Foreigner Wrecks Chiang Mai Stall After Smoking Ban Warning

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Bangkok: Huge crowds gather for 100 baht handouts

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Charity officials and health personnel were overwhelmed when a huge crowd of people converged on the area of a Bangkok shopping center after news circulated they were handing out cash as well as food. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160624-bangkok-huge-crowds-gather-for-100-baht-handouts/

 

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PM’s letter to Thailand’s 20 richest people (English translation)

By THE NATION

 

 

The following is a translation of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s letter sent to Thailand’s 20 richest people following a special 10-minute speech broadcast on national TV at 6pm last Friday. The letter was dated April 20.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160626-pm’s-letter-to-thailand’s-20-richest-people-english-translation/

 

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Water bills to be automatically reduced by 3%

By THE NATION

 

 

The Metropolitan Waterworks Authority (MWA) announced on Monday that it would automatically reduce water bills by 3 per cent for all types of users in Bangkok, Nonthaburi and Samut Prakarn provinces for three months in a bid to lower the cost of living in this Covid-19 situation.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160627-water-bills-to-be-automatically-reduced-by-3/

 

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Bangkok: Police seek thief who stole nearly 100K in goods from shuttered Japanese restaurant

 

Picture: INN

 

Thong Lo police are hunting a man who stole electronic equipment left in a popular Bangkok restaurant that has been closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160634-bangkok-police-seek-thief-who-stole-nearly-100k-in-goods-from-shuttered-japanese-restaurant/

 

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Bt1.9tn stimulus should target low-income Thais, say Dems

By The Nation

 

 

The ruling coalition partner, Democrat Party, believes that the government's Bt1.9-trillion economic stimulus package does not address the needs of low-income Thais.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160635-bt19tn-stimulus-should-target-low-income-thais-say-dems/

 

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Pattaya: Starving crowds told to go home as City Hall cancels handout

 

 

Thai media reported that large crowds had gathered in the Thepprasit area of Pattaya to receive handouts of essential basic food items like rice.

 

Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160638-pattaya-starving-crowds-told-to-go-home-as-city-hall-cancels-handout/

 

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Tesla Model 3 joins Thailand National Police as new electric fleet car

ByJoey Klender

 

THAILAND POLICE'S TESLA MODEL 3 PERFORMANCE FLEET CREDIT: TESLADRIVECANADA

 

The Thailand National Police Agency has added seven Tesla Model 3 Performance electric vehicles for its fleet, beginning its transition toward sustainable law enforcement.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160641-tesla-model-3-joins-thailand-national-police-as-new-electric-fleet-car/

 

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Chinese arrested on border sneaking in with Ecstasy and date rape drugs

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

A joint operation by the Thai military and local police resulted in the arrest of two Chinese men who were caught sneaking into Thailand on the border with Cambodia in Sa Kaeo province. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160648-chinese-arrested-on-border-sneaking-in-with-ecstasy-and-date-rape-drugs/

 

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E-cigarettes are bad for spreading the virus says minister after Bangkok market raid 

 

Picture Ban Muang

 

Thailand's Office of the Consumer Protection Board raided ten shops in the Klong Thom market in Bangkok on Sunday where traders were selling e-cigarettes.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160652-e-cigarettes-are-bad-for-spreading-the-virus-says-minister-after-bangkok-market-raid/

 

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Thai Smile seeks to resume flights only on June 1

By The Nation

 

 

Thai Smile has informed the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) that it wants to postpone reactivation of its flights from May 1 to June 1, CAAT director-general Chula Sukmanopy said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160654-thai-smile-seeks-to-resume-flights-only-on-june-1/

 

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Lowest number of cases in a month raises hopes of easing lockdown restrictions

By The Nation

 

 

With 19 new cases confirmed over a 24-hour period, Thailand had its best day this month in the battle against Covid-19. The number of Covid-19 patients in the country increased to 2,811while there was one death, Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman of the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said on Tuesday (April 21).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160658-lowest-number-of-covid-19-cases-in-a-month-raises-hopes-of-easing-lockdown-restrictions/

