20:04, 10 April 2020
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    Soi Dog Foundation distributes over 11 tonnes of food to stray animal feeders across Phuket

    In preparation for the island-wide ‘lockdown’ and travel restrictions from April 13-26, the Soi Dog Foundation has distributed over 11 tonnes of dog and cat food to stray animal feeders across Phuket. A fleet of animal rescue vehicles delivered 470 large bags of dog food and 140 large bags of cat food to popular feeding hotspots, such as temples, as well…

  • Central Thailand NewsVillage elder stomped and gored to death by wild elephant
    Sean KellyPublished: 14:03, 10 April 2020
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    Village elder stomped and gored to death by wild elephant

    A village elder in the central Thailand Tha Takiab district was stomped and gored to death by a wild elephant while collecting mangoes last night. Relatives told police that 53 year old Chalermphol Sukthawee, the elder of Moo 10 in Tha Takiab, was last seen leaving his home around 3pm yesterday. When he didn’t return home his family formed a search…

  • Covid-19 NewsKanchanaburi poacher arrested, three others escape after ranger attacked
    Sean KellyPublished: 13:50, 10 April 2020
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    Kanchanaburi poacher arrested, three others escape after ranger attacked

    A poacher was arrested in the western Thailand’s Salak Phra Wildlife Sanctuary in Sri Sawat district of Kanchanaburi in possession of dead animals and wild honey. Three other accomplices eluded capture after allegedly stabbing a forest ranger during the escape. Niphon Chamnonsirisak, director of Forest Conservation Zone 4, said wildlife rangers discovered the four armed men inside Salak Phra Wildlife…

  • Covid-19 NewsNewborns get extra protection with mini-face shields
    Sean KellyPublished: 11:30, 10 April 2020
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    Newborns get extra protection with mini-face shields

    Bangkok health care professionals have come up with protective face shields for newborns to prevent infection to the most precious among us. Parents understand the challenge of asking a toddler to wear a mask. (Just take a trip to Tesco while you still can and notice “the couple,” protected head to toe in what looks like a sponsorship deal from…

  • Covid-19 News14 Thai provinces apply travel restrictions for residents
    AnukulPublished: 11:07, 10 April 2020
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    14 Thai provinces apply travel restrictions for residents

    14 provincial governors around the country have declared ‘travel restrictions’ in and out of their provinces. Under the emergency decree PM Prayut Chan-o-cha has given full authority to provincial governors to increase prevention measures. The ‘lockdowns’ are done to help contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus. In some provinces, inter district and inter sub-district travel is also being restricted.…

  • Covid-19 NewsTrang province to ban entry, exit
    ThaigerPublished: 19:42, 09 April 2020
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    Trang province to ban entry, exit

    Joining other provinces such as Pattaya and Phuket, the southern province of Trang will ban entry and exit from tomorrow until April 30. The decision was announced by the province’ Communicable Disease Committee today. No one will be allowed to enter or leave the province, except for the transport of medical personnel, goods, fuel, and parcels. It will also close most…

  • Covid-19 NewsMove over WHO and CDC, Marvel and DC have joined the fight in Thailand
    Sean KellyPublished: 18:19, 09 April 2020
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    Move over WHO and CDC, Marvel and DC have joined the fight in Thailand

    While it may seem that a plague swept across our world with a snap of the fingers as if Thanos and the infinity gauntlet indeed managed to set asunder half the worlds population, not though a dematerialised cloud of ash (sorry for the spoilers…but come one it’s been two years now) but rather a global pandemic that has shut down…

  • Covid-19 NewsMore time with your kids :) Government Schools to reopen July 1
    Sean KellyPublished: 17:59, 09 April 2020
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    More time with your kids :) Government Schools to reopen July 1

    Remember that New Year’s resolution you made to spend more quality time with your kids? Well, the government heard your prayers and raised you another month and a half of close and personal self quarantine time by postponing the return of the school semester to July 1. A recent notification from the Ministry of Education stated: “All public and private…

  • World NewsStranded Burmese permitted to return home
    Sean KellyPublished: 14:53, 09 April 2020
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    Stranded Burmese permitted to return home

    Stranded Burmese people at Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai Tachileik border crossing in Northern Thailand have been allowed to return home to Myanmar. The Burmese people, stuck in Thailand since borders were closed as a prevention in the spread of Covid-19, have been held in quarantine at Phra That Doi Wao temple in Mae Sai. Myanmar officials allowed them to cross…

  • Covid-19 NewsThailand confirms 54 new coronavirus cases, 2 new deaths (Thursday)
    ThaigerPublished: 14:45, 09 April 2020
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    Thailand confirms 54 new coronavirus cases, 2 new deaths (Thursday)

    A spokesman for the Health Ministry and the Covid-19 Coronavirus Situation Response Center confirmed 54 new cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus in Thailand today, less than half of yesterday’s 111. The new cases bring the total number of infections in the country to 2,423. Two additional deaths were reported as an 82 year old Thai man and a Frenchman aged…

