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Pattani set to ease lockdown after 14 days without Covid-19 cases

By THE NATION

 

 

Pattani has got the nod from the province’s Communicable Disease Committee to ease lockdown measures, as the Covid-19 situation has gradually improved, Governor Kraisorn Wisitwong said on Tuesday (May 5).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162982-pattani-set-to-ease-lockdown-after-14-days-without-covid-19-cases/

 

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Cabinet okays 20 per cent off on water bills, metropolitan users get free use of first 10 cubic metres

By THE NATION

 

 

The Cabinet has approved proposals by the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority (MWA) and Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA) to help ease the people’s burden during the Covid-19 situation by providing 20 discount on water bills until the end of June, Deputy Government Spokeswoman Rachada Thanadirek said on Tuesday (May 5).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162983-cabinet-okays-20-per-cent-off-on-water-bills-metropolitan-users-get-free-use-of-first-10-cubic-metres/

 

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Human remains - but no skull - found scattered in Si Racha woods

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

An electrician running a cable through woods found human remains and contacted the police and rescue services yesterday. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162984-human-remains-but-no-skull-found-scattered-in-si-racha-woods/

 

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Trang booze ban fiasco: Confusion reigns as police order alcohol off the shelves

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Thai media reported that confusion was rife in Trang province in southern Thailand after the public and traders thought the ban on selling alcohol had been lifted. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162987-trang-booze-ban-fiasco-confusion-reigns-as-police-order-alcohol-off-the-shelves/

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Phetchaburi province lifts ban on alcohol sales

By THE NATION

 

 

Phetchaburi province will allow the sale of alcoholic beverages from May 7 following the government’s order to ease measures on public gatherings during the Covid-19 situation.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162989-phetchaburi-province-lifts-ban-on-alcohol-sales/

 

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Video: Amazing Thailand - public ordered to do press-ups and jumping jacks for not wearing face masks

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

A video from southern Thailand showed public health officials at checkpoints ordering people riding motorcycles and driving cars to do 20 press-ups or jumping jacks for not wearing masks. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162990-video-amazing-thailand-public-ordered-to-do-press-ups-and-jumping-jacks-for-not-wearing-face-masks/

 

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Tesco Lotus sets new procedure for alcoholic beverages sales amid Covid-19 risk

By The Nation

 

 

Tesco Lotus has reorganised sales of alcoholic beverages at every branch nationwide to lessen the risk of Covid-19 infection.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162996-tesco-lotus-sets-new-procedure-for-alcoholic-beverages-sales-amid-covid-19-risk/

 

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Australian hotel GM, 69, Phuket’s third death from COVID-19

By The Phuket News

 

Image: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: A 69-year-old Australian who worked as a hotel general manager in Khao Lak has become Phuket’s third fatality directly related to being infected with COVID-19, officials reported today (May 6).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162997-australian-hotel-gm-69-phuket’s-third-death-from-covid-19/

 

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VIDEO: Shocking moment patient falls from ambulance in Bangkok

 

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This is the moment a helpless patient falls from an ambulance while on its way to hospital in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162998-video-shocking-moment-patient-falls-from-ambulance-in-bangkok/

 

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Bangkok train riders warned on Covid as crowds return after lockdown

By The Nation

 

 

Passenger numbers on Bangkok electric trains more than doubled after lockdown measures were partially lifted on May 3, the Department of Rail Transport said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163013-bangkok-train-riders-warned-on-covid-as-crowds-return-after-lockdown/

 

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Only one new Covid-19 case but one patient dies

By The Nation

 

 

Only one new Covid-19 case was reported while one patient died over a 24-hour period, Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman of the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said on Wednesday (May 6).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162995-thailand reports-one-new-coronavirus-case-one-new-death/?do=findComment&comment=15381782

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Bangkok Airways cuts fares for medical staff

By THE NATION

 

 

