Black Cobra Found Under Car’s Hood, Fearless Monk Captures It Barehanded

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Suvarnabhumi ready for normal operations from May 1

 

 

Suvarnabhumi Airport will be ready to open again on May 1 after a temporary closure due to the pandemic crisis.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161504-suvarnabhumi-ready-for-normal-operations-from-may-1/

 

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Amid Covid-19 don't forget threat from heat stroke in summer, expert warns

 

 

Heat stroke is another health hazard about which people should be cautious during the summer besides the Covid-19 threat, Surachai Chokkhanchitchai, Uthaithani Hospital’s director, warned.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161502-amid-covid-19-dont-forget-threat-from-heat-stroke-in-summer-expert-warns/

 

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Medical mask vending machine opens in Samut Prakan

 

 

Amid the medical mask shortage in Thailand, a vending machine for surgical masks is now in operation in Samut Prakan province.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161499-medical-mask-vending-machine-opens-in-samut-prakan/

 

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Govt asks employers to watch foreign workers for Covid-19 symptoms

By The Nation

 

Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman of the government's Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration.

 

Employers have been urged to keep a close eye on foreign workers for Covid-19 symptoms, following a spike in new cases among illegal immigrants in Songkhla province on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161522-govt-asks-employers-to-watch-foreign-workers-for-covid-19-symptoms/

 

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Ex-ministers oppose move for Thailand to join CPTPP

By The Nation

 

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Two former ministers have united in opposing Thailand joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161523-ex-ministers-oppose-move-for-thailand-to-join-cptpp/

 

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Women addicted to gambling 'biggest violators of social distancing practice'

By The Nation

 

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Ageing women who love gambling are the biggest violators of the social distancing practice, Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, the spokesman of the Government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said on Sunday (April 26).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161524-women-addicted-to-gambling-biggest-violators-of-social-distancing-practice/

 

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A rare shadow phenomenon

By The Nation

 

 

Sunday (April 26) marked the first time this year when the Sun's position was perpendicular to Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161526-a-rare-shadow-phenomenon/

 

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Five realities of the post-Covid-19 'new normal'

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By The Nation

 

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Looking at the "new normal" from a business perspective, it is self-evident that companies will have to adjust according to changing buyer behaviour that was forced by the Covid-19 outbreak. Overall, five changes loom after the pandemic is tamed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161527-five-realities-of-the-post-covid-19-new-normal/

 

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Thai bird's nest beverage a hit on China's Tmall e-commerce platform

By The Nation

 

 

Tmall Global, the largest cross-border e-commerce platform in China, reported that cosmetics and skincare products, health products, and maternal and child products were among the most in demand in 2020, China's Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP) in Guangzhou said on Saturday (April 25).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161528-thai-birds-nest-beverage-a-hit-on-chinas-tmall-e-commerce-platform/

 

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Billionaires dip into deep pockets to fight Covid-19

 

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As Covid-19 infections and fatalities continue to rise across the world, many billionaires are stepping up to help ease the blow for the poorest people while also fighting back against the deadly disease.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161529-thai-billionaires-dip-into-deep-pockets-to-fight-covid-19/

 

 

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Visitors to orthopedic clinic in Yala must report to health officials immediately

 

Immigration officials negotiating with Thai returnees at Suvarnabhumi airport.

 

Those who visited an orthopedic clinic on April 23rd, in Muang district of Thailand’s southern border province of Yala, were told today to report immediately to their nearest health office, after it was discovered one visitor had failed to tell a doctor at the clinic that he was infected with COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161530-visitors-to-orthopedic-clinic-in-yala-must-report-to-health-officials-immediately/

 

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Pharmacy Council urges caution over Thailand joining the CPTPP

 

 

The Pharmacy Council of Thailand (PCT) has urged the Government not to rush into joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, or CPTPP, fearing that early entry, without taking into account inputs from all stakeholders, may hurt the domestic pharmaceutical industry and hinder access to affordable medicines.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161523-ex-ministers-oppose-move-for-thailand-to-join-cptpp/?do=findComment&comment=15343473