  • Covid-19 NewsFormer deputy commerce minister faces charges over murder of Judge’s brother
    AnukulPublished: 13:11, 09 April 2020
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    Former deputy commerce minister faces charges over murder of Judge’s brother

    Former deputy commerce minister Banyin Tangpakorn, along with 5 other suspects, is facing charges from the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) relating to the killing of a senior judge’s brother. Deputy chief of the CSD Anek Taosupab, says investigators are planning to question Banyin in prison over the murder of Wirachai Sakuntaprasoet, (brother of Criminal Court senior judge Phanida Sakuntaprasoet). Banyin…

  • Thailand NewsThailand News Today – Wednesday, April 8
    ThaigerPublished: 20:04, 08 April 2020
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    Thailand News Today – Wednesday, April 8

    111 new Thai coronavirus cases. 3 more deaths, all foreigners 111 new confirmed cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus have been announced today. Of the 111 cases announced today, 69 got the virus from contact other infected people, while 42 were those returning from a religious festival in Indonesia. Phuket is the province with the highest percentage of active Covid-19 cases,…

  • Covid-19 News111 new Thai coronavirus cases. 3 more deaths, all foreigners
    ThaigerPublished: 13:57, 08 April 2020
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    111 new Thai coronavirus cases. 3 more deaths, all foreigners

    Thailand’s National Covid-19 Coronavirus Disease Management Centre has announced 111 new confirmed cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus today. Total cases now stand at 2,369 nationwide. 3 foreign men died, pushing the total death toll up to 30. 42 of today’s new cases were all returnees from a religious festival in Indonesia. The new fatalities include a 48 year old Russian man…

  • Covid-19 NewsOver half returning from Indonesia tested positive with Covid-19
    Sean KellyPublished: 13:49, 08 April 2020
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    Over half returning from Indonesia tested positive with Covid-19

    42 of the 76 Thais who returned from Indonesia on Monday have now ended up as Covid-19 patients. Members of the Thai Islamic community travelling to Indonesia to preform “Dawah ” an Islamic missionary tradition, amidst a rise of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia, have returned with over half testing positive. After health care workers examined the returnees, 22 have been sent…

  • Covid-19 NewsHealth ministry begs children to ‘save parents’ and avoid Songkran visits
    ThaigerPublished: 13:12, 08 April 2020
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    Health ministry begs children to ‘save parents’ and avoid Songkran visits

    Songkran, the traditional Thai New Year festival, is typically a week long celebration including a mass exodus to the provinces as dutiful children visit their homes bringing best wishes to their elders. This year’s celebrations have been postponed indefinitely to prevent that exodus, for fear of spreading the Covid-19 coronavirus to the provinces and among the elderly. Now the the Department…

  • Covid-19 NewsGovernment doubles cash stimulus period for informal workers
    ThaigerPublished: 11:00, 08 April 2020
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    Government doubles cash stimulus period for informal workers

    The Thai government is doubling the period of monthly cash handouts for “informal workers,” from 3 months to 6. Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana made the announcement after yesterday’s weekly Cabinet meeting. The government initially only planned to provide cash to 3 million people for 3 months. The new stimulus marks a huge investment by the Thai government to keep the…

  • Thailand NewsThailand News Today – Tuesday, April 7
    ThaigerPublished: 19:28, 07 April 2020
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    Thailand News Today – Tuesday, April 7

    New coronavirus cases in Thailand fall to 38, 1 more death In another dramatic drop in new case numbers, Thailand’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration reported only 38 new Covid-19 coronavirus cases in the previous 24 hours, and one additional death. The cumulative death toll for Thailand now stands at 27. The 38 new infections appears to show a declining…

  • Covid-19 News1.9 trillion baht stimulus aims to relieve Covid-19 impacts on Thai business
    AnukulPublished: 17:44, 07 April 2020
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    1.9 trillion baht stimulus aims to relieve Covid-19 impacts on Thai business

    Today, on the weekly meeting with the Thai Cabinet, it was concluded and approved that the third phase of the economic stimulus will commence as of today. The stimulus is valued at 1.9 trillion baht and is aimed to relieve some of the impacts of the Covid-19 outbreak. PM Prayut Chan-o-cha revealed that the third phase of economic stimulus measures…

  • Covid-19 NewsCP will start production of medical masks in Thailand
    AnukulPublished: 16:28, 07 April 2020
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    CP will start production of medical masks in Thailand

    4 weeks ago the Charoen Pokphand Group announced plans to build a factory specifically to start the production of medical masks for medical personnel and Thai citizens. CP has now bought an automatic medical mask machine from China with the ability to produce 50,000 medical masks per day. In the past 3 weeks, the CP group has been constructing the…

  • Covid-19 News308 curfew breakers are facing imprisonment and fines up to 40,000 baht
    AnukulPublished: 14:06, 06 April 2020
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    308 curfew breakers are facing imprisonment and fines up to 40,000 baht

