THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 5 Mar 2020

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Rule change for production of alcohol-based products by cosmetics makers

By The Nation

 

 

The Ministry of Public Health has recategorised alcohol-based cleaning products as cosmetics, effective March 11.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1151893-rule-change-for-production-of-alcohol-based-products-by-cosmetics-makers/

 

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Govt plans handout of 30 million masks in major cities

By THE NATION

 

Industry Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit

 

The government plans to give away 30 million reusable cloth masks to 10 million people or three per person, said Industry Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit today (March 5) after a meeting with related parties on ways to solve the problem of supply shortage amid the Covid-19 outbreak.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1151894-govt-plans-handout-of-30-million-masks-in-major-cities/

 

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Twenty-two hurt after high-speed train derails in eastern France

 

An aerial view shows a derailed high-speed TGV train operated by state-owned railway company SNCF in Ingenheim, near Strasbourg, France, in this picture released by the Prefecture du Bas-Rhin on March 5, 2020. SDIS 67 / Prefecture du Bas-Rhin via REUTERS

 

PARIS (Reuters) - A high-speed TGV train running between Strasbourg in eastern France and Paris derailed on Thursday after a land slip, injuring 22 people including one seriously, local officials said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1151895-twenty-two-hurt-after-high-speed-train-derails-in-eastern-france/

 

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Greece blocks 35,000 migrants, plans to deport arrivals after March 1

By Lefteris Papadimas, Bulent Usta

 

Migrants, who are part of a group who arrived in the previous days after crossing part of the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece, wait for an identification process before being transported to the mainland on a Greek Navy vessel from the port of Mytilene, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Elias Marcou

 

KASTANIES, Greece/EDIRNE, Turkey (Reuters) - Greece has repulsed nearly 35,000 migrants trying to cross onto its territory illegally since Turkey opened its border nearly a week ago, government sources said on Thursday, as it prepares to deport hundreds of others who made it through.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1151896-greece-blocks-35000-migrants-plans-to-deport-arrivals-after-march-1/

 

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As India coronavirus cases spike, experts daunted by prospect of South Asia spread

By Shilpa Jamkhandikar

 

FILE PHOTO: A health desk is set up to screen travelers for signs of the coronavirus at Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Agartala, India, January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey/File Photo

 

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India has ramped up the screening of travellers to keep the coronavirus at bay but a flurry of new cases has experts warning that it may be hard to contain a spread in densely populated South Asia with its generally poor medical infrastructure.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1151898-as-india-coronavirus-cases-spike-experts-daunted-by-prospect-of-south-asia-spread/

 

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TAT clarifies virus ‘risk country’ self-quarantine requirements

By The Phuket News

 

An inforgraphic posted with the notice today (Mar 5). Image: TAT

 

PHUKET:-- The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) today posted a notice to explain to the self-quarantine requirements of all visitors coming to Thailand from “risk area” countries.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1151900-tat-clarifies-virus-‘risk-country’-self-quarantine-requirements/

 

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What returning labourers can expect

By The Nation

 

 

Thai labourers returning from South Korea are being screened for symptoms of Covid-19 before and after boarding their flights and anyone suspected must stay in supervised quarantine for at least 14 days, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Thursday (March 5).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1151901-what-returning-labourers-can-expect/

 

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Planned Phuket ’airport expressway’ to cost B1.39bn per kilometre

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Attendees of the meeting to discuss Phuket’s transport and infrastructure projects at Phuket Provincial Hall yesterday (Mar 4). Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET:-- New budget figures for the proposed expressway linking Sakoo to Koh Kaew have been set at B30 billion, equating to roughly B1.4bn per kilometre for the 22.4km route – a staggering increase on the purported figures from June 2017, which estimated the project costs at approximately B5.5bn.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1151902-planned-phuket-’airport-expressway’-to-cost-b139bn-per-kilometre/

 

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Thailand begins disinfecting packages sent from abroad, despite WHO's reassurance

 

 

BANGKOK, March 5 (Reuters) - Thailand’s postal services began disinfecting all packages received from overseas on Thursday to counter the spread of the coronavirus, although the World Health Organisation has said it is safe to receive post from badly affected countries, like China.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1151907-thailand-begins-disinfecting-packages-sent-from-abroad-despite-whos-reassurance/

 

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Thailand announces compulsory quarantine for arrivals from six places

 

Postal worker disinfects packages arrived from overseas, to contain the spread of coronavirus in Bangkok, Thailand March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The Thai government on Thursday announces new compulsory quarantine measure for arrivals from four countries and two territories in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1151912-thailand-announces-compulsory-quarantine-for-arrivals-from-six-places/

 

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World Bank says Thai poverty rate increases, farm income slides

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat

 

FILE PHOTO: A worker cultivates rice plants at Sompot Tubcharoen's farm in Bangkok, Thailand August 28, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand needs to invest in education and create jobs in higher-income sectors, the World Bank said in a report on Thursday that showed a rising rate of poverty as the country's economy slowed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1151913-world-bank-says-thai-poverty-rate-increases-farm-income-slides/

 

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