 

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Bangkok: "Shell shocked" US marine sparks bomb alert in front of US Embassy

 

Picture: The Tempo News

 

Bomb disposal personnel were called after a foreigner was reported acting suspiciously outside the US Embassy in Withayu or Wireless Road, Bangkok this morning. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160660-bangkok-shell-shocked-us-marine-sparks-bomb-alert-in-front-of-us-embassy/

 

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Lampang: Man in custody on gun charges after Facebook "martyr" post

 

Picture: Sanook

 

District officials in Lampang in northern Thailand reacted after a man called Natthapong, 29, scared a gun group on Facebook with a post that he intended to go down in history with his .38 gun. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160662-lampang-man-in-custody-on-gun-charges-after-facebook-martyr-post/

 

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Chaiyaphum partygoer found dead after contracting Covid-19

By The Nation

 

 

A Chaiyaphum partygoer was found dead at night on Monday, with a medic finding Covid-19 in his blood and saliva.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160673-chaiyaphum-partygoer-found-dead-after-contracting-covid-19/

 

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Italian man, 83, latest confirmed COVID-19 case in Phuket, total moves to 193

By The Phuket News

 

Image: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Communicable Disease Committee today (Apr 21) announced one new confirmed case of a person infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus, an Italian man who previously had visited risk areas in Patong.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160674-italian-man-83-latest-confirmed-covid-19-case-in-phuket-total-moves-to-193/

 

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301 Thais return home from Malaysia, majority quarantined

By The Nation

 

 

A total of 301 Thais stranded in Malaysia returned home via Songkhla’s Sadao border checkpoint from April 18 to 20. Of these, 69 were sent home, 212 were made to undergo 14 days of quarantine in Sadao District and 20 sent to hospital to take a Covid-19 test, Sadao sheriff Chawakit Suwankiri said today (April 21).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160676-301-thais-return-home-from-malaysia-majority-quarantined/

 

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Coronavirus quarantine in Thailand: great food and fast Wi-fi, sleeping with a stranger … and a shame about my underpants

+ Ever wondered what two weeks in a Thai government-run coronavirus quarantine facility might be like?

+ Then wonder no more, Thai-American freelance visual journalist Charles Dharapak experienced it so you don’t need to

Charles Dharapak

 

A Thai Ministry of Public health official takes a man’s temperature through a window at the barracks of the Royal Thai Air Force Flight Training School, serving as a state coronavirus quarantine facility for Thai citizens returning from overseas. Photo: Charles Dharapak

 

I stood at the curb with a group of 75 newly returned Thai citizens from Indonesia. After three hours of tedious processing at Suvarnabhumi Airport, they still wouldn’t let us leave. Officials posed with us for photographs as if we were celebrities.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160678-coronavirus-quarantine-in-thailand-great-food-and-fast-wi-fi-sleeping-with-a-stranger-…-and-a-shame-about-my-underpants/

 

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Thai jewellery sector hammered as virus saps global demand

By THE NATION

 

 

The Covid-19 crisis has taken a severe toll on Thailand’s jewellery business, including the silver industry.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160679-thai-jewellery-sector-hammered-as-virus-saps-global-demand/

 

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Phuket Town food giveaway organiser charged for not enforcing social distancing

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

People rush to receive free food in Phuket Town yesterday afternoon (Apr 20). Screenshot: Supplied

 

PHUKET: The organiser of a free food giveaway held in Phuket Town yesterday (Apr 20) has been charged for not enforcing social distancing as required under the health regulations issued under the Emergency Decree in order to to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160680-phuket-town-food-giveaway-organiser-charged-for-not-enforcing-social-distancing/

 

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Curfew breakers continue to flout the law

By The Phuket News

 

Another 28 people were arrested overnight for breaking the nightly curfew from 10pm to 4am. Photo; Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Phuket Provincial Police have reported 28 more people arrested for breaking the curfew overnight, bringing to 636 the official tally of people arrested for breaking the national nightly curfew from 10pm to 4am since the curfew began on Apr 3.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160682-curfew-breakers-continue-to-flout-the-law/

