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By Natthaphon Sangpolsit BANGKOK (NNT) - A campaign to provide treatment to people suffering from the post-Covid-19 syndrome, or "Long Covid," has been initiated by the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine (DoTTAM). A mobile unit was launched in Lampang province on Wednesday to offer assistance to Long Covid patients using Thai traditional herbs. The treatment will be provided to the public free of charge. According to the department’s director-general Dr. Thiti Sawaengtham, at least 400,000 people in the country are experiencing post-Covid-19 syndrome which could happen after a patient has been cured of the virus after one month. Patients will experience symptoms such as stress, fatigue, insomnia, appetite loss, coughing despite the fact that their lungs have already recovered from the virus, with these conditions remaining up to six months. Dr. Thiti said that herbal and modern treatments can help cure these problems. Many herbal formulas exist that are useful in alleviating these symptoms, such as medicine using cannabis oil as a foundation ingredient, which can counteract sleepiness and loss of appetite. He advised patients to see traditional and alternative medicine specialists because some herbal treatments require a prescription, and patients may exhibit a combination of symptoms that require a diagnosis. The director-general urged Long Covid patients to contact nearby DoTTAM clinics or public hospitals for treatment. The department also offers an online consultant service via Line application and provides medicine delivery for patients as well. -- © Copyright NNT 2022-01-20 - Aetna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

First meeting of House of Representatives this year collapses due to lack of quorum The first meeting this year of the House of Representatives suffered a setback yesterday (Wednesday) when it was abruptly adjourned due to the lack of a quorum. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1247418-first-meeting-of-house-of-representatives-this-year-collapses-due-to-lack-of-quorum/

The first meeting this year of the House of Representatives suffered a setback yesterday (Wednesday) when it was abruptly adjourned due to the lack of a quorum. The meeting began in the morning and lasted until, in the early evening, a party-list MP of the Tairaktham party stood up and asked Deputy House Speaker Suchart Tancharoen, who was chairing the meeting, to conduct a head count of MPs present in the chamber before the deliberation of a government-sponsored loan bill for educational purposes and four related bills of the opposition parties, noting that the bills are important and that sufficient MPs were present to make a quorum. Only 227 MPs were counted as being present in the chamber, which was ten short of half of the existing 473 House members required for a quorum. Suchart immediately adjourned the meeting. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/first-meeting-of-house-of-representatives-this-year-collapses-due-to-lack-of-quorum/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-01-20 - Aetna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

Expats vaccinated in Thailand can apply for free e-vaccine passport until March 31 By Online Reporter Mor Prom. Hua Hin Today file photo. Expats who have been vaccinated in Thailand can apply for an e-vaccine passport for free until March 31, 2022. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1247414-expats-vaccinated-in-thailand-can-apply-for-free-e-vaccine-passport-until-march-31/

Mor Prom. Hua Hin Today file photo. By Online Reporter Expats who have been vaccinated in Thailand can apply for an e-vaccine passport for free until March 31, 2022. Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health has announced that anyone who has been fully vaccinated in Thailand can registered for an e-vaccine passport via the Mor Prom application. To register, users need to submit a 13 digit identification number. For Thai nationals, this is the number listed on their national ID card. Full story: https://www.huahintoday.com/hua-hin-news/expats-vaccinated-in-thailand-can-apply-for-free-e-vaccine-passport-until-march-31/ -- © Copyright Hua Hin Today 2022-01-20 - Aetna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

Chinese high speed trains bring destruction for Thai farmers By Erich Parpart The opening of the Kunming-Vientiane high speed rail network could bring opportunity to Thailand’s North East but government negotiators must be wary of pitfalls and problems should they expose the region to China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1247405-chinese-high-speed-trains-bring-destruction-for-thai-farmers/

By Erich Parpart The opening of the Kunming-Vientiane high speed rail network could bring opportunity to Thailand’s North East but government negotiators must be wary of pitfalls and problems should they expose the region to China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Thailand should be especially vigilant of China’s non-tariff barriers that could impair Thailand’s ability to export through the rail line. Opportunity abound but caution necessary Pavida Pananond, an Associate Professor of International Business at Thammasat University, said that the recently opened Kunming-Vientiane railway could provide many development opportunities for Thailand’s northeast and become a gateway for the country to join this regional rail network. Full story: https://www.thaienquirer.com/36703/chinese-high-speed-trains-bring-destruction-for-thai-farmers/ -- © Copyright Thai Enquirer 2022-01-20 - Aetna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

Terrible school lunch drama: Director blames staff not getting along - in reality kids are well fed Picture: Sanook A school in Phetchaburi responded after damning pictures of their lunch appeared on the "Maa Fao Baan" (guard dog) page online. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1247403-terrible-school-lunch-drama-director-blames-staff-not-getting-along-in-reality-kids-are-well-fed/

