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  • Việt NamViệt Nam tạm ngưng miễn thị thực với công dân Hàn Quốc

    Việt Nam tạm ngưng miễn thị thực với công dân Hàn Quốc

    Từ 0h ngày 29-2, công dân Hàn Quốc vào Việt Nam với thị thực phù hợp do Việt Nam cấp, cách ly y tế người bay từ Hàn Quốc, hoặc ở Hàn Quốc trong vòng 14 ngày và bay từ nơi khác về Việt Nam. Sáng nay, Ban Chỉ đạo phòng chống dịch bệnh viêm đường hô hấp cấp do…

  • Covid-19 NewsUPDATE: China coronavirus deaths reach 1665, Taiwan reports first fatality

    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…

  • Việt NamTrung Quốc phát hành khẩn cấp tiền mới vì virus corona

    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 NewsCoronavirus – WHO says it remains unclear when people become contagious

    Coronavirus – WHO says it remains unclear when people become contagious

    The World Health Organisation has announced that… “it remains unclear if the deadly coronavirus, which broke out in Wuhan, China five weeks ago, is contagious during its incubation period before symptoms appear. The virus, causing a pneumonia-like respiratory infection, has killed more than 100 people and infected over 4,500 in China, while cases are now identified in more than a dozen…

  • Covid-19 NewsCoronavirus UPDATE: 2,700+ infected, 80 dead, 8 cases in Thailand

    Coronavirus UPDATE: 2,700+ infected, 80 dead, 8 cases in Thailand

    We bring you all this morning’s key updates in news about the spread of the Novel Coronavirus. Whilst there is plenty of speculation and rumours in social media, The Thaiger will only be publishing news that has been corroborated by authorised medical and scientific organisations or quoted with attribution in leading world media. As the story is developing quickly we…

  • World NewsWorries over drug-resistant Malaria strains spreading from Cambodia

    Worries over drug-resistant Malaria strains spreading from Cambodia

    Drug-resistant forms of malaria-causing parasites are spreading across south east Asia leading to “alarmingly high” treatment failure rates of frontline medication. Scientists say that a strain of Malaria, known as KEL1/PLA1, has evolved and picked up new genetic mutations which may make it more resistant to drugs. They are warning that strains of malaria, resistant to two key anti-malarial medicines, are…

  • Thai LifePlain tobacco packaging by September 2019

    Plain tobacco packaging by September 2019

    The Thai government has made a new legislative announcement regarding plain packaging for cigarette packets, making it the first country in Asia, and first low and middle-income country to do so. This legislation adds to the 2017 Tobacco Control Act, which currently mandates an individual must be 20 or older to purchase tobacco, bans tobacco advertising in the media, sponsorship,…