THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 22 Apr 2020

[snoop1130]

3 Pattaya homeless tested, sheltered

By Pattaya Mail

 

Three homeless Pattaya residents were given health checks and a place to sleep as the city moved to improve care for its poorest citizens.

 

Three homeless Pattaya residents were given health checks and a place to sleep as the city moved to improve care for its poorest citizens.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160909-3-pattaya-homeless-tested-sheltered/

 

[snoop1130]

Pattaya mayor checks on checkpoints

By Pattaya Mail

 

Mayor Sonthaya Kunplome and Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh brought food and water to workers at the eight checkpoints on Sukhumvit Road controlling access to Pattaya.

 

Pattaya officials checked in on the city’s eight checkpoints to boost morale for officers manning the road stops erected to keep non-residents out of the city to control spread of the coronavirus.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160910-pattaya-mayor-checks-on-checkpoints/

 

[snoop1130]

Will coronavirus fan the flames of Southeast Asia's haze problem?

By Michael Taylor

 

Smoke covers forest during fires in Kapuas regency near Palangka Raya in Central Kalimantan province, Indonesia, September 30, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

 

KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Weak enforcement of restrictions to curb COVID-19 infections in rural Indonesia, coupled with farmers opting for cheap ways to clear land, could see a repeat of the forest fires and smoke that choked Southeast Asia last year, environmentalists said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160912-will-coronavirus-fan-the-flames-of-southeast-asias-haze-problem/

 

[snoop1130]

Johnson under fire over handling of coronavirus crisis

By Guy Faulconbridge, Estelle Shirbon

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson waves as he leaves Downing Street, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues. London, Britain, March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday faced a call for an inquiry into his government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis after failing to fully explain partial death data, limited testing or the lack of equipment for hospitals.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160915-johnson-under-fire-over-handling-of-coronavirus-crisis/

 

[snoop1130]

Oil hits lowest this century as coronavirus crisis hammers demand

By Alex Lawler

 

FILE PHOTO: A muddy run-off splashes beside an oil rig belonging to Zion Oil and Gas in Karkur, northern Israel October 17, 2010. ISRAEL-GAS/ REUTERS/Nir Elias/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Oil slumped to less than $16 a barrel on Wednesday, hitting its lowest since 1999, with the market awash with excess supply as the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic hammers demand for fuels.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160917-oil-hits-lowest-this-century-as-coronavirus-crisis-hammers-demand/

 

[snoop1130]

Last year was Europe’s hottest on record, even without El Nino: scientists

By Kate Abnett

 

FILE PHOTO: People enjoy the beach on a hot and sunny summer day in Nice, France, August 14, 2019. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard -/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Last year was the hottest on record in Europe, extending a run of exceptionally warm years driven by record levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, according to a new study released on Earth Day on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160918-last-year-was-europe’s-hottest-on-record-even-without-el-nino-scientists/

 

[snoop1130]

Recovered, almost: China's early patients unable to shed coronavirus

By Brenda Goh

 

FILE PHOTO: Medical personnel in protective suits wave hands to a patient who is discharged from the Leishenshan Hospital after recovering from the novel coronavirus, in Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, in Hubei province, China March 1, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS

 

WUHAN, China (Reuters) - Dressed in a hazmat suit, two masks and a face shield, Du Mingjun knocked on the mahogany door of a flat in a suburban district of Wuhan on a recent morning.

 

Full Stroy: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160919-recovered-almost-chinas-early-patients-unable-to-shed-coronavirus/

 

[snoop1130]

Asia pivots toward plants for protein as coronavirus stirs meat safety fears

By Farah Master

 

A pork cutlet dish made with plant-based meat Omnipork is displayed for the camera at vegan restaurant Kind Kitchen in Hong Kong, China April 17, 2020. Picture taken April 17, 2020. REUTERS/Joyce Zhou

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Demand for plant-based protein foods is surging in Asia, suppliers say, as suspicion over possible links between wild animal meat and the new coronavirus drives some consumers, particularly in Hong Kong and mainland China, to rethink diets.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160920-asia-pivots-toward-plants-for-protein-as-coronavirus-stirs-meat-safety-fears/

 

[snoop1130]

Details on a Covid-19 vaccine soon, Anutin promises

By The Nation

 

Details of a Covid-19 vaccine should be available in three months, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Wednesday (April 22).

