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Bangkok Ready to Cope with New COVID-19 Wave BANGKOK, Jan 14 (TNA) – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration prepares 10,000 beds to cope with the outbreaks of COVID-19’s Omicron variant while strictly controlling the services of pubs and bars modified to operate as eateries for the time being. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246797-bangkok-ready-to-cope-with-new-covid-19-wave/

BANGKOK, Jan 14 (TNA) – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration prepares 10,000 beds to cope with the outbreaks of COVID-19’s Omicron variant while strictly controlling the services of pubs and bars modified to operate as eateries for the time being. BMA spokesman Pongsakorn Kwanmuang said the City Hall already had readied about 10,000 beds to treat COVID-19 cases as it daily logged about 970 new caseloads that accounted for 1-2% of about 4,000 people undergoing mass testing every day. The infection rate was lower than 10-12% detected during the four previous waves of COVID-19, he said. Discover Cigna’s range of health insurance solutions created for expats and local nationals living in Thailand - click to view Full story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-861604 -- © Copyright TNA 2022-01-15 - 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

E-commerce department to be set up in Thailand to fight online fraud Following the increase in the volume of online retail business, or e-commerce, Thailand’s Court of Justice is planning to set up a new department in the Civil Court, exclusively to handle disputes related to online shopping and to assist consumers cheated by online traders. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246796-e-commerce-department-to-be-set-up-in-thailand-to-fight-online-fraud/

Following the increase in the volume of online retail business, or e-commerce, Thailand’s Court of Justice is planning to set up a new department in the Civil Court, exclusively to handle disputes related to online shopping and to assist consumers cheated by online traders. Secretary-general of the Office of the Judiciary Jeerapat Panthavee said today (Friday) that, under the conceptual plan, members of the public, who believe they have been cheated by online retailers, can lodge a complaint with the department, without charge, through an e-filing system, which is now being developed by the Court of Justice in coordination with relevant agencies. He also said that the Office of the Judiciary has plans to increase the use of digital applications and to use more technological innovations to assist judicial work, including e-signature and ID verification systems. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/e-commerce-department-to-be-set-up-in-thailand-to-fight-online-fraud/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-01-15 - 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

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Covid-19 Could Become Endemic in 2022, Says DDC BANGKOK (NNT) - Due to the recent announcement by the World Health Organization (WHO) which stated that it may be too early to categorize Covid-19 as an endemic within this year, Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, Director-General of the Department of Disease Control, responded that the Ministry of Public Health is not against the announcement. He said the ministry did not mean to categorize Coronavirus as an endemic immediately. He stressed the disease can only become an endemic when it has less severity, when people’s immunity rises significantly, and when the country’s medical system is highly capable of handling it. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246767-covid-19-could-become-endemic-in-2022-says-ddc/

Thai officials nab final suspect in tiger killing, doubt their claims The final suspect in the national park tiger death case, while claiming he was not involved in the killings, has been arrested, after four other suspects surrendered and confessed to the killing of the two big cats in the Thong Pha Phum national park in Kanchanaburi province in early January. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246743-thai-officials-nab-final-suspect-in-tiger-killing-doubt-their-claims/

Pub-like restaurants become hotspots for Bangkok COVID-19 clusters BANGKOK (NNT) - Health officials have identified pub-like restaurants and densely populated dorms as infection hotspots in Bangkok, as the official number of new COVID-19 cases today exceeded 8,000, excluding self-tests at home. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246739-pub-like-restaurants-become-hotspots-for-bangkok-covid-19-clusters/

Buriram trader set to lose her hand after getting her fingers stuck in a sugar cane grinder during cleaning Daily News reported that rescue services were called to a house in Nang Rong district of Buriram in Thailand's north east after a 63 year old trader got her right hand trapped in a sugar cane grinder. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246720-buriram-trader-set-to-lose-her-hand-after-getting-her-fingers-stuck-in-a-sugar-cane-grinder-during-cleaning/

