Country fast running out of drugs for chronic diseases

By The Nation

 

 

The Pharmaceutical Council has asked the government to build up its reserves of medicines for chronic conditions because it is expecting severe shortages within a month.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159524-country-fast-running-out-of-drugs-for-chronic-diseases/

Registration of businesses goes online to cut virus risk

By THE NATION

 

 

The Department of Business Development is shifting business certification and juristic person registration services online to reduce the risk of Covid-19 infection, according to its director-general, Vuttikrai Leewiraphan.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159527-registration-of-businesses-goes-online-to-cut-virus-risk/

 

Hospitals, police get Chinese shipment of protective equipment

By THE NATION

 

 

A shipment of personal protective equipment (PPE) imported from China to relieve shortages in Thai hospitals has been given the stamp of approval by a high-ranking police officer.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159529-hospitals-police-get-chinese-shipment-of-protective-equipment/

 

Thais endure first-ever Songkran without family or fun

By Jintana Panyaarvudh

 

The deserted street is seen at Siamsquare, which usually is crowded with tourists during a Songkran festival, after the government banned this festival amid fears of the spread of the COVID-19 in Bangkok, Thailand, April 13, 2020 REUTERS

 

The traditional family get-together for the April 13-15 Songkran holiday is extra special for Krissana Pongbhai – April 14 is also her birthday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159530-thais-endure-first-ever-songkran-without-family-or-fun/

 

Yannawa construction camp catches fire

By The Nation

 

 

A big fire engulfed a camp of construction workers near Rama III Road in Bangkok’s Yannawa district on Tuesday (April 14). There were no casualties.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159531-yannawa-construction-camp-catches-fire/

 

Checkpoints nab Grab, Food Panda delivery drivers with kratom

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Two men were caught at a checkpoint in Koh Kaew with 1.4 kilos of fresh kratom leaves. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- Officers stationed at two different checkpoints on the island today (Apr 14) nabbed food delivery drivers carrying kratom in their food bags.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159532-checkpoints-nab-grab-food-panda-delivery-drivers-with-kratom/

 

UK coronavirus death toll could be 15% higher than previously shown: new data

By Andy Bruce

 

A medical glove lies discarded in a park as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Manchester, Britain, April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s death toll from the coronavirus could run some 15% higher than official figures have indicated so far, according to broader data published on Tuesday that include deaths in the community such as in nursing homes.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159533-uk-coronavirus-death-toll-could-be-15-higher-than-previously-shown-new-data/

 

UK media regulator to assess ITV programme over 5G-coronavirus conspiracy comments

 

FILE PHOTO: A company sign is displayed outside an ITV studio in London, Britain July 27, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s media regulator Ofcom is assessing an ITV (ITV.L) programme after a presenter questioned why the mainstream media had slapped down a conspiracy theory linking the spread of the coronavirus to 5G masts.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159534-uk-media-regulator-to-assess-itv-programme-over-5g-coronavirus-conspiracy-comments/

 

India extends world's biggest lockdown as coronavirus cases cross 10,000

By Sanjeev Miglani

 

A man watches India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation on a television announcing the extension of a nationwide lockdown till May 3, to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in in New Delhi, India, April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

 

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India extended on Tuesday a nationwide lockdown for its 1.3 billion people until May 3 as its prime minister warned of economic sacrifices to save lives as the number of coronavirus cases crossed 10,000.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159535-india-extends-worlds-biggest-lockdown-as-coronavirus-cases-cross-10000/

 

Bangkok temple offering Songkran relief amid contagion

By The Nation

 

Photo Credit: Nation Photo by Korbphuk Phromrekha

 

The popular Wat Samian Nari in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district has taken measures to cut the risk of Covid-19 infection during this week’s Songkran festival.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159538-bangkok-temple-offering-songkran-relief-amid-contagion/

 

Myanmar man self-immolates after losing job

By The Nation

 

 

Police said a man from Myanmar committed suicide by setting himself on fire in Suphanburi province today (April 14) after losing his job.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159540-myanmar-man-self-immolates-after-losing-job/

 

Govt creates jobs for 300 informal workers left unemployed

By The Nation

 

Suchat Pornchaiwiseskul, director-general of DOE

 

The Department of Employment (DOE) will recruit 300 informal workers who have lost their jobs due to the Covid-19 outbreak for 45 days at a daily wage of Bt300. These people will be hired as staff assistants.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159541-govt-creates-jobs-for-300-informal-workers-left-unemployed/

 

'Mixed picture' in Europe, COVID-19 vaccine at least 12 months off: WHO

 

FILE PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 29, 2020. Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM/CDC/Handout via REUTERS.

