World's biggest water fight cancelled as Thailand combats coronavirus

 

A woman wears a face mask as she sits outside during a service at The Holy Redeemer Church as they celebrate Catholic Easter, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand, April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thais will have to find another way to cool off this year after the government called off the annual water festival that celebrates the Buddhist New Year to curb the outbreak of the new coronavirus.

 

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Finance Ministry clarifies 5,000-baht monthly cash handout issue

 

 

BANGKOK(NNT)-The Ministry of Finance has so far given financial aid of 5,000 baht a month to some 1.6 million workers nationwide, to ease the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. Registrants have received an SMS message regarding their eligibility for the government’s financial assistance. Some have received an SMS notification saying they are ineligible, because they are farmers. The issue has raised several questions, since they are not farmers.

 

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Only seven groups of people can travel during the curfew

 

 

BANGKOK(NNT)-According to the third clause of the Emergency Decree issued on April 10, 2020, there are seven groups of people who can travel during the curfew from 10 p.m. until 4 a.m. as follows:

 

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Local German news agency praises Thailand for efficiently coping with COVID-19

 

 

BANGKOK(NNT)-A German news agency has praised the Thai government’s measures to cope with COVID-19 saying that the German government should learn from the Thai government, while adding that even in small provinces of Thailand, the COVID-19 preventive measures are stricter than those of Berlin, Germany.

 

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Exclusive: South Korea set to ship coronavirus testing kits to U.S. - source

By Hyonhee Shin, Sangmi Cha

 

FILE PHOTO: A medical staff member in protective gear prepares to take samples from a visitor at a 'drive-thru' testing center for the novel coronavirus disease of COVID-19 in Yeungnam University Medical Center in Daegu, South Korea, March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea plans to send kits designed to run up to 600,000 coronavirus tests to the United States on Tuesday after an appeal from U.S. President Donald Trump, a Seoul official said.

 

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China denies city discriminating against 'African brothers'

 

FILE PHOTO: Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian attends a news conference in Beijing, China April 8, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - China dismissed on Monday allegations leveled by African and U.S. diplomats that foreigners of African appearance in the city of Guangzhou were being subjected to forceful testing for coronavirus, quarantine and ill treatment.

 

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As death toll soars, UK finance minister warns economy could shrink by 30%: report

By Estelle Shirbon

 

An ambulance is seen outside the NHS Nightingale Hospital at the Excel Centre in London, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 13, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s finance minister has told colleagues the economy could shrink by up to 30% this quarter because of the coronavirus lockdown, a newspaper reported, as the soaring death toll gave little hope restrictions would soon be lifted.

 

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South Korea reports more recovered coronavirus patients testing positive again

By Josh Smith

 

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows an outdoor gym which has been cordoned off as part of efforts to avoid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Seoul, South Korea, April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reported on Monday that at least 116 people initially cleared of the new coronavirus had tested positive again, although officials suggested they would soon look at easing strict recommendations aimed at preventing new outbreaks.

 

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Spain loosens coronavirus lockdown, death toll passes 17,000 but pace slows

By Jose Elías Rodríguez, Nathan Allen

 

A man tries to put on a protective face mask as he walks out of a subway station during the lockdown amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain, April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Susana Vera

 

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain, one of the countries worst hit by the global coronavirus epidemic, on Monday started to ease tough lockdown restrictions that have kept people confined to their homes for more than a month and put a brake on economic activity.

 

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Phuket lockdown checkpoints back up as people hit the roads

By The Phuket News

 

Traffic backs up as people try to pass a checkpoint in Phuket earlier today (Apr 13). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub)

 

PHUKET:-- After the quietest start to Songkran in living memory, people today started arriving at checkpoints in the hope of being allowed through on the first day of the two-week “lockdown” order by the Phuket Governor.

 

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Virus kills party mood in Khon Kaen

By THE NATION

 

 

An unseasonal hush fell over Khon Kaen province on Monday (April 13), as the usually raucous Songkran celebrations fell victim to Covid-19 containment measures.

 

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Delivery firms put work on hold as Phuket closes district borders

By THE NATION

 

 

Logistics companies Flash Express and Best Express have announced that they will not be making deliveries to and from Phuket, while Kerry Express has said it will only deliver in specific areas because many districts have been closed in a move to prevent Covid-19 spreading.

 

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Exercise outdoors permitted during lockdown, confirms Phuket health chief

By The Phuket News

 

A notice by the Ministry of Public Health showing that exercise outside is allowed during the COVID-19 situation, as long as all the health regulations are followed. Image: MoPH

 

PHUKET:-- People are allowed to exercise in public, such as jogging and cycling, during the current lockdown across the island as along as they obey all the regulations involved, the Chief of the Phuket Public Health Office (PPHO) has confirmed.

 

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Pharrell William's Happy is most played song of the decade

By Bethany Minelle

 

Justin Timberlake, Adele and Pharell Williams are behind some of the most-played tracks of the 2010s

 

When Pharrell Williams wrote the worldwide hit Happy, he couldn't have imagined that people would be using it to help wash their hands amid the coronavirus outbreak seven years later.

 

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Tom Hanks attempts a dodgy Australian accent as he jokes about his coronavirus diagnosis

By JOSHUA FOX

 

He's back! Tom Hanks reflected on his COVID-19 diagnosis and recovery in Australia last month during his opening monologue on Saturday Night Live over the weekend

 

Tom Hanks reflected on his COVID-19 diagnosis and recovery in Australia last month during his opening monologue on Saturday Night Live over the weekend.

 

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The Who Wants to be a Millionaire? cheating scandal – what really happened?

By Cal Revely-calder

 

Charles Ingram faces his £500,000 question, during which evidence of cheating became overwhelming CREDIT: PA

 

Tonight sees the first episode of Quiz, the ITV drama about how Charles Ingram, the “coughing Major”, won £1 million on the show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in 2001, then was exposed as a cheat and lost it all.

 

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