THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Monday 9 Mar 2020

[webfact]

China reports zero locally transmitted coronavirus cases outside Hubei

 

FILE PHOTO: Community workers in protective suits disinfect a residential compound in Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, Hubei province, China March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - Mainland China outside Hubei reported no new locally transmitted cases of coronavirus on Sunday for the second straight day, while 36 were reported in Wuhan, officials said Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152427-china-reports-zero-locally-transmitted-coronavirus-cases-outside-hubei/

 

[webfact]

Coronavirus may force Americans to avoid crowds and cancel cruises, health official warns

By Susan Cornwell and Nathan Layne

 

A group of people carrying medical scrubs arrive at the Life Care Center of Kirkland, a long-term care facility linked to several confirmed coronavirus cases, in Kirkland, Washington, U.S. March 8, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson

 

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans, especially those who are vulnerable, may need to stop attending big gatherings as the coronavirus spreads through U.S. communities, a top health official said on Sunday, as investors braced for another volatile week in financial markets.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152428-coronavirus-may-force-americans-to-avoid-crowds-and-cancel-cruises-health-official-warns/

 

[webfact]

Covid-19: Major Thai bank stops exchanging foreign money

 

 

One of Thailand's largest banks has announced they have shut all their in branch and foreign exchange booths immediately. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152431-covid-19-major-thai-bank-stops-exchanging-foreign-money/

 

[webfact]

North Korea fires three projectiles into sea, South Korea says

 

FILE PHOTO - A North Korean flag flutters on top of the 160-metre tall tower at North Korea's propaganda village of Gijungdong, in this picture taken from Tae Sung freedom village near the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), inside the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, South Korea, September 30, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Picture

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired three unidentified projectiles off its eastern coast on Monday, a week after firing two short-range missiles, South Korea's military said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152437-north-korea-fires-three-projectiles-into-sea-south-korea-says/

 

[webfact]

Covid-19: Pattaya will survive Songkran ban as hotelier suggests they'll do their own thing

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

A leading hotelier has said that the cancellation of many events including Songkran in Pattaya will surely have an impact on the hotel business but adjustments can be made to make the best of it.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152438-covid-19-pattaya-will-survive-songkran-ban-as-hotelier-suggests-theyll-do-their-own-thing/

 

[webfact]

Britain's senior royals set for last big get together before Harry and Meghan's exit

By Sarah Mills

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles, Prince Harry, Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, along with other members of the British royal family, watch as the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team Red Arrows performs a flypast during Trooping the Colour parade in London, Britain June 8, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's senior royals will come together on Monday for what is expected to be the last family gathering before Prince Harry and his wife Meghan set off on a new career path.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152440-britains-senior-royals-set-for-last-big-get-together-before-harry-and-meghans-exit/

 

[webfact]

Pattaya: Mother dumps two mixed parentage children at apartment and disappears

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

The maid at an apartment complex on South Pattaya told the Thai media that on Wednesday at 3 am in the morning a 25-30 year old woman had arrived at the building asking to rent a room. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152443-pattaya-mother-dumps-two-mixed-parentage-children-at-apartment-and-disappears/

 

[webfact]

Covid-19: More fake news - foreigner who died in Phetchaburi had heart condition not virus

 

File photo

 

The governor of Phetchaburi province has asked the public and the media not to spread fake news after a 60 year old European who died in Khao Yoi Hospital.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152446-covid-19-more-fake-news-foreigner-who-died-in-phetchaburi-had-heart-condition-not-virus/

[webfact]

Fake bills! Market traders make citizens' arrest of 'counterfeit' gang Pakistanis working with Thai women

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Klong Luang police in Pathum Thani north of Bangkok were called after several male and female market traders made a citizens' arrest of two Pakistani men.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152448-fake-bills-market-traders-make-citizens-arrest-of-counterfeit-gang-pakistanis-working-with-thai-women/

 

[webfact]

Nongprue testing quality of private water sources

Nongprue engineers continue to test privately owned ponds and lakes to use as backups if the Pattaya area’s main reservoirs run dry.