 

GENEVA (Reuters) - The number of new cases of COVID-19 is easing in some parts of Europe, including Italy and Spain, but outbreaks are still growing in Britain and Turkey, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159543-mixed-picture-in-europe-covid-19-vaccine-at-least-12-months-off-who/

 

Thai economy could lose over $40 billion if virus crisis goes beyond second quarter

 

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the almost deserted Chinatown, one of the city's top tourist spots, in Bangkok, Thailand March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand’s economy is expected to lose 1.3 trillion baht (nearly $40 billion), almost all of it in the tourist sector, due to the initial impact of the coronavirus pandemic, a banking association said on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159544-thai-economy-could-lose-over-40-billion-if-virus-crisis-goes-beyond-second-quarter/

 

American Psycho at 20: a vicious satire that remains as sharp as ever

By Scott Tobias

 

Christian Bale in American Psycho. The final joke is that nobody seems to notice that anything is all that wrong about him. Photograph: Allstar/Universal Pictures

 

Three years after the Bret Easton Ellis novel American Psycho finally got made into a movie, after a production odyssey nearly as tortured and calamitous as its publication as a book, a documentary called The Corporation caused a mild stir among arthouse viewers and political thinkers.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159546-american-psycho-at-20-a-vicious-satire-that-remains-as-sharp-as-ever/

 

Ryan Reynolds continues his role as the ultimate online joker

BY DAN SEDDON

 

RYAN REYNOLDS / YOUTUBE

 

Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds has been up to his old tricks again, trolling Hugh Jackman on the actor's recent wedding anniversary.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159547-ryan-reynolds-continues-his-role-as-the-ultimate-online-joker/

 

Ugly Betty, 10 years on: the Noughties show that struck a blow against TV's beauty myth

 

'Ugly Betty' starred America Ferrera as Betty Suarez ( Channel 4 )

 

If the mid-Noughties television landscape had to be defined by one thing, it would probably be beautiful women.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159548-ugly-betty-10-years-on-the-noughties-show-that-struck-a-blow-against-tvs-beauty-myth/

 

Phuket Governor holds to April 30 deadline to ‘end COVID spread’

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Governor Phakaphong delivered his expectation today (Apr 14). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana today (Apr 14) maintained his goal of ending the spread of COVID in Phuket by April 30.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159570-phuket-governor-holds-to-april-30-deadline-to-‘end-covid-spread’/

 

Virus-stricken actor congratulates Lumpini boxing co-host on recovery

By THE NATION

 

 

Actor Matthew “Deane” Chanthavanij has congratulated his co-host at last month’s Lumpini Boxing Stadium event after he recovered from the Covid-19 virus he contracted along with others who attended the March 6 event.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159573-virus-stricken-actor-congratulates-lumpini-boxing-co-host-on-recovery/

 

Cuomo says if Trump ordered New York to reopen, he 'wouldn't do it'

 

FILE PHOTO: New York governor Andrew Cuomo speaks as the USNS Comfort pulls into a berth in Manhattan during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday he would not abide by any order that U.S. President Donald Trump might give to reopen his state in an unsafe manner during the coronavirus outbreak.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159574-cuomo-says-if-trump-ordered-new-york-to-reopen-he-wouldnt-do-it/

 

Coronavirus 'Great Lockdown' to shrink global economy by 3% in 2020: IMF

By David Lawder

 

FILE PHOTO: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters building is seen ahead of the IMF/World Bank spring meetings in Washington, U.S., April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The global economy is expected to shrink by 3.0% during 2020 in a stunning coronavirus-driven collapse of activity that will mark the steepest downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159575-coronavirus-great-lockdown-to-shrink-global-economy-by-3-in-2020-imf/

 

Six new Covid-19 cases in Nakhon Si Thammarat, one dead

By THE NATION

 

 

Nakhon Si Thammarat Siriphat Phatthakun said on Tuesday (April 14) that six new Covid-19 patients, one of whom has succumbed to the virus, have been found in Bang Khan district.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159577-six-new-covid-19-cases-in-nakhon-si-thammarat-one-dead/

 

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