 

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Phuket’s ScubaNicks steps up for Rawai Food Relief

By The Phuket News

 

ScubaNicks’ Rawai Food Relief project has delivered more than 3,000 food bags to impoverished communities in the south of the island in just 13 days. Photo: Nick Fawcus-Robinson

 

PHUKET: Local dive operator ScubaNicks has stepped up to provide more than 3,000 food bags to people in need in Rawai, at the southern end of the island, in just 13 days.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161531-phuket’s-scubanicks-steps-up-for-rawai-food-relief/

 

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Phuket COVID relief drive targets Patong’s ‘invisible ones’

By The Phuket News

 

Getting food to people who need it. Photo; Dave HalfwayInn Wilson

 

PHUKET: A relief campaign to provide food to people left without any income due to the COVID-19 crisis has set its sights on helping migrant workers on the fringes of Patong.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161533-phuket-covid-relief-drive-targets-patong’s-‘invisible-ones’/

 

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Air Asia publishes fit-to-fly guidelines when they take to Asia’s skies again

By The Thaiger

 

 

Captain Ling Liong Tien, the Chief Safety Officer @ AirAsia, has sent out an email to customers laying down a detailed list of new requirements for early-adopters in the post-covid regional travel world. It doesn’t look like a lot of fun, but there will at least be a means for airlines, airline staff, and passengers, to again take to the skies over Thailand. And eventually, the region and beyond.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161534-air-asia-publishes-fit-to-fly-guidelines-when-they-take-to-asia’s-skies-again/

 

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Health Ministry issues guidelines for beauty clinics, massage spas

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has established guidelines for beauty clinics and massage spas, as the restrictions and measures for preventing COVID-19 start to be eased.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161535-health-ministry-issues-guidelines-for-beauty-clinics-massage-spas/

 

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MP on mercy mission crashes motorcycle near Pattaya

By Patcharapol Panrak

 

Sattahip MP Satira Plukpraphan of the Palang Pracharath Party suffered a concussion and injuries to his left leg during a mercy mission to bring food to struggling constituents.

 

A Sattahip MP on a mercy mission to bring food to struggling constituents was hurt when his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck and ended up in a ditch.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161536-mp-on-mercy-mission-crashes-motorcycle-near-pattaya/

 

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Despite underlying health woes, some Pattaya foreigners just won’t stay home

By Jetsada Homklin

 

European G. and his pals pine for the days when they could walk around the beaches and have a brew at their local watering hole.

 

European G. and his pals are exactly the type of people Pattaya’s lockdown was aimed at, but they’re still outside anyway.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161537-despite-underlying-health-woes-some-pattaya-foreigners-just-won’t-stay-home/

 

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Thai gold merchant donates 5,000 food packages via motorcycle caravan

By Patcharapol Panrak

 

The Plukpraphan family and friends prepare to send out wraps of sticky rice & pork to families in Sattahip.

 

A Sattahip gold shop hired ten motorcycle taxis to deliver food to the homes of people affected by the covid-19 pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161538-sattahip-thai-gold-merchant-donates-5000-food-packages-via-motorcycle-caravan/

 

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Thai Grandmother injured when husband can’t put truck in reverse

By Patcharapol Panrak

 

Sayan Klangmeesri holds his wife Srirath’s hand after she broke her leg in an auto accident.

 

An elderly Bang Saray driver ran his pickup truck into a drainage canal, injuring his wife.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161539-thai-grandmother-injured-when-husband-can’t-put-truck-in-reverse/

 

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Heir unapparent: If North Korea faces succession, who might replace Kim?

