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Buriram placed in LOCKDOWN in bid to stop spread of COVID-19

 

 

The governor of Buriram on Monday announced he is placing the whole province on lockdown in a bid to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153774-buriram-placed-in-lockdown-in-bid-to-stop-spread-of-covid-19/

 

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Thailand plans to close schools, bars and theatres to curb coronavirus - spokeswoman

 

Passengers wear protective masks due to the coronavirus outbreak, in a train in Bangkok, Thailand March 16, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand plans to close down schools, bars, theatres and other entertainment centres to curb the spread of coronavirus as well as to postpone next month's Thai New Year holiday to limit travel, a government spokeswoman said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153781-thailand-plans-to-close-schools-bars-and-theatres-to-curb-coronavirus-spokeswoman/

 

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Buri Ram partially locks down the province to stem COVID-19 spread

 

photo from นายธัชกร หัตถาธยากูล facebook

 

Buri Ram has become the first province in Thailand to announce a partial lockdown to restrict the spread of COVID-19.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153774-buriram-placed-in-lockdown-in-bid-to-stop-spread-of-covid-19/?do=findComment&comment=15167053

 

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Thailand confirms 33 new COVID-19 infections, 147 cases in total

 

Reuters file photo

 

Thailand confirmed 33 new coronavirus infections on Monday, taking the total number of infections reported in the country to 147.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153795-thailand-confirms-33-new-covid-19-infections-147-cases-in-total/

 

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Infected PAO chief warns people who have interacted with him 

 

Kitti Paopiamsap, chairman of the Chachoengsao PAO

 

Kitti Paopiamsap, chairman of the Chachoengsao Provincial Administration Organisation (PAO) warned people who had been in contact with him during March 6-15 to be on guard of any symptom of being infected with Covid-19 and follow the Ministry of Public Health's recommendations.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153767-chachoengsao-pao-officers-made-to-work-online-for-5-days/?do=findComment&comment=15167097

 

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Actor Matthew’s wife Lydia infected with Covid-19

By THE NATION

 

 

Sarunrat “Lydia” Visutthithada, actor Matthew “Deane” Chanthavanij’s wife, revealed on Instragram today (March 16) that she contracted Covid-19 from her husband.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153796-actor-matthew’s-wife-lydia-infected-with-covid-19/

 

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Water agencies lay down measures to deal with drought; rainy season

 

 

BANGKOK(NNT) - The Deputy Prime Minister, Gen. Prawit Wongsuwan, has attended a meeting to discuss water management in lowland areas along the Chao Phraya River, address water shortages and prepare for the rainy season this year.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153798-water-agencies-lay-down-measures-to-deal-with-drought-rainy-season/

 

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TAT launches “Better Together” video to cheer up the world

 

 

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has launched a “Better Together” video to cheer up the world during the current Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153799-tat-launches-“better-together”-video-to-cheer-up-the-world/

 

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Suvarnabhumi Airport ‘ready’ if virus situation enters third phase 

By The Nation

 

 

The Emergency Operation Centre at Suvarnabhumi Airport is ready if the Covid-19 situation deteriorates to the third phase, the centre said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153800-suvarnabhumi-airport-‘ready’-if-virus-situation-enters-third-phase/

 

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Make us ventilators to fight coronavirus, UK government asks manufacturers

 

FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a news conference addressing the government's response to the coronavirus outbreak, at Downing Street in London, Britain March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/Pool

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will ask manufacturers to retool production to start making specialist health equipment including ventilators and will look at using hotels as emergency hospitals to cope with the coronavirus outbreak.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153802-make-us-ventilators-to-fight-coronavirus-uk-government-asks-manufacturers/

 

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Coronavirus hits 'heart and soul' as New York, Los Angeles bars and theatres forced to close

 

Empty street is seen near Lincoln tunnel in Manhattan borough following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New York City, U.S., March 15, 2020. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bars, restaurants, theatres and movie houses in New York and Los Angeles were ordered to shut down to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic as central banks around the world took aggressive steps to cushion the economic impact of the disease.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153806-coronavirus-hits-heart-and-soul-as-new-york-los-angeles-bars-and-theatres-forced-to-close/

 

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Spain plans extension of coronavirus state of emergency, mulls border shutdown

By Emma Pinedo, Nathan Allen

 

Commuters stand in a subway car at an almost empty Atocha train station at rush hour during partial lockdown as part of a 15-day state of emergency to combat the coronavirus disease outbreak in Madrid, Spain March 16, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Perez?