Picture: Sanook A school in Phetchaburi responded after damning pictures of their lunch appeared on the "Maa Fao Baan" (guard dog) page online. The lunch at Wat Tha Haew school was really measly, or so it appeared. There was just some thin noodle soup and maybe a bit of potato. Some days there wasn't any fruit or sweet for the primary school kids, it was claimed. School director Datchanai Thangthong called an urgent meeting of his staff and found that the negative posts resulted from some of his teachers not getting along amicably reported Sanook. One P3 teacher called Sararin, 32, said the offending lunch was a P3 one. She explained that teachers had told the cook not to put too much on the plate so that children finished what they were given first. They could always ask for seconds if they were not full. Parents had been informed that the children were getting their "Five A Day" and that the picture on social media was at odds with reality. The children were all well fed, it was asserted. The director added that the picture in question showed the lunch before it was fully loaded on the dish. ASEAN NOW notes that scandals over officials at schools creaming off money from budgets for school dinners, leaving the children hungry, result in frequent stories in Thailand. There is no question of that happening in this case, of course. Health insurance plans that meet the long stay visa requirements -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-01-21 - Aetna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

Analysis: Thammanat’s withdrawal leaves Prayut between a rock and a hard place By Arun Saronchai Prayut Chan-ocha’s position as prime minister seems more precarious and difficult as ever after news emerged late Wednesday that controversial and influential ex-minister Thammanat Prompao would be leaving the ruling party. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1247397-analysis-thammanat’s-withdrawal-leaves-prayut-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/

By Arun Saronchai Prayut Chan-ocha’s position as prime minister seems more precarious and difficult as ever after news emerged late Wednesday that controversial and influential ex-minister Thammanat Prompao would be leaving the ruling party. The former coup-leader and army chief could see as many as 22 MPs leave the ruling coalition to join Thammanat’s new party and jeopardize his plans for economic recovery and his agenda for post-pandemic growth. According to sources inside the ruling Palang Pracharath Party, Thammanat took exception after being blamed for two by-election losses in the south last Sunday. Full story: https://www.thaienquirer.com/36714/analysis-thammanats-withdrawal-leaves-prayut-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/ -- © Copyright Thai Enquirer 2022-01-20 - Aetna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

Video: Wow that's some piggy bank! Family saves 1.4 million baht in two years Picture: Sanook A TikTok video posted by a family showed them counting money they saved in a piggy bank - in reality a drinking water tank - over the last two years. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1247395-video-wow-thats-some-piggy-bank-family-saves-14-million-baht-in-two-years/

Picture: Sanook A TikTok video posted by a family showed them counting money they saved in a piggy bank - in reality a drinking water tank - over the last two years. The video by 'mamahatakaj' revealed that collectively the family had saved bundles of cash that totalled 1,469,400 baht. Not bad for a couple of years work! "We're proud of ourselves", they stated in a story reported by Sanook yesterday. Health insurance plans that meet the long stay visa requirements -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-01-21 - Aetna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

Molesting children under 15 means up to 20 years in jail, warn RTP Picture: INN The Royal Thai Police spokesman Pol Maj-Gen Yingyot Thepjamnong warned his compatriots of long prison terms and heavy fines for molesting children aged under 15. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1247394-molesting-children-under-15-means-up-to-20-years-in-jail-warn-rtp/

Picture: INN The Royal Thai Police spokesman Pol Maj-Gen Yingyot Thepjamnong warned his compatriots of long prison terms and heavy fines for molesting children aged under 15. He said that in this day and age it was important for parents to monitor their children's online behaviour as criminal elements are lurking online ready to pounce. He outlined the penalties under several laws that await those convicted of preying on children under 15. The bottom line is offenders can be jailed up to 20 years and fined up to 400,000 baht on conviction reported INN. His words follow several cases recently. One involved a man who befriended a minor on Facebook before taking her to a curtain hotel for sex. Another featured the father of a 16 year old boy who plied his son's girlfriend, aged 15, with alcohol at his house before allegedly raping her. Yingyot urged the public to report crime 24/7 on 191 and 1599. Health insurance plans that meet the long stay visa requirements -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-01-21 - Aetna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

Dr Yong praises Thailand's vaccine strategy - Pfizer booster just the ticket Picture: INN Well known Chulalongkorn virologist Dr Yong Poovorawan went on his own Facebook page to praise Thailand's vaccine strategy progress. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1247392-dr-yong-praises-thailands-vaccine-strategy-pfizer-booster-just-the-ticket/

