Aviation authority extends ban on flights until April 30

By THE NATION

 

 

The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) on Wednesday (April 15) decided to further extend the ban on passenger flights to the Kingdom from 00.01am of April 19 to 11.59pm of April 30.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159651-civil-aviation-authority-of-thailand-extends-ban-on-flights-until-april-30/

 

Registration opens on April 15 for return of water deposits

By THE NATION

 

 

Water users can register from 8am on Wednesday (April 15) for return of their water deposits.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159655-registration-opens-on-april-15-for-return-of-water-deposits/

 

Governor exempts five hotels to receive new guests

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The Dara Hotel is one of five hotels now allowed to receive guests, namely tourists now without accommodation. Photo: Dara Hotel Phuket

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Governor has announced five hotels where any tourists stranded in Phuket due to the COVID-19 crisis may stay at fixed rates.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159659-phuket-governor-exempts-five-hotels-to-receive-new-guests/

 

UPDATE:

 

Thailand extends ban on passenger flights until end-April

 

FILE PHOTO: Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport is seen almost empty as Thailand temporarily banned all passenger flights from landing in the country to curb the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Thailand, April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has extended a ban on incoming passenger flights until the end of April in a bid to curb the coronavirus outbreak, the country's aviation body said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159651-civil-aviation-authority-of-thailand-extends-ban-on-flights-until-april-30/?do=findComment&comment=15297214

 

 

Water supply outage to affect Patong, Karon, Kata

By The Phuket News

 

High areas in Patong, Karon and Lata will be affected while the work is carried out. Image: PWA

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA) has announced that the mains water supply to parts of Patong, Karon and Kata will be affected from Apr 20 to 28 as repairs are made to a mains pipe connected to the RO (reverse-osmosis) plant north of Karon Beach.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159662-water-supply-outage-to-affect-patong-karon-kata/

 

Thailand reports 30 new coronavirus cases, two new deaths

 

FILE PHOTO: Reuters

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand reported 30 new coronavirus cases and 2 deaths on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159675-thailand reports-30-new-coronavirus-cases-two-new-deaths/

 

China approves two experimental coronavirus vaccines to enter clinical trials

 

China has approved early-stage human tests for two experimental vaccines to combat the coronavirus as it battles to contain imported cases. Chinese citizens planning to return from neighbouring Russia are being told to remain where they are.

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has approved early-stage human tests for two experimental vaccines to combat the new coronavirus that killed over 100,000 people worldwide, state media Xinhua reported on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159682-china approves-two-experimental-coronavirus-vaccines-to-enter clinical trials/

 

Chonburi officials earmark 1 May for lifting of restrictions and partial return to normality

 

File photo

 

Officials in Chonburi have earmarked 1 May as a possible date for businesses to reopen in the province.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159684-chonburi-officials-earmark-1-may-for-lifting-of-restrictions-and-partial-return-to-normality/

 

Man fleeing police checkpoint drowns in sludge pool

By The Nation

 

 

A biker, who tried to evade a police checkpoint in Songkhla province, drowned in a sludge treatment pool while trying to flee.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159698-man-fleeing-police-checkpoint-drowns-in-sludge-pool/

 

Govt urged to allow boats carrying necessities to supply hard-hit IDP camp

By The Nation

 

 

Mae Hong Son province is asking the government to reopen a route for merchant boats, as 2,374 people in a camp for the internally displaced are short of food supplies.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159700-govt-urged-to-allow-boats-carrying-necessities-to-supply-hard-hit-idp-camp/

 

Covid-19 an inevitable professional hazard for some people

By The Nation

 

 

People in some professions are more at risk of being infected by Covid-19 because of the nature of their jobs and, therefore, must take special precautions, Dr Yong Poovorawan, an expert virologist at Chulalongkorn University, said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159702-covid-19-an-inevitable-professional-hazard-for-some-people/

 

At-risk people to be screened at home to curb contagion

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

The Department of Health Service Support has announced guidelines for medics to screen people for Covid-19 in their homes in order to contain the spread of the virus.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159705-covid-19-at-risk-people-to-be-screened-at-home-to-curb-contagion/

 

Govt takes Bt5.4bn hit as 3rd lottery draw cancelled

By THE NATION

 

Lottery stalls in Si Saket province (File Photo)

 

The April 1 lottery draw has been postponed for a second time, from May 2 to May 16, the Government Lottery Office (GLO) announced on Wednesday (April 15).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159706-govt-takes-bt54bn-hit-as-3rd-lottery-draw-cancelled/

 

Chonburi malls among first in country to reopen

By THE NATION

 

Phakthon Thianchai

 

Chonburi was among the first provinces in the country to partially lift its lockdown on Wednesday (April 14) as some shops reopened. However, its popular maritime gateway of Koh Loi Pier will remain closed until the Covid-19 crisis is resolved, said provincial governor Phakthon Thianchai.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159707-chonburi-malls-among-first-in-country-to-reopen/

 

UPDATE:

 

Chonburi ready to reopen in two weeks

By THE NATION

 

Koh Srichang Island

 

Chonburi’s lockdown will be lifted on May 1 if there is no change in the Covid-19 situation, according to the province’s public relations office.