 

PATTAYA:--Nongprue engineers continue to test privately owned ponds and lakes to use as backups if the Pattaya area’s main reservoirs run dry.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152445-nongprue-testing-quality-of-private-water-sources/

 

[webfact]

Police arrest abusive father who kicked his own child in an effort to reconcile with mother

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Police in Chainat in central Thailand said they had arrested a 32 year old man who was caught on camera yanking and kicking his own three year old son at a factory. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152452-police-arrest-abusive-father-who-kicked-his-own-child-in-an-effort-to-reconcile-with-mother/

 

[webfact]

Returnees from Covid-19 high-risk countries 'should not rush to a hospital'

By THE NATION

 

(Representative Image)

 

A doctor from Chulalongkorn Hospital has advised people who have just returned from countries at high risk of Covid-19 infection to refrain from going to a hospital right away unless they display symptoms of the new coronavirus pneumonia.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152456-returnees-from-covid-19-high-risk-countries-should-not-rush-to-a-hospital/

 

[webfact]

VIDEO: Dramatic moment cabin crew restrain passenger who deliberately COUGHED at them

 

video screenshot

 

A dramatic video purports to show the moment cabin crew tackle a passenger who deliberately coughed at them.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152460-video-dramatic-moment-cabin-crew-restrain-passenger-who-deliberately-coughed-at-them/

 

[webfact]

Pattaya: Cops involved in abduction and extortion of couple "will not be protected, face full consequences"

 

 

The RTP's national spokesman said that police chief General Chakthip Chaijinda stressed that police in Pattaya involved in an extortion case must face what is coming to them.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152462-pattaya-cops-involved-in-abduction-and-extortion-of-couple-will-not-be-protected-face-full-consequences/

 

[webfact]

Strict measures imposed on airlines flying in from high-risk places

By THE NATION

 

 

The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) has made it mandatory for air operators from countries and territories announced as high risk for Covid-19 infection to take strict measures to prevent the spread of the virus, according to an announcement on Sunday (March 8).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152464-strict-measures-imposed-on-airlines-flying-in-from-high-risk-places/

 

[webfact]

Revealed: Quarantine facilities that await Thailand's "Little Ghosts"

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Thai media had revealed the kind of facilities and arrangements that await the so called "Little Ghosts" coming back from countries severely affected by the Covid-19 outbreak. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152469-revealed-quarantine-facilities-that-await-thailands-little-ghosts/

 

[webfact]

Charges to be pressed as DSI investigates pool resort built in protected Phuket forest

By Khunanya Wanchanwet

 

Officers from the Royal Forest Department (RFD) and the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) inspected the site, in the hills overlapping the boundaries of Wichit and Chalong, last week. Photo: RFD

 

PHUKET: Paisarn Noopichai, Director of the Phuket office of the Royal Forest Department (RFD), has confirmed to The Phuket News that a formal complaint has been filed with the police to press charges over 200 rai of protected forest being cleared to make way for construction of a small pool resort.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152471-charges-to-be-pressed-as-dsi-investigates-pool-resort-built-in-protected-phuket-forest/

 

[webfact]

Overheating! Family escape inferno as their car bursts into flames

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Fire and rescue services were called to the Lopburi to Ban Mee Road in central Thailand yesterday evening after an Isuzu van burst into flames.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152474-overheating-family-escape-inferno-as-their-car-bursts-into-flames/

 

[webfact]

Bodies of missing father and son found off Phuket’s east coast

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The Navy began their search for the missing pair on Saturday (Mar 7). Photo: Royal Thai Navy

 

PHUKET: The bodies of a 61-year-old man and his 4-year-old son who disappeared on Friday while on a trip to Koh Tapao Noi, off Phuket’s east coast, were found by Navy search teams yesterday (Mar 8).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152477-bodies-of-missing-father-and-son-found-off-phuket’s-east-coast/

 

[webfact]

Tourists from ‘high risk’ countries asked to consider postponing travel to Thailand

 

FILE PHOTO: Passengers wearing masks are seen at the terminal hall of the Beijing Capital International Airport, in Beijing, China January 23, 2020. REUTERS/Martin Pollard

 

Foreign tourists from so called ‘high risk’ countries have been asked to consider postponing their travel to Thailand as the country continues to try and contain the spread of the coronavirus, known as COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152479-tourists-from-‘high-risk’-countries-asked-to-consider-postponing-travel-to-thailand/

 

[webfact]

Immigration smart cars! Now they come for the Thais!