 

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish ministers said on Monday that a state of emergency over the coronavirus which has shut down much of the country will have to be extended beyond an initial 15-day period, and the government was also considering closing borders.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153807-spain-plans-extension-of-coronavirus-state-of-emergency-mulls-border-shutdown/

 

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Work-at-home trend becoming more popular amid Covid-19 crisis

By The Nation

 

 

Various business organisations are allowing their staff to work at home in a bid to tackle the Covid-19 spread by using online tools from leading service providers and social media platforms such as Cisco Systems, Huawei, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Nutanix, IBM, and Line.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153810-work-at-home-trend-becoming-more-popular-amid-covid-19-crisis/

 

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Covid-19 stays in second phase, says Wissanu

By The Nation

 

Deputy PM Wissanu Krea-ngam

 

Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said on Monday (March 16) that the Covid -19 outbreak in Thailand remained in the second phase.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153813-covid-19-stays-in-second-phase-says-wissanu/

 

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33 new Covid-19 cases in Thailand

By The Nation

 

 

The number of new confirmed Covid-19 cases has risen by 33 – the highest number in a single day, Public Health Ministry spokesman Dr Rungruang Kitphati said today (March 16) at Government House.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153795-thailand-confirms-33-new-covid-19-infections-147-cases-in-total/

 

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7th Heaven star Lorenzo Brino dies aged 21 in car accident

By Alicia Adejobi

 

Loreno Brino has died at the age of 21 (Picture: Lorenzo Brino, Twitter)

 

7th Heaven star Lorenzo Brino has tragically died at the age of 21, it has been confirmed.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153823-7th-heaven-star-lorenzo-brino-dies-aged-21-in-car-accident/

 

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Hilary Duff SLAMS 'millennial a**holes' for still going out partying amid social distancing recommendation for COVID-19

By KEVIN KAYHART

 

Tough talk! Hilary Duff took to Instram to direct some tough words at her fellow millennials amid the coronavirus pandemic

 

With no end in sight to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, health officials have been recommending that people practice social distancing. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153826-hilary-duff-slams-millennial-aholes-for-still-going-out-partying-amid-social-distancing-recommendation-for-covid-19/

 

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The Painted Bird: 'My film isn't depraved. It's truthful'

By Steve Rose

 

‘With children, you must say: it’s a game, it’s not real – again and again’ … nine-year-old Petr Kotlár. Photograph: Jan Dobrovský

 

It is not often a three-hour, black-and-white Czech film makes headlines in the British tabloids, but The Painted Bird earned that dubious honour last year.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153828-the-painted-bird-my-film-isnt-depraved-its-truthful/

 

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Buriram goes on full alert to ward off Covid-19 infections

By THE NATION

 

 

The Buriram governor announced the province is on full alert in an attempt to keep Covid-19 from spreading, with Buriram United president Newin Chidchob posting the announcement on his Facebook page today (March 16).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153774-buriram-placed-in-lockdown-in-bid-to-stop-spread-of-covid-19/?do=findComment&comment=15167943

 

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Arrivals from Malaysia being scanned at Sadao border checkpoint

By THE NATION

 

 

Public health officials and immigration police have been using thermoscans to check the temperature of people arriving from Malaysia at the Sadao border checkpoint in Songkhla province amid the Covid-19 outbreak.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153832-arrivals-from-malaysia-being-scanned-at-sadao-border-checkpoint/

 

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Phuket tourism heavyweights slam government handling of COVID-19, call for overhaul

By The Phuket News

 

A thermoscan camera is set up at one of the terminal entrances at Phuket International Airport. Photo: AoT

 

PHUKET:-- Nine major Phuket tourism business associations have publicly posted a list of “suggestions” for the government to follow in its response to contain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, including establishing a non-government command centre and having journalists releasing information to the public, not government agencies.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153833-phuket-tourism-heavyweights-slam-government-handling-of-covid-19-call-for-overhaul/

 

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Anger mounts over UK government's decision to keep schools open

By Estelle Shirbon, Elizabeth Howcroft

 

Protesters from organization "Pause the System" wearing hazmat suits demonstrate against government's response to the coronavirus crisis, outside Downing Street in London, Britain March 16, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced a backlash on Monday over his decision to keep schools open, with angry parents keeping their children at home and complaining that other countries were doing more to stop the spread of coronavirus.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153834-anger-mounts-over-uk-governments-decision-to-keep-schools-open/

 

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Coronavirus may be slowing in Italy's worst hit region - governor

 

 

MILAN (Reuters) - Lombardy, the northern Italian region that has suffered the biggest hit from Europe’s worst coronavirus outbreak, is showing the first signs of a possible slowdown in contagion, its governor said on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153835-coronavirus-may-be-slowing-in-italys-worst-hit-region-governor/

 

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