 

He was speaking after holding a meeting with the National Vaccine Institute during which a blueprint to develop the vaccine was proposed and approved.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160922-details-on-a-covid-19-vaccine-soon-anutin-promises/

[snoop1130]

New criteria: Go for a Covid-19 test even if you have a low fever

By The Nation

 

 

Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), said on Wednesday (April 22) that even a low temperature of 37.5 degrees Celsius along with any of the following symptoms like cough, runny nose, sore throat or shortness of breath can indicate a Covid-19 infection.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160923-new-criteria-go-for-a-covid-19-test-even-if-you-have-a-low-fever/

 

[snoop1130]

Man shoots wife in head after she refused him liquor money

By The Nation

 

 

A man shot dead his wife as she lay next to their baby on Wednesday (April 22) after she refused to buy him more liquor.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160924-man-shoots-wife-in-head-after-she-refused-him-liquor-money/

 

[snoop1130]

Under new standards, air conditioners must also clean the air

By THE NATION

 

 

In a move to deal with the country’s pollution problems, the Thai Industrial Standards Institute has come up with a new standard for air conditioners – they need to also serve as PM2.5 filters.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160925-under-new-standards-air-conditioners-must-also-clean-the-air/

 

[snoop1130]

Rabies discovered in Khon Kaen

By The Nation

 

 

Khon Kaen Governor Somsak Jungtrakul said on Wednesday (April 22) that rabid dogs had been discovered in a community of the northeastern province.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160926-rabies-discovered-in-khon-kaen/

 

[snoop1130]

Sadao immigration officer contracts Covid-19 after spat with Malaysian

By The Nation

 

 

 

An immigration officer at Songkhla’s Sadao border checkpoint has been infected by the Covid-19 virus, Pol Maj-General Peerawat Boonloy, who oversees the Immigration Division 6, said on Wednesday (April 22).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160927-sadao-immigration-officer-contracts-covid-19-after-spat-with-malaysian/

 

[snoop1130]

Huge viewing figures for Netflix’s ‘Tiger King’ have been revealed

By Nick Reilly

 

'Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness' is streaming now. Credit: Netflix

 

Netflix’s Tiger King has been watched by a staggering 64 million households, the streaming giant has confirmed.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160929-huge-viewing-figures-for-netflix’s-‘tiger-king’-have-been-revealed/

 

[snoop1130]

Stranger Things star Joe Keery apologises after hacker posts racist tweets from his account

By Isobel Lewis

 

Google

 

Stranger Things star Joe Keery was forced to apologise after hackers shared offensive posts from his Twitter account.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160931-stranger-things-star-joe-keery-apologises-after-hacker-posts-racist-tweets-from-his-account/

 

[snoop1130]

Venom 2 Gets Title and New Release Date

 

By Don Kaye

 

Photo: Sony Pictures

 

One of the big blockbuster movies that had remained on its release date for a long time was the sequel to the 2018 smash hit Venom, starring Tom Hardy as the infamous Marvel Comics alien symbiote and nemesis of Spider-Man.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160932-venom-2-gets-title-and-new-release-date/

 

[snoop1130]

Lower interest rates for medics on frontline, urges Anutin

By THE NATION

 

 

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Wednesday (April 22) called on the Government Savings Bank and Krungthai Bank to find a way of lowering the interest rate for his ministry’s medical personnel.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160940-lower-interest-rates-for-medics-on-frontline-urges-anutin/

 

[snoop1130]

Airports of Thailand expects passengers to decline by more than 50%

 

FILE PHOTO: Empty of check-in counters are seen at the Suvarnabhumi Airport as the government extended a ban on incoming passenger flights until the end of April, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bangkok, Thailand April 16, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - State-owned Airports of Thailand Pcl (AOT.BK) said on Wednesday it expects the number of passengers passing through its airports to decline by 53% this year due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160941-airports-of-thailand-expects-passengers-to-decline-by-more-than-50/

 

[snoop1130]

Monks in masks: Thai Buddhist novices study with social distancing

By Panu Wongcha-um

 

Buddhist novice monks wearing face shields and protective face masks attend a lesson at Wat Molilokayaram monastic educational institute during coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand April 22, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The coronavirus crisis has prompted the closing of schools and universities around the world, but at a Buddhist temple in Thailand’s capital, young novices in masks are pressing on with their studies while observing social distancing.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160942-monks-in-masks-thai-buddhist-novices-study-with-social-distancing/

 

[webfact]

to continue:

Thailand Live Thursday 23 Apr 2020
https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1160957-thailand-live-thursday-23-apr-2020/