 

Source: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159684-chonburi-officials-earmark-1-may-for-lifting-of-restrictions-and-partial-return-to-normality/?do=findComment&comment=15298324

 

NBTC to urge telecom operators to lower mobile phone subscription fees

By THE NATION

 

NBTC secretary-general Takorn Tantasith

 

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has called a meeting with telecom operators on Wednesday to ask them to consider lowering mobile phone service fees in all packages for subscribers by between 10 to 30 per cent.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159709-nbtc-to-urge-telecom-operators-to-lower-mobile-phone-subscription-fees/

 

Big cats served pork popsicles to beat heat

By The Nation

 

 

Songkhla Zoo is closed during the lockdown, but keepers there still have to take care of animals – especially now, with summer temperatures rising.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159711-big-cats-served-pork-popsicles-to-beat-heat/

 

Animals saved from forest fires treated at a clinic in Chiang Mai

 

 

Twenty wild animals have been rescued from forest fires in Thailand’s northern province of Chiang Mai and they are now under the care of an animal clinic operated by the Office of Conservation.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159717-animals-saved-from-forest-fires-treated-at-a-clinic-in-chiang-mai/

 

Krabi drinking party raided by police

By THE NATION

 

 

Four Thai women and four foreign men drinking at an outdoor party in Krabi on Wednesday (April 15) got a nasty shock when police arrived to arrest them.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159718-krabi-drinking-party-raided-by-police/

 

86 Khon Kaen medics quarantined after fifth Covid case emerges

By The Nation

 

 

Khon Kaen’s Nam Phong Hospital has had to quarantine 86 medical personnel after a 63-year-old Covid-19 patient visited the hospital on Tuesday (April 14).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159731-86-khon-kaen-medics-quarantined-after-fifth-covid-case-emerges/

 

Khon Kaen to sue anyone who conceals infection

By THE NATION

 

 

Residents of Khon Kaen will face criminal charges if they are caught concealing information about Covid-19 cases or transmission, the governor warned.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159732-khon-kaen-to-sue-anyone-who-conceals-infection/

 

Khon Kaen launches drive to collect blood donations from donors’ homes

By The Nation

 

 

The Khon Kaen Regional Health Promotion Centre 7 is working with Khon Kaen Hospital to send out mobile units to collect blood donations from people’s homes.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159733-khon-kaen-launches-drive-to-collect-blood-donations-from-donors’-homes/

 

Songkhla sends medical team to help Phuket battle contagion

By The Nation

 

 

Songkhla governor escorted a team of 50 medics from Songkhal Nakarin Hospital, led by hospital director Dr Puttisak Puttawibul, to help treat Covid-19 patients in Phuket. These patients will be treated in a special field hospital to be set up by the Songkhla team. The team will be based in Phuket for at least two months or at least until there are no new infections.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159734-songkhla-sends-medical-team-to-help-phuket-battle-contagion/

 

Bhumjaithai MP slammed for ‘insulting’ comment

By The Nation

 

 

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has slammed fellow Bhumjaithai Party member Boonkua Pussatevo on Wednesday (April 15) for a Facebook comment that was understood as saying “stupid citizens will lead us to death”.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159735-bhumjaithai-mp-slammed-for-‘insulting’-comment/

 

UK was too slow to act on COVID-19 initially, opposition Labour leader says

By Kylie MacLellan

 

A person in a protective suit near St James' Park as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Newcastle, Britain, April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Lee Smith

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain was initially too slow to respond to the novel coronavirus outbreak and did not learn quickly enough from other countries, opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer said on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159737-uk-was-too-slow-to-act-on-covid-19-initially-opposition-labour-leader-says/

 

China concealed the early coronavirus outbreak, former MI6 spymaster says

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) chief John Sawers addresses a live televised gathering of academics, officials and editors in London October 28, 2010. REUTERS/Toby Melville

 

LONDON (Reuters) - China concealed crucial information about the novel coronavirus outbreak from the rest of the world and so should answer for its deceit, the former head of Britain’s MI6 foreign intelligence service said on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159738-china-concealed-the-early-coronavirus-outbreak-former-mi6-spymaster-says/

 

Germany to consider easing coronavirus retail restrictions from April 20 - sources

By Andreas Rinke

 

A woman crosses the square to the main railway station, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Berlin, Germany, April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will consider easing restrictions on shops introduced last month to slow the spread of the coronavirus from April 20 but extend limits on movement until May 3, several participants in talks between regional and central government said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159739-germany-to-consider-easing-coronavirus-retail-restrictions-from-april-20-sources/

 

Australian PM urges schools to re-open so parents can go back to work

By Colin Packham, Melanie Burton

 

FILE PHOTO: People walk on the stairs in front of the Sydney Opera House following the implementation of stricter social-distancing and self-isolation rules to limit the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Sydney, Australia, April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott

 

MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday urged schools to reopen after Easter holidays so students did not lose a year of education and parents could work, as health authorities reiterated that schools were safe for children.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159740-australian-pm-urges-schools-to-re-open-so-parents-can-go-back-to-work/

 

Yaowarat is always busy by people

 

 

Bangkok’s Yaowarat area was busy on Wednesday (April 15) as many people decided to go out to stock up on food with facemasks.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159742-yaowarat-is-always-busy-by-people/

 

A global battle against a little-known enemy

By The Nation

 

 

Like Thailand, which has declared a state of emergency and partial curfew, other countries are also imposing tough restrictions on their citizens to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic, Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman of the government's Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said on Wednesday (April 15).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1159743-a-global-battle-against-a-little-known-enemy/