By Sangmi Cha

 

South Korean people watch a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Seoul, South Korea, April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Heo Ran

 

(Reuters) - North Korea has never announced who would follow leader Kim Jong Un in the event he is incapacitated, and with no details known about his young children, analysts say his sister and loyalists could form a regency until a successor is old enough to take over.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161540-heir-unapparent-if-north-korea-faces-succession-who-might-replace-kim/

 

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Italy's daily coronavirus death toll lowest since March 14, new cases fall

 

A man wears a face mask at the touristic port in Ostia near Rome, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Italy, April 26, 2020. REUTERS/Alberto Lingria

 

MILAN (Reuters) - Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 260 on Sunday, the smallest daily tally since March 14, the Civil Protection Agency said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161541-italys-daily-coronavirus-death-toll-lowest-since-march-14-new-cases-fall/

 

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Israel's top court says government must legislate COVID-19 phone-tracking

By Maayan Lubell

 

FILE PHOTO: People walk on the platform at Israel's new high-speed rail line station at Ben Gurion International Airport, in Lod, near Tel Aviv September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Citing grave dangers to privacy, Israel's Supreme Court ruled on Sunday that the government must bring its use of mobile phone tracking deployed in the battle against the new coronavirus under legislation.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161542-israels-top-court-says-government-must-legislate-covid-19-phone-tracking/

 

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Netanyahu 'confident' U.S. will allow West Bank annexation in two months

 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem February 9, 2020. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/Pool

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced confidence on Sunday that Washington would give Israel the nod within two months to move ahead with de facto annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161543-netanyahu-confident-us-will-allow-west-bank-annexation-in-two-months/

 

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Next wave of U.S. states prepare to reopen as coronavirus could push jobless rate to 16%

By Nick Brown and Brendan O'Brien

 

The U.S. Capitol is seen from the Washington Monument, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Washington, U.S., April 25, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott

 

NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Another wave of U.S. states are preparing to lift coronavirus restrictions this week against the warnings of many public health experts as the White House sees this month's jobless rate hitting 16% or higher.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161545-next-wave-of us states-prepare-to-reopen-as-coronavirus-could-push-jobless-rate-to-16/

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U.S. CDC reports 928,619 coronavirus cases, 52,459 deaths

 

FILE PHOTO: A cyclist rides past a ?Stay Home? sign in Huntington City Beach during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Huntington Beach, California, U.S., April 25, 2020. REUTERS/Kyle Grillot

 

(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday reported 928,619 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 32,853 cases from its previous count, and said the number of deaths had risen by 2,020 to 52,459.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161549-us cdc-reports-928619-coronavirus-cases-52459-deaths/

 

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Trump rejects reports that he will fire HHS chief Azar

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks prior to signing the "Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act," approving additional coronavirus disease (COVID-19) relief for the U.S. economy and hospitals treating people sickened by the pandemic, during a signing ceremony in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 24, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday rejected reports that he was planning to fire Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, saying he was doing an "excellent job."

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161551-trump-rejects-reports-that-he-will-fire-hhs-chief-azar/

 

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UK at 'dangerous' stage, no lockdown exit strategy in sight

By Estelle Shirbon and Kylie MacLellan

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson applauds outside 10 Downing Street during the Clap for our carers campaign in support of the NHS, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government resisted pressure on Sunday to explain how it plans to ease a coronavirus lockdown that has been in place for a month, warning that hasty action could result in a second peak of infections.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161552-uk-at-dangerous-stage-no-lockdown-exit-strategy-in-sight/

 

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European carmakers restart production as coronavirus lockdowns ease

 

A cartoon of a VW logo squashing the coronavirus is displayed on a building at Volkswagen's headquarters to celebrate the plant's re-opening during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Wolfsburg, Germany April 25, 2020. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

 

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen <VOWG_p.DE> will restart production at its Wolfsburg factory in Germany on Monday, the latest of a fleet of European carmakers to take advantage of eased coronavirus lockdown rules to resume manufacturing.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161554-european-carmakers-restart-production-as-coronavirus-lockdowns-ease/

 

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Australians rush to download coronavirus tracing app, PM's popularity soars

 

FILE PHOTO: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks during a joint press conference held with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at Admiralty House in Sydney, Australia, February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - More than a million Australians rushed to download an app designed to help medical workers and state governments trace close contacts of COVID-19 patients, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison's approval rating soared on his pandemic response.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161556-australians-rush-to-download-coronavirus-tracing-app-pms-popularity-soars/