 

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Swiss man, 72, found dead in Kathu home

By The Phuket News

 

The Swiss man’s body was discovered at his home in Kathu on Saturday afternoon (Apr 18). Photo: Kathu Police 

 

PHUKET: Kathu Police have confirmed that doctors are testing the body of a 72-year-old Swiss man whose body was found in his house in Kathu on Saturday (Apr 18) to determine whether man had contracted COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160684-swiss-man-72-found-dead-in-kathu-home/

 

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Westerner sparks bomb scare at US embassy

By The Nation

 

 

Lumpini Police Station was notified on Tuesday (April 21) that a suspicious western man had placed an unidentified box in front of the US embassy on Witthayu Road in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160660-bangkok-shell-shocked-us-marine-sparks-bomb-alert-in-front-of-us-embassy/?do=findComment&comment=15321953

 

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Mother of two hangs herself

By The Nation

 

 

A mother of two hung herself in a bathroom after she could no longer buy milk for her baby as the Covid-19 pandemic cost her her job.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160687-maha-sarakham-mother-of-two-hangs-herself/

 

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Army hospital turns old ER ward into high-tech zone for Covid-19 patients

By The Nation

 

Photo Credit: Nation Photo by Korbphuk Phromrekha

 

The Army’s Phramongkutklao Hospital has joined hands with King Monkut’s University of Technology Thonburi and Saijo Denki International to turn an old emergency ward in the hospital’s Prapasri Kamlang-ek building into a special ward for Covid-19 patients.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160688-army-hospital-turns-old-er-ward-into-high-tech-zone-for-covid-19-patients/

 

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PM puts decision on lockdown off by a week

By THE NATION

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Tuesday (April 21) that he will decide in a week’s time whether the state of emergency should be extended beyond April 30.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160690-pm-prayut-puts-decision-on-lockdown-off-by-a-week/

 

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WHO warns lifting of coronavirus lockdowns must be gradual

 

FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured on the headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) ahead of a meeting of the Emergency Committee on the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Geneva, Switzerland, January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday that any lifting of lockdowns to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus must be gradual, and if restrictions were to be relaxed too soon, there would be a resurgence of infections.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160698-who-warns-lifting-of-coronavirus-lockdowns-must-be-gradual/

 

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COVID-19 death toll in England 41% higher than early data suggested: ONS

 

A medical worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) at the back of an ambulance outside Lewisham hospital as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The true extent of the death toll in England and Wales from COVID-19 was 41% higher than the daily figures from the government indicated by April 10, according to data on Tuesday that includes deaths in the community.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160699-covid-19-death-toll-in-england-41-higher-than-early-data-suggested-ons/

 

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China rattles sabres as world battles coronavirus pandemic

By Yew Lun Tian, Ben Blanchard

 

FILE PHOTO: File photo of a riot police officer holding a pepper spray as he tries to disperse anti-government protesters after a vigil to mourn student’s death, in Hong Kong, China March 8, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

 

BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) - China is becoming increasingly assertive in the region as the coronavirus crisis eases on the mainland while raging elsewhere in the world, with a crackdown in Hong Kong and sabre-rattling around Taiwan and in the South China Sea.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160700-china-rattles-sabres-as-world-battles-coronavirus-pandemic/

 

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UK defends allowing major sports events just before lockdown

 

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League - Round of 16 Second Leg - Liverpool v Atletico Madrid - Anfield, Liverpool, Britain - March 11, 2020 Atletico Madrid fans wearing a face mask inside the stadium before the match as the number of coronavirus cases grow around the world Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The UK government was following scientific advice by allowing major sporting events such as the Liverpool-Atletico Madrid soccer match and Cheltenham horse racing festival to go ahead days before the coronavirus lockdown, a senior minister said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160701-uk-defends-allowing-major-sports-events-just-before-lockdown/

 

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Special masks created for reading lips

 

 

The Social Development and Human Security Ministry introduced face masks especially created for people with impaired hearing on Tuesday (April 21).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160710-special-masks-created-for-reading-lips/