Daily News reported that rescue services were called to a house in Nang Rong district of Buriram in Thailand's north east after a 63 year old trader got her right hand trapped in a sugar cane grinder. Sirinan has a sugar cane plantation and sold the juice for ten baht a bottle in her estate. After selling her wares she took the machine for cleaning and turned it on. Her son Ratthanin, 39, said that she was trying to extricate a strand of sugar cane when the machine pulled in all five fingers on her hand. It was fortunate in a way that she managed to quickly turn off the machine with her left hand to avoid having her whole arm sucked in. He said that she is expected to have surgery to amputate at the wrist. Rescue services at the scene found that she had lost a lot of blood and she was taken away by ambulance after it took 20 minutes to free her hand with cutting equipment. Health insurance plans that meet the long stay visa requirements -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-01-14 - 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

"From beautiful to hideous" - Thai woman blames clinic for dodgy filler - clinic says take the post down A Thai woman's sad post about losing her looks after she went for treatment at a beauty clinic was shared by the popular Mor Lab Panda site. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246719-from-beautiful-to-hideous-thai-woman-blames-clinic-for-dodgy-filler-clinic-says-take-the-post-down/

A Thai woman's sad post about losing her looks after she went for treatment at a beauty clinic was shared by the popular Mor Lab Panda site. Kirata Kaewsombut claimed she had gone from "beautiful to hideous". She'd gone to a clinic but said she'd been given bad filler. "There's no more me in the world anymore" she lamented saying that she'd not dared go out and show her face for two years. She was "living behind her mask" not even doing video calls to her daughter after she noticed something was wrong with her face. She was on anti-depressants and hundreds of her head hairs were falling out every day, she further claimed. Daily News reported that in another post she said that the clinic responsible for her woes had threatened her and told her to take the post down. Her lawyer advised her not to, now she was urging the Thai public to share her misfortune. Not surprisingly in defamation crazy Thailand the clinic was not named and Daily News seemingly had made no effort to contact the once beautiful Kirata to find out more. ASEAN NOW has contacted the woman for further comment. Health insurance plans that meet the long stay visa requirements -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-01-14 - 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 Opas reacts after man seeks "escort" to deliberately get infected with Covid Thai PBS followed up on a story on their site in which a job listing was made by a man seeking a drinking companion so that he could deliberately get Covid. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246714-dr-opas-reacts-after-man-seeks-escort-to-deliberately-get-infected-with-covid/

Thai PBS followed up on a story on their site in which a job listing was made by a man seeking a drinking companion so that he could deliberately get Covid. He was after what Thais call a "dek ent" or young woman for a bit of 'entertainment' so that he could claim on insurance. Essentially commit insurance fraud, suggest ASEAN NOW. Dr Opas Kankavinpong, director of the Department of Disease Control, didn't comment on the illegality of the listing. Instead he concentrated on what he described as the folly of actually trying to get infected with Covid. He pointed out the numerous health complications that could befall someone doing this. Yes, the symptoms could be very mild but you could also end up in ICU being intubated. And health complications could persist after infection anywhere between 3 and six months. It really was not worth it, reported PBS in their headline. Health insurance plans that meet the long stay visa requirements -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-01-14 - 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

Man saved after flipping his car at Chiang Rai bend Picture: 77kaoded Thap Yang Mae Jan rescue services were called after a 50 year old male driver lost control of his vehicle at a bend in San Sai sub-district of Chiang Rai in the far north of Thailand. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246712-man-saved-after-flipping-his-car-at-chiang-rai-bend/

Picture: 77kaoded Thap Yang Mae Jan rescue services were called after a 50 year old male driver lost control of his vehicle at a bend in San Sai sub-district of Chiang Rai in the far north of Thailand. The victim couldn't get out of what 77kaoded called a "Soluna pick-up" ASEAN NOW suggests that a Soluna is a sedan. Picture: 77kaoded The rescue team managed to extricate the man who had hurt his right shoulder and had chest pains. He had no ID but the media said he was a local man. He had apparently hit a barrier and flipped outside a temple. Health insurance plans that meet the long stay visa requirements -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-01-14 - 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

No pork in the pork burger! "Famous" brand scurries to satisfy boy's hunger after expensive meat claim Picture: Naew Na Thai netizens were laughing in droves after a young Udon Thani boy posted on Facebook how he ordered a pork burger but got only the bun and a bit of white sauce. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246710-no-pork-in-the-pork-burger-famous-brand-scurries-to-satisfy-boys-hunger-after-expensive-meat-claim/

