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Extraction review: Chris Hemsworth's Netflix movie is an intense and brutal hit

By BY IAN SANDWELL

 

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NETFLIX

 

Marvel stars venturing out of the MCU has often had mixed results – for every Chris Evans in Knives Out, there's a Robert Downey Jr in Dolittle.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161254-extraction-review-chris-hemsworths-netflix-movie-is-an-intense-and-brutal-hit/

 

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Rolling Stones release lockdown-inspired new song Living In A Ghost Town

By Russell Hope

 

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The Stones, playing in Marseille in 2018, have released their first new single in eight years

 

The Rolling Stones have released their first new single in eight years, a tune that reflects life in the coronavirus lockdown.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161255-rolling-stones-release-lockdown-inspired-new-song-living-in-a-ghost-town/

 

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Governor assures Chinese in Phuket receiving good care

By The Phuket News

 

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Governor Phakaphong delivered his assurances during a video conference held yesterday (Apr 23). Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET:-- Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana has assured Chinese consular officials that all Chinese nationals, including tourists, had received good care in Phuket, and noted that the two “field hospitals” set up on the island were modelled on the “field hospitals” set up in Wuhan, China, ground zero for the COVID-19 global pandemic.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161257-governor-assures-chinese-in-phuket-receiving-good-care/

 

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Plans to open more labs for testing Covid-19

By The Nation

 

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Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), said on Friday (April 24) that the number of patients under investigation (PUI) has risen significantly since April 7 due to a change in criteria.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161259-plans-to-open-more-labs-for-testing-covid-19/

 

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Woman charged after sacked parcel delivery employees snitch on kratom deliveries

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

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Officials open the parecels at the home in Koh Kaew yesterday (Apr 23). Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- A woman has been arrested for possession of 10 kilos of kratom after disgruntled ex-employees of a local package delivery company informed officials that the company they had just been fired from was delivering kratom for customers.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161260-woman-charged-after-sacked-parcel-delivery-employees-snitch-on-kratom-deliveries/

 

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Pattaya restaurants urge reopening as deliveries don’t deliver profits

By Warapun Jaikusol

 

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Sombat’s restaurant is shuttered and he can only sell ‘takeaway’ food.

 

Pattaya restaurants are calling on Chonburi officials to relax pandemic-control measures to allow them to reopen, saying they cannot survive on takeout and delivery only.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161263-pattaya-restaurants-urge-reopening-as-deliveries-don’t-deliver-profits/

 

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Johnson, on the mend after COVID-19, faces lockdown conundrum

By Alistair Smout, William Schomberg

 

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FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a news conference on the ongoing situation with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in London, Britain March 22, 2020. Ian Vogler/Pool via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces the biggest conundrum of his premiership as he recuperates from COVID-19: how to lift a lockdown that is destroying swathes of the British economy without triggering a deadly second wave of the outbreak.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161264-johnson-on-the-mend-after-covid-19-faces-lockdown-conundrum/

 

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Spain records lowest number of daily coronavirus deaths in over a month

 

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FILE PHOTO: A health worker is seen during a blood test for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at Las Praderas nursing home in Pozuelo de Alarcon, Spain, April 23, 2020. REUTERS/Juan Medina

 

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain said on Friday the number of daily coronavirus-related fatalities fell to its lowest level in more than a month, with 367 deaths in the previous 24 hours.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161265-spain-records-lowest-number-of-daily-coronavirus-deaths-in-over-a-month/

 

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Mystery of India's lower death rates seems to defy coronavirus trend

By Alexandra Ulmer, Sumit Khanna

 

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FILE PHOTO: A man rides past a line of cycles erected across a road, as a blockade, during a nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mumbai, India, April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Prashant Waydande

 

MUMBAI/AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - Parts of India have recorded dramatic falls in mortality rates after a nationwide lockdown was imposed to fight the new coronavirus, suggesting there has not been an undetected surge in virus-related deaths.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161266-mystery-of-indias-lower-death-rates-seems-to-defy-coronavirus-trend/

 

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GPO increases production and storage of drugs to treat COVID-19

 

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The Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) has stepped up the production of five anti-viral drugs, and the acquisition of two imported drugs, for the treatment of COVID-19.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161267-gpo-increases-production-and-storage-of-drugs-to-treat-covid-19/

 

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Myanmar, France, India top foreign curfew breakers in Phuket

By The Phuket News

 

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The number of foreign curfew brekers caught so far. Image: Phuket Provincial Police

 

PHUKET:-- People from Myanmar, France and India are the top three foreign curfew breakers in Phuket, according to information posted by Phuket Provincial Police today (Apr 24).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161271-myanmar-france-india-top-foreign-curfew-breakers-in-phuket/

 

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Phuket blanked as AirAsia to resume domestic flights from May 1

By By The Phuket News

 

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Thai AirAsia will resume domestic fights on May 1, but not to Phuket. Photo: AirAsia

 

BANGKOK:-- AirAsia Thailand will resume its domestic operations from May 1 for passengers in need of travel with strict health controls and social distancing protocol in place, the company announced today.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161272-phuket-blanked-as-airasia-to-resume-domestic-flights-from-may-1/

 

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Russia airlifts 193 tourists stranded in Phuket

By Anton Makhrov

 

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S7 Airlines performed an evacuation flight from Phuket today. Another one is scheduled for April 26. Photo: Fedor Leukhin / Wikimedia commons

 

PHUKET:-- Russian authorities organised another airlift from Phuket, helping 193 stranded tourists to get back to their home country despite numerous travel restrictions amidst COVID-19.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161273-russia-airlifts-193-tourists-stranded-in-phuket/

 

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PM has report from experts in hand to decide on state of emergency: Anutin

By THE NATION

 

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Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul

 

The Public Health Ministry has submitted the result of expert analyses on the Covid-19 outbreak to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, which he can use on Tuesday (April 28) to decide whether or not to lift the state of emergency, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Friday (April 24).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161275-pm-has-report-from-experts-in-hand-to-decide-on-state-of-emergency-anutin/

 

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Thailand’s ‘new normal’ will last beyond lockdown, says Taweesin

By The Nation

 

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The “new normal” in people’s daily life will continue even after the virus outbreak has ended, Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman of the government's Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, predicted at his daily press conference on Friday (April 24)

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161276-thailand’s-‘new-normal’-will-last-beyond-lockdown-says-taweesin/

 

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Eight Thai airlines seek $770 million government assistance

 

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FILE PHOTO: A Thia Air Asia Airbus A320-200 plane prepares for take off at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, June 29, 2016. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand’s budget and full-service carriers are seeking soft-loans worth 25 billion baht (624.45 million pounds) from the government to support their businesses amid the coronavirus outbreak, an airline executive said on Friday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161277-eight-thai-airlines-seek-770-million-government-assistance/

 

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