Seven more COVID-19 cases in Phuket, including police officer: official total hits 41

By The Phuket News

 

Table showing the breakdown of coronavirus patients, tested, diagnosed and registered dead. Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET:-- Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana announced today (Mar 27) that seven new COVID-19 cases in Phuket have been confirmed, bringing the total number of officially recognised cases of people infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus in Phuket to 41.

 

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Horses die from African horse disease

By The Nation

 

 

Following the deaths of 30 horses in the Northeast region on Thursday (March 26), the Department of Livestock Development conducted an investigation and learned that the horses had had fevers, snots and breathing difficulties, but no signs of Covid-19 infection.

 

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Talaadthai rolls out pumpuang full of supplies

By The Nation

 

 

The Thai Agro Exchange (Talaadthai), backed by the Commerce Ministry’s Department of Internal Trade, is ready to roll out a caravan of grocery trucks – popularly known as pumpuang – to provision citizens during the Covid-19 crisis and discourage the stockpiling of goods.

 

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Tourist pub in Thailand turns into free kitchen for jobless due to coronavirus

By Juarawee Kittisilpa, Vorasit Satienlerk

 

Empty chairs are seen on a beach, which is usually full of tourists, amid fears of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Pattaya, Thailand, March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

PATTAYA, Thailand (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic has turned a pub in Thailand’s famed seaside resort town of Pattaya into a community kitchen serving free food for workers who have lost jobs when the global tourism industry ground to a halt.

 

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KMIT volunteers its dorms as field hospital

By THE NATION

 

 

King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang is prepared to turn its dormitories into a field hospital in the battle against Covid-18, its president said on Friday (March 27).

 

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Two charged for fake news posts of police levying B200 fines for not wearing face masks

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Police question the suspects at Wichit Police Station. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- Two people have been charged with posting online that police were stopping motorists and fining them B200 each for not wearing a face mask.

 

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Courteney Cox Is Binge-Watching Friends While In Isolation

By AMELIA WARD

 

 

Like many of us, Courteney Cox is binge-watching Friends while she's in isolation. The actor, who played Monica Geller in the long running show has revealed that although she was one sixth of the whole cast, she can't actually remember starring in it.

 

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Rihanna donates Personal Protective Equipment to New York to aid in coronavirus fight

By RACHEL MCGRATH

 

Rihanna, 32, has donated Personal Protective Equipment supplies to the state of New York where the large number of COVID-19 cases is putting enormous pressure on hospitals and medical professionals

 

She already announced she was donating $5 million through her Clare Lionel Foundation to nonprofit organizations working to support 'frontline health workers and marginalized communities' during the coronavirus pandemic.

 

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Five James Bond guns stolen from north London property

By Lucia Binding

 

One of the five firearms stolen at the Enfield property. Pic: Met Police

 

Police are appealing for information after five deactivated guns used in James Bond movies were stolen from a property in north London.

 

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Condom shortage looms after coronavirus lockdown shuts world's top producer

By Liz Lee

 

FILE PHOTO: A worker performs a test on condoms at Malaysia's Karex condom factory in Pontian, 320 km (200 miles) southeast of Kuala Lumpur November 7, 2012. Malaysia's Karex Industries is the world's largest condom maker by volume. Picture taken November 7, 2012. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad/File Photo

 

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A global shortage of condoms is looming, the world’s biggest producer said, after a coronavirus lockdown forced it to shut down production.

 

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