 

 

Thailand's infamous BMW smart cars - used repeatedly in busting foreigners - have now been turned on the Thais. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152481-immigration-smart-cars-now-they-come-for-the-thais/

 

[webfact]

Deputy minister denies role in hoarding of face masks for sale to China

By The Nation

 

Thamanat Prompow

 

Deputy Agriculture Minister Thamanat Prompow on Monday denied involvement in the hoarding of 200 million units of face masks for sale to Chinese traders.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152482-deputy-minister-denies-role-in-hoarding-of-face-masks-for-sale-to-china/

 

[webfact]

Oil plunges about 30% after Saudi Arabia slashes prices, opens taps

Aaron Sheldrick

 

FILE PHOTO: Pump jacks operate at sunset in Midland, Texas, U.S., February 11, 2019. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil fell by the most since 1991 on Monday after Saudi Arabia started a price war with Russia by slashing its selling prices and pledging to unleash its pent-up supply onto a market reeling from falling demand because of the coronavirus outbreak.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152485-oil-plunges-about-30-after-saudi-arabia-slashes-prices-opens-taps/

 

[webfact]

Another 44 Thai labourers arrive from S Korea, all pass initial health check

By The Nation

 

 

An additional 44 Thai workers residing in South Korea returned to Thailand via Suvarnabumi Airport today (March 9), the Public Health Ministry said. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152496-another-44-thai-labourers-arrive-from-s-korea-all-pass-initial-health-check/

 

[webfact]

Drugstores will get 25,000 masks a day, DIT insists

By The Nation

 

 

The Department of Internal Trade (DIT) has confirmed that drugstores will definitely receive 25,000 face masks a day after the stores claimed they have not received any.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152497-drugstores-will-get-25000-masks-a-day-dit-insists/

 

[webfact]

Thais who worked abroad illegally banned from overseas travel

By THE NATION

 

Chatu Mongol Sonakul

 

Labour Minister Chatu Mongol Sonakul, has ordered relevant officials to suspend overseas trips of those who possibly go abroad to work illegally.

 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152500-thais-who-worked-abroad-illegally-banned-from-overseas-travel/

 

 

 

[webfact]

Chon Buri police search house of man alleged to be hoarding masks for sale to China

By The Nation

 

 

Nongprue police in Chon Buri today (March 9) searched a house of one Sornsuwee Puraweerassawach, who allegedly hoarded millions of face masks to export to China.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152503-chon-buri-police-search-house-of-man-alleged-to-be-hoarding-masks-for-sale-to-china/

 

[webfact]

Alcohol manufacturers’ help sought in plan to make hand-cleaning products

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

Officials asked manufacturers to donate 300,000 litres of alcohol for cleaning products, which will be distributed nationwide for free, said Excise Department director-general Patchara Anuntasilpa. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152509-alcohol-manufacturers’-help-sought-in-plan-to-make-hand-cleaning-products/

 

[webfact]

Thailand heading towards recession as Covid-19 ravages world economy

By The Nation

 

People queue up to buy eggs, face masks and other necessities provided by the Commerce Ministry's mobile unit in front of a Big C store in the Saphan Khwai area on Sunday. Face mask stocks are in short supply due to high demand, driven by public panic about the Covid-19 virus spreading. Nation Photo/ Kunlaphun Siripimamporn.

 

Thailand will fall into an economic recession in the first half of this year and the middle- and lower-income groups will be hard hit, an economist has warned.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152512-thailand-heading-towards-recession-as-covid-19-ravages-world-economy/

 

[webfact]

Tesco agrees sale of businesses in Thailand, Malaysia for $10.6 billion to CP group

 

FILE PHOTO: A view of the entrance to a Tesco Lotus retail shop in Bangkok, Thailand, January 18, 2020. REUTERS/Chayut Setboonsarng

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's biggest retailer Tesco <TSCO.L> said on Monday it will return $6.6 billion (5 billion pounds) to shareholders after agreeing to sell its businesses in Thailand and Malaysia to Charoen Pokphand Group for an enterprise value of $10.6 billion.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1152514-tesco-agrees-sale-of-businesses-in-thailand-malaysia-for-106-billion-to-cp-group/