    Yesterday 18,893 officers including police officers along with officials from the army, Ministry of Public Health and volunteers were on the lookout for curfew breakers. A total of 836 checkpoints were placed across the kingdom. On the second night of the curfew (April 4) officials reported 308 people arrested who had violated the 10pm to 4am curfew. Police Lieutenant General Piya…

  • Covid-19 NewsBroke and stranded, Russian tourists take shelter in Phuket temple
    ThaigerPublished: 11:50, 05 April 2020
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    Broke and stranded, Russian tourists take shelter in Phuket temple

    When their flight was eventually cancelled, they had no money left and decided to walk from the airport. They didn’t know where to go. When they came across Wat Mai Khao they asked to take refuge there. Tourism authorities in Phuket are now trying to help the 3 stranded Russian tourists who have taken shelter at the local temple. Their…

  • Covid-19 NewsEven if effective, Thailand’s curfew may be extended
    ThaigerPublished: 09:06, 05 April 2020
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    Even if effective, Thailand’s curfew may be extended

    Deputy PM Wissanu Krea-ngam told reporters on Friday night that even if the current nationwide curfew, currently 10pm to 4am, shows signs of helping reduce gatherings and preventing crime, it could be extended. “The primary purpose of the curfew is to encourage social distancing and combat the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus.” Critics of the curfew say the limited 6…

  • Covid-19 NewsOfficer who allowed 152 returnees to leave airport without quarantine has been ‘recalled’
    ThaigerPublished: 08:45, 05 April 2020
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    Officer who allowed 152 returnees to leave airport without quarantine has been ‘recalled’

    152 Thais who arrived home from the US on Friday were inexplicably allowed to return to their homes to self quarantine, rather than endure the mandatory 14 day quarantine at state facilities faced by other arrivals. As a result, the permanent secretary of the defence ministry has recalled an army major-general from Suvarnabhumi International Airport and ordered an investigation. A…

  • EventsWorld body bans Thai weightlifters from Tokyo Olympics
    ThaigerPublished: 08:21, 05 April 2020
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    World body bans Thai weightlifters from Tokyo Olympics

    Thai and Malaysian weightlifters will be barred from the Tokyo Olympic Games, whenever they’re held, over their high numbers of doping cases. The sport’s governing body, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) said in a statement that the two countries’ lifters can’t compete at the Tokyo Games, regardless of the change of date. Previously there had been some hope in Thailand…

  • Covid-19 NewsRoyal Thai Police announce consequences of violating the national curfew
    AnukulPublished: 13:43, 04 April 2020
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    Royal Thai Police announce consequences of violating the national curfew

    Yesterday, a spokesperson of the Royal Thai Police, Police Lieutenant General Piya Uthayo spoke about the severity and seriousness of the current situation that Thailand. Police Lieutenant General Piya said that people who violate the curfew under the Emergency Decree will face up to 2 years in prison or up to 40,000 baht in fines, or both.” “As of last night,…

  • Covid-19 NewsArriving flights banned until the end of Monday – CAAT
    ThaigerPublished: 09:18, 04 April 2020
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    Arriving flights banned until the end of Monday – CAAT

    Thailand’s CAAT is stopping all passenger flights from arriving in Thailand from this morning (Saturday) until the end of Monday. The country’s Civil Aviation Authority made the order late yesterday, throwing repatriation efforts of several countries into complete confusion. Stranded visitors, hoping to get home, now find their weekend hopes of repatriation dashed. The country’s aviation regulators say the move is…

  • Covid-19 NewsCoronavirus UPDATE: Tokyo faces climbing case numbers, makers of ‘Corona’ beer suspend production
    ThaigerPublished: 08:47, 04 April 2020
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    Coronavirus UPDATE: Tokyo faces climbing case numbers, makers of ‘Corona’ beer suspend production

    The international toll has reached 1,097,810 and deaths 59,140 with no sign of a slowdown at this stage (7.30am Thai time). The world will be adding 100,000+ new case every 24 hours within the next few days unless we start to see a flattening of the curve. The US has had another day of burden for its health system –…

  • Thailand NewsThailand News Today – Thursday, April 2
    ThaigerPublished: 18:12, 02 April 2020
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    Thailand News Today – Thursday, April 2

    Hosted by Tim Newton Thailand confirms 104 new coronavirus cases (Thursday) Thailand now has at total of 1,875 Covid-19 coronavirus cases, another drop in newly announced cases. 104 new cases were confirmed over the last 24 hours and 3 more patients died. Total deaths now stand at 15. This continues a hopeful trend of new cases in Thailand dropping as…

  • Covid-19 NewsNational curfew announced. Takes effect tomorrow.
    ThaigerPublished: 17:17, 02 April 2020
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    National curfew announced. Takes effect tomorrow.

    Thailand will announce a nationwide curfew between 10pm – 4am starting tomorrow (Friday) to try to curb the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. The government made the announcement in a statement today. There will be some exceptions to the new measure, including the transport of medical supplies, movement of people into quarantine, patients and travel of medical personnel, according to…