Bangkok Airways is offering medical staff a 20-percent reduction on fares for domestic travel. The offer covers ordinary and promotional fares for all routes within Thailand and is available to doctors, nurses and medical technicians.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163018-bangkok-airways-cuts-fares-for-medical-staff/

 

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Thai food and electronic exports buck the trend amid global Covid-19 crisis

By The Nation

 

 

Demand for food and electronic devices during the lockdown saw Thai exports growing by 0.91 per cent in the first quarter compared to the same period last year, but overall exports are expected to contract 8 per cent year on year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163020-thai-food-and-electronic-exports-buck-the-trend-amid-global-covid-19-crisis/

 

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Bangkokian held for allegedly hoarding Bt6m worth of face masks, Covid-19 test kits

By THE NATION

 

 

Metropolitan Police announced on Wednesday (May 6) that a 23-year-old man named Athip (surname withheld) was arrested at his home in Bangkok’s Jomthong district on Tuesday evening for allegedly hoarding controlled items.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163027-bangkokian-held-for-allegedly-hoarding-bt6m-worth-of-face-masks-covid-19-test-kits/

 

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German man found murdered in Prachinburi

 

 

Police have launched an investigation after a German man was found dead at a house in Prachinburi on Wednesday morning.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163041-german-man-found-murdered-in-prachinburi/

 

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Five-year-old stopped on U.S. highway wanted to buy Lamborghini, police say

 

A Utah Highway Patrol Trooper speaks to a five-year-old boy, who was stopped as he attempted to drive to California in his parents' vehicle after getting into an argument with his mother about purchasing a Lamborghini, according to authorities, in Ogden, Utah, U.S. May 4, 2020 in this picture obtained from social media. Picture distorted from source. UTAH HIGHWAY PATROL/via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - A trooper stopping a car with a suspected "impaired driver" on a U.S. highway on Monday was bemused to find a 5-year-old in the driver's seat, the Utah Highway Patrol tweeted.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163043-five-year-old-stopped-on-us-highway-wanted-to-buy-lamborghini-police-say/

 

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Booze bonanza for shops masks beer and spirits downturn

By Philip Blenkinsop

 

FILE PHOTO: A man buys beer in a supermarket after the government lifted a ban on alcohol sale, that has been in place since April 10, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand, May 3, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - When Lionel Platteuw started planning how he would cope under Belgium's coronavirus lockdown, there was one item he wanted to make sure he had enough of - alcohol.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163044-booze-bonanza-for-shops-masks-beer-and-spirits-downturn/

 

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Thais emerge to a “new world” after lockdown

By ThaiPBS World’s General Desk

 

A hairdresser tends to a customer at a barber shop, which was reopened after an easing of measures to combat the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, in Bangkok on May 3, 2020. (Photo by VIVEK PRAKASH / AFP)

 

After falling silent for more than a month under lockdown, Lek’s hairdressing salon in Bangkok is suddenly echoing to the sound of appointment calls after Thailand began relaxing restrictions on Sunday (May 3).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163045-thais-emerge-to-a-“new-world”-after-lockdown/

 

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Quarantine measures continue across Thailand

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT)-Thai people placed in quarantine, continue to be discharged, with the latest group leaving a facility in Nakhon Pathom province. Meanwhile proactive screening is being carried out in Uttaradit to help limit the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163047-quarantine-measures-continue-across-thailand/

 

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Parliament gets sound check ahead of May 22 reopening

By The Nation

 

 

The House of Representatives was put through a trial run on Tuesday (May 6) as MPs prepared to return to work.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163048-parliament-gets-sound-check-ahead-of-may-22-reopening/

 

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Yala lab cleared of major malfunction after reporting 40 false positives

 

 

Medical authorities have sought to allay public fears about the accuracy of Covid-19 testing after 40 results delivered by a Yala laboratory last week were found to be false positives.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163049-yala-lab-cleared-of-major-malfunction-after-reporting-40-false-positives/