Picture: Naew Na Thai netizens were laughing in droves after a young Udon Thani boy posted on Facebook how he ordered a pork burger but got only the bun and a bit of white sauce. There was not a burger in sight in the "Samurai Burger". It seemed he was unlucky on the 13th or was this because pork is so expensive right now? On hearing the news the company who sent the burger-less burger reacted quickly. They sent a double burger replacement with BBQ fries and two drinks to ensure the little guy didn't go hungry. All was resolved to the customer's satisfaction. It appears that Naew Na did not name the company because of Thailand's strict defamation laws. We'll leave you to guess who they might have been who made the mistake on this occasion. Health insurance plans that meet the long stay visa requirements -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-01-14 - 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

Free Pfizer booster doses still available at Bangkok’s Bang Sue grand station AP Photo/David Goldman, File The vaccination centre at Bang Sue grand station in Bangkok has decided to the extend free Pfizer vaccination service for people who have not yet had their third dose, after many subscribers missed out due to incomplete information or failed to meet the conditions. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246708-free-pfizer-booster-doses-still-available-at-bangkok’s-bang-sue-grand-station/

AP Photo/David Goldman, File The vaccination centre at Bang Sue grand station in Bangkok has decided to the extend free Pfizer vaccination service for people who have not yet had their third dose, after many subscribers missed out due to incomplete information or failed to meet the conditions. People who wish to receive the booster can subscribe from today (Friday) through: AIS via website www.ais.th.vaccine True via USSD system, by calling *707#, or at https://vaccine.trueid.net/ DTAC via DTAC app or website https://dtac.co.th/vaccine/index.html NT via https://covid19vaccine.ntplc.co.th/CVC/home The vaccination facility explained that there is a residual stock of vaccine available, after many subscribers missed out because they gave wrong ID card numbers or had their second dose fewer than 90 days before. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/free-pfizer-booster-doses-still-available-at-bangkoks-bang-sue-grand-station/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-01-14 - 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

Apology issued after Khon Kaen Hospital admits putting wrong expiry date on AZ vax Eight thousand people who received AstraZeneca jabs at the Khon Kaen International Convention Center (KICE) between Monday and Thursday this week looked like they might have received out of date vaccine. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246707-apology-issued-after-khon-kaen-hospital-admits-putting-wrong-expiry-date-on-az-vax/

Eight thousand people who received AstraZeneca jabs at the Khon Kaen International Convention Center (KICE) between Monday and Thursday this week looked like they might have received out of date vaccine. The date on the lot stated that it was 01 - 2021 - expiry being January of last year. Khon Kaen hospital director Dr Kriangsak Watcharanukulkiat was obliged to issue an apology stating that someone at the hospital had printed the wrong label. In reality, he said, it should have read 01 of this year meaning that the vaccine was usable until the end of this month, reported Thai PBS. Health insurance plans that meet the long stay visa requirements -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-01-14 - 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

Thai police finally catch up with serial car insurance swindler - She stole millions from 100 customers Picture: Thai Rath The Thai authorities have finally caught up with a woman who swindled customers out of millions of baht in a car insurance fraud. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246705-thai-police-finally-catch-up-with-serial-car-insurance-swindler-she-stole-millions-from-100-customers/

Picture: Thai Rath The Thai authorities have finally caught up with a woman who swindled customers out of millions of baht in a car insurance fraud. Juthamas, 40, was arrested at a house in Lampho sub-district of Bang Bua Thong, Nonthaburi yesterday. She was named in a warrant issued by the Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court ain August 2021 for fraudulent practice though she was also named in seven other warrants. Back in 2018 while she was working for an insurance company she persuaded people with car insurance policies to cancel them and go with her. She offered customers benefits convincing them they would get refunds on previous policies. Believing this the customers parted with 17,000 - 20,000 baht each. Around one hundred victims gave her millions of baht and she just fled with the money constantly moving around to evade arrest, reported Thai Rath. Now she is facing the music after her arrest by the Crime Suppression Division who have handed her over to other authorities. Health insurance plans that meet the long stay visa requirements -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-01-14 - 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

Thai-Swedish couple wins over SEK 40 million in Swedish lottery by Gregers Møller The year 2022 is coming off to a good start, to say the least for Thai Wanna Isaksson and her Swedish husband Mikael after the couple recently won a total SEK 41,651,072 million lottery win in one of Sweden’s largest lotteries, Postkodlotteriet. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246703-thai-swedish-couple-wins-over-sek-40-million-in-swedish-lottery/