Picture: INN Well known Chulalongkorn virologist Dr Yong Poovorawan went on his own Facebook page to praise Thailand's vaccine strategy progress. He said that the country was on the right track noting that 110 million doses of vaccine had been administered in the kingdom, part of a worldwide rollout of 10 billion jabs. His main message was that the combination of vaccines such as Sinovac, Sinopharm, AstraZeneca and Pfizer along with a Pfizer booster was ideal in ensuring that people would not have serious effects from Covid if they got infected reported INN. He said studies had shown this. He said Thailand was on the right track and expected that data from the use of Moderna as a booster would also show that it was highly effective. Health insurance plans that meet the long stay visa requirements -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-01-21 - Aetna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

Brother murders elder sibling with an axe - younger guy couldn't take his criticism any longer Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath reported on the latest gruesome murder in Thailand, this time in the Lamthap police jurisdiction in Krabi in the south. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1247388-brother-murders-elder-sibling-with-an-axe-younger-guy-couldnt-take-his-criticism-any-longer/

Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath reported on the latest gruesome murder in Thailand, this time in the Lamthap police jurisdiction in Krabi in the south. At a one story house police found Ronnachai Thongthao, 32, lying dead in a pool of blood with multiple wounds to the head and chest caused by a sharp object. In the basket of a motorcycle was a bloodstained axe. A Lao Khao (white spirit) bottle was smashed. Waiting for the police to come and arrest him was the victim's younger brother, 26 year old Narongkrit. He told the police that he was watching TV with his mum and dad and his two children while his elder brother was drinking alone outside. Then his brother came in drunk holding a broom and started having a go at him verbally then smacked him across the face with the broom in front of his parents and children. A fight ensued. The younger sibling ran out and got an axe that was propped up beside the house and used it on his elder brother as the fight escalated outside. When he fell wounded he said that he continued to chop him up until he was still. He said that he was always being criticized for creating problems at home by his elder brother who had attacked him in the head previously. He said that he couldn't take it any longer. The police charged him with murder and he was detained. Health insurance plans that meet the long stay visa requirements -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-01-21 - Aetna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

COVID-19: Thailand reports 8,129 new coronavirus cases, 19 deaths, 6,978 recoveries File photo Thailand on Thursday (January 20) reported 8,129 new COVID-19 cases, 6,978 recoveries and 19 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1247387-covid-19-thailand-reports-8129-new-coronavirus-cases-19-deaths-6978-recoveries/ //CLOSED// /Admin

COVID-19: Thailand reports 8,129 new coronavirus cases, 19 deaths, 6,978 recoveries File photo Thailand on Thursday (January 20) reported 8,129 new COVID-19 cases, 6,978 recoveries and 19 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1247387-covid-19-thailand-reports-8129-new-coronavirus-cases-19-deaths-6978-recoveries/

File photo Thailand on Thursday (January 20) reported 8,129 new COVID-19 cases, 6,978 recoveries and 19 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. ▶︎ Infections outside prisons: 7,915. Prisons: 214 ▶︎ Recoveries: 6,978 Thursday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 2,353,062 with 21,987 deaths. The news comes as the resumption of new “Test and Go” registrations, COVID-19 rezoning and yet another extension of Thailand’s nationwide State of Emergency, in place since March 2020, will be proposed to and decided by the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) today (Thursday). New applications for “Test and Go” program, which requires only minimal quarantine of no more than one night while awaiting negative COVID-19 results, have been suspended since December 22nd, to curb the spread of the Omicron variant. Currently, people who have been granted a “Thailand Pass” QR code for the program can still enter the country. The program resumption may begin on February 1st but possibly with stricter measures. Discover Cigna’s range of health insurance solutions created for expats and local nationals living in Thailand - click to view -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-01-21 - Aetna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

Community farmer bemoans footdragging in marijuana legalization - says it's a golden opportunity Picture: Siam Rath The chief of a community farming group said that he is frustrated by continuing delays to sort out wrangles concerning the precise legal status of marijuana and hemp. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1247383-community-farmer-bemoans-footdragging-in-marijuana-legalization-says-its-a-golden-opportunity/

Picture: Siam Rath The chief of a community farming group said that he is frustrated by continuing delays to sort out wrangles concerning the precise legal status of marijuana and hemp. Natcharat Kritton appeared in front of a banner proclaiming the economic benefits of growing marijuana, hemp and krathom. He said that a thousand projects were ready to grow and supply hospitals and research groups with the plants that was a "golden economic opportunity." The Siam Rath story came as a crucial meeting between the Ministry of Public Health and a Narcotics Control Board sub-committee was postponed yesterday, as reported elsewhere in Thailand. The meeting would be held today, suggested health minister Anutin Charnvirakul. Health insurance plans that meet the long stay visa requirements -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-01-21 - Aetna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information