 

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German government and states agree on way to ease lockdown - document

By Andreas Rinke

 

Protesters attend a demonstration against the lockdown imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Berlin, Germany, May 2, 2020. REUTERS/Christian Mang

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's federal government and 16 states have agreed all shops and some sports can restart under certain conditions, schools will gradually open for all pupils and states will each decide on reopening restaurants, hotels and gyms, a document showed.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163051-german-government-and-states-agree-on-way-to-ease-lockdown-document/

 

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Pattaya rugby gains a new home

 

Jim Howard, chairman of the Pattaya Panther Rugby Team (centre) and representatives from the Rugby School Thailand joined for an informal press conference in 2018 to promote this “marriage made in heaven.”

 

April 6, 2018 – Two major events in the history of rugby as it is played in Pattaya happened in 2018.  The Pattaya Panthers Rugby Club’s 20th anniversary of its founding and the Rugby School Thailand’s completion of its construction. The culmination of these two events resulted in a “marriage made in heaven.”

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163052-pattaya-rugby-gains-a-new-home/

 

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Pattaya locals breathing easier post-lockdown

By Warapun Jaikusol

 

Nattakorn Karaked said that while the eight access-control points were inconvenient, they made her feel safer.

 

Pattaya residents are breathing a bit easier after an 18-day lockdown helped clear the city of the coronavirus.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163053-pattaya-locals-breathing-easier-post-lockdown/

 

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Special Report: U.S. rearms to nullify China's missile supremacy

By David Lague

 

FILE PHOTO: With the USS-Wasp in the background, U.S. Marines ride an amphibious assault vehicle during the amphibious landing exercises of the U.S.-Philippines war games promoting bilateral ties at a military camp in Zambales province, Philippines, April 11, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - As Washington and Beijing trade barbs over the coronavirus pandemic, a longer-term struggle between the two Pacific powers is at a turning point, as the United States rolls out new weapons and strategy in a bid to close a wide missile gap with China.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163055-special-report-us-rearms-to-nullify-chinas-missile-supremacy/

 

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Thai prototype vaccine passes test with flying colours

By The Nation

 

 

Thailand has made progress in developing a vaccine for Covid-19 after laboratory trials of a prototype proved successful, medical authorities announced on Tuesday (May 6).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163056-thai-prototype-vaccine-passes-test-with-flying-colours/

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Extraction Sequel In The Works

By James White

 

 

Given that – according to the streaming service's notoriously opaque figures – Extraction has been a bigger hit for Netflix than some of the face-punches Chris Hemsworth's Tyler Rake delivers to baddies, it's not a shock to learn that the pieces are falling into place for a sequel, with news that producer/co-writer Joe Russo has made a deal to crank out another script.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163057-extraction-sequel-in-the-works/

 

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Tom Cruise and Nasa in talks over film to be shot in outer space – reports

 

Tom Cruise is in talks about making a film shot in outer space, Nasa administrator Jim Bridenstine said on Twitter. Photograph: Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images

 

Tom Cruise is in talks with Nasa about working on a movie shot in outer space, according to the head of the space agency.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163058-tom-cruise-and-nasa-in-talks-over-film-to-be-shot-in-outer-space-–-reports/

 

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Millie Small: My Boy Lollipop singer dies aged 73

By Mark Savage

 

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Jamaican singer Millie Small has died at the age of 73 after suffering a stroke.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163059-millie-small-my-boy-lollipop-singer-dies-aged-73/

 

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Genetic mutation study finds new coronavirus spread swiftly in late 2019

By Kate Kelland

 

FILE PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 29, 2020. Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM/CDC/Handout via REUTERS.

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A genetic analysis of samples from more than 7,500 people infected with COVID-19 suggests the new coronavirus spread quickly around the world late last year and is adapting to its human hosts, scientists said on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163060-genetic-mutation-study-finds