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Pattaya: Dozens of foreigners flouting virus regulations getting drunk in a bar - owners arrested

 

 

Pattaya Update News reported that police and local officials were out on Thursday evening enforcing the Chonburi governor's ban on the opening of entertainment places.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154524-pattaya-dozens-of-foreigners-flouting-virus-regulations-getting-drunk-in-a-bar-owners-arrested/

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Thailand to tighten entry rules for all nationalities in virus fight

 

A health worker sprays disinfectant due to the coronavirus outbreak at inside Wat Suthat Thepwararam temple in Bangkok, Thailand March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will introduce new measures requiring all travellers to the country to present medical certificates and health insurance before gaining entry in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154510-thailand-to-tighten-entry-rules-for-all-nationalities-in-virus-fight/

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Patong COVID shutdown costing B100mn a day: PEBA President

By Khunanya Wanchanwet

 

a lone tourist walks past the end of Bangla Rd near Patong Beach yesterday (Mar 18). photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

PHUKET--: Weerawit Kreuasombat, President of the Patong Entertainment Business Association (PEBA), has estimated that the forced 14-day shutdown of entertainment venues in Patong to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus is costing the island an estimated B100 million a day in lost revenues.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154503-patong-covid-shutdown-costing-b100mn-a-day-peba-president/

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Health certificate, insurance required from passengers bound for Thailand

By THE NATION

 

 

The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) will require all airlines with flights bound for Thailand to ask their passengers, regardless of their nationalities, for medical certificates, said Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob today (March 19), adding that airlines' staffs should decline to issue tickets and boarding passes to those who fail to do so.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154510-thailand-to-tighten-entry-rules-for-all-nationalities-in-virus-fight/?do=findComment&comment=15182283

 

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BCPG gives staff Covid-19 insurance

By THE NATION

 

Bundit Sapianchai

 

Energy corporation BCPG has insured all of its employees against Covid-19 infection, president Bundit Sapianchai said on Thursday (March 19).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154548-energy-corporation-bcpg-gives-staff-covid-19-insurance/

 

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PM warns governors to enforce strict measures to contain virus spread or face transfer

 

This handout photo taken and released on March 17, 2020 by the Royal Thai Government Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha (L) wearing a facemask amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus next to Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul (2nd R) as he speaks at a cabinet meeting in Bangkok. (Photo by Handout / ROYAL THAI GOVERNMENT / AFP) 

 

All Thailand’s provincial governors have been told to file daily reports, on the enforcement of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19, to the Committee Managing the COVID-19 Situation, headed by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154549-pm-prayut-warns-governors-to-enforce-strict-measures-to-contain-virus-spread-or-face-transfer/

 

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Five over-charging face mask traders jailed for between 6 to 18 months

 

 

Five traders, who inflated the prices of face masks, were sentenced by the Criminal Court to time in prison.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154550-five-over-charging-face-mask-traders-jailed-for-between-6-to-18-months/

 

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Natcha from Phuket crowned Miss Hooters Thailand 2020

By The Thaiger

 

PHOTO: Hooters International

 

Meanwhile, somewhere in Phuket…

 

Beauty Pageant was recently held at Hooters Pattaya, for the fifth year running. This is event is one of Hooters biggest events that attracts audiences from across the world. Khun Ekasit Ngampichet, President of Pattaya Business and Tourism Association, came to give an opening speech and wished Hooters Asia for every success in helping together to promote Pattaya’s tourism industry.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154551-natcha-from-phuket-crowned-miss-hooters-thailand-2020/

 

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Italy passes China's coronavirus death toll, prepares to extend lockdown

By James Mackenzie and Crispian Balmer

 

FILE PHOTO: General view of a man in a street wearing a protective face mask in Sorrento as Italy remains under a nationwide lockdown in a government decree that orders Italians to stay at home, in Sorrento, Italy, March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca

 

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's death toll from coronavirus overtook that of China, where the virus first emerged, on Thursday as hospitals said they were being overwhelmed and the government prepared to prolong emergency lockdown measures.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154553-italy-passes-chinas-coronavirus-death-toll-prepares-to-extend-lockdown/

 

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UK can turn the tide against virus in next 12 weeks - PM Johnson

 

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a news conference on the ongoing situation with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in London, Britain March 18, 2020. Eddie Mulholland/Pool via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that Britain can turn the tide against the coronavirus outbreak within the next 12 weeks and eventually "send it packing".

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154555-uk-can-turn-the-tide-against-virus-in-next-12-weeks-pm-johnson/

 

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Potential coronavirus treatment touted by Trump already in shortage -pharmacists

By Michael Erman

 

U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions during the coronavirus response daily briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An old malaria treatment that has been tried with some success against the new coronavirus and was touted by U.S. President Donald Trump at a news briefing earlier on Thursday is in short supply as demand surges amid the fast-spreading outbreak.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154556-potential-coronavirus-treatment-touted-by-trump-already-in-shortage-pharmacists/

 

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Premier League extends shutdown with end-date left open

By Simon Evans

 

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Manchester United v Watford - Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain - February 23, 2020 General view of a match ball held by Manchester United's David de Gea during the warm up before the match Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith

 

(Reuters) - English soccer will be suspended until at least April 30 due to the coronavirus crisis, but the current season can be extended indefinitely, the English game's governing bodies said in a joint statement on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154562-premier league extends shutdown with end-date left open/

 

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Exclusive: Trump cancels G7 at Camp David over coronavirus, to hold videoconference instead

By Jeff Mason

 

U.S. President Donald Trump attends a teleconference with governors to discuss partnerships to ?prepare, mitigate and respond to COVID-19" at the headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) amid coronavirus fears, in Washington, U.S. March 19, 2020. Evan Vucci/Pool via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will cancel an in-person meeting of G7 leaders at Camp David in June because of the coronavirus and will hold a videoconference instead, the White House said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154565-exclusive-trump-cancels-g7-at-camp-david-over-coronavirus-to-hold-videoconference-instead/

 

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Bavaria head more popular than Merkel in midst of coronavirus crisis

 

FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Bavarian State Premier Markus Soeder leave after a news conference after a meeting with federal state leaders at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - The premier of the southern state of Bavaria, Markus Soeder, is Germany's most popular politician, a poll showed on Friday, boosting his chances of standing as the conservative chancellor candidate in the next election and succeeding Angela Merkel.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154566-bavaria-head-more-popular-than-merkel-in-midst-of-coronavirus-crisis/

 

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'How did things end up like this?' America's newly unemployed grapple with coronavirus fallout

By Barbara Goldberg, Nate Raymond, Jessica Resnick-Ault and Lucy Nicholson

 

FILE PHOTO: Raul Gonzalez, Jr., 53 stacks chairs at his Mambos Cuban restaurant, which is being forced to close after 32 years, due to the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Glendale, California, U.S., March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

 

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Across the United States, thousands of waiters, cooks, hotel staff, actors, bartenders and workers in other sectors have suddenly found themselves unemployed as the coronavirus pandemic has scythed through the world's biggest economy.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154567-how-did-things-end-up-like-this-americas-newly-unemployed-grapple-with-coronavirus-fallout/

 

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Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley leaves Boeing board, opposing federal aid

 

United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council about the situation in Crimea at U.N. Headquarters in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 26, 2018. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

 

(Reuters) - Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley has resigned from Boeing Co's board after opposing its bid for government financial assistance due to the crisis caused by the coronavirus outbreak.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154569-former-un-ambassador-nikki-haley-leaves-boeing-board-opposing-federal-aid/

 

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India to halt international flights; Modi urges citizens to stay home as virus spreads

By Zeba Siddiqui and Waruna Karunatilake

 

Commuters are stopped by security force personnel after the government imposed restriction on movement as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Srinagar March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Ismail

 

NEW DELHI/COLOMBO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to citizens to stay home and avoid panic buying, even as India outlined plans to halt all international flights and rushed to stem the spread of coronavirus cases in the country.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154574-india to-halt-international-flights-modi-urges-citizens-to-stay-home-as-virus-spreads/

 

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Chonburi: Six cases of coronavirus - hundreds under observation, says governor

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The Chonburi governor said Thursday that six people in the province had tested positive for coronavirus. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154576-chonburi-six-cases-of-coronavirus-hundreds-under-observation-says-governor/

 

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Trump says he would support government taking stake in certain companies

By Alexandra Alper

 

U.S. President Donald Trump stands with members of the administration's coronavirus task force as he addresses the coronavirus response daily briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Thursday opened the door to a radical shift in the U.S. government's relationship to private industry as the coronavirus outbreak upends the nation's economy, saying he would back the government taking stakes in certain companies.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154582-trump-says-he-would-support-government-taking-stake-in-certain-companies/

 

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Hua Hin: Beer bars close for 14 days - infected Chinese footballer stayed at "well known" hotel

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

It has been revealed that a professional Brazilian football striker with a Chinese team who stayed at a Hua Hin hotel with teammates has tested positive for coronavirus. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154586-hua-hin-beer-bars-close-for-14-days-infected-chinese-footballer-stayed-at-well-known-hotel/

 

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Pattaya entertainment: Authorities will prosecute anyone who flouts closure order

 

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The Bang Lamung district chief said yesterday that any entertainment establishment that defies the coronavirus closure order will be prosecuted.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154590-pattaya-entertainment-authorities-will-prosecute-anyone-who-flouts-closure-order/

 

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Fighting the virus: Well known boxing presenter says he's more sorry for those he infected than himself

 

 

Matthew Deane - the celebrity boxing presenter who has come down with coronavirus has described his symptoms in a video from his hospital bed. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154591-fighting-the-virus-well-known-boxing-presenter-says-hes-more-sorry-for-those-he-infected-than-himself/

 

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California governor issues sweeping statewide 'stay at home' order over coronavirus

By Dan Whitcomb and Steve Gorman

 

FILE PHOTO: California governor Gavin Newsom speaks at a news conference as he signs SB 113, which will enable the transfer of $331million in state funds to the National Mortgage Special Deposit Fund in San Diego, California, U.S. October 9, 2019. REUTERS/ Mike Blake

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California's governor on Thursday issued an unprecedented statewide "stay at home order" directing the state's 40 million residents to hunker down in their homes for the foreseeable future in the face of the fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154595-california-governor-issues-sweeping-statewide-stay-at-home-order-over-coronavirus/

 

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Boxing stadium that spawned numerous Covid-19 cases gets disinfected

By THE NATION

 

 

Lumphini Boxing Stadium, from where many people got infected with the new coronavirus (Covid-19), was sprayed with disinfectants at dawn on Friday (March 20).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154599-photos-boxing-stadium-that-spawned-numerous-covid-19-cases-gets-disinfected/

 

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Ranong: Visa runners swamping southern town after Malaysia closed border

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Thai media reported that the border area between Thailand and Myanmar at Ranong was being swamped by visa running foreigners. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154601-ranong-visa-runners-swamping-southern-town-after-malaysia-closed-border/

 

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First cases of Covid-19 announced in Phuket

By The Thaiger

 

PHOTO: Screenshot from Phuket Andaman News

 

The Phuket Provincial Office has this morning told reporters that there are 5 cases of Covid-19 in Phuket. The confirmation has been reported by The Southern News, Phuket People’s Voice , Phuket Andaman News and Newshawk Phuket. Before today the Phuket Governor has not announced any cases on the island.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154604-first-cases-of-covid-19-announced-in-phuket/

 

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Hua Hin and the virus: Thai TV report just one tenth of Europeans left in resort

 

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Thai Channel 7 TV news reported yesterday that less than 1,000 Europeans remained in Hua Hin - down from 10,000.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154605-hua-hin-and-the-virus-thai-tv-report-just-one-tenth-of-europeans-left-in-resort/

 

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Covid-19: Navy beaches all shut in Sattahip

 

 

The Royal Thai Navy announced yesterday that they were shutting all their beaches in Sattahip until further notice.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154607-covid-19-navy-beaches-all-shut-in-sattahip/

 

 

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Pattaya: Thai media reports it's deserted - businesses complying with closure order but beach has many people, they claim

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

77kaoded reported that Pattaya was devoid of lights and sounds. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154610-pattaya-thai-media-reports-its-deserted-businesses-complying-with-closure-order-but-beach-has-many-people-they-claim/

 

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Private companies operating on reserves as incomes nosedive: survey

By THE NATION

 

 

The incomes of private companies have plummeted by up to 50 per cent due to the impact of the new coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, a survey showed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1154613-private-companies-operating-on-reserves-as-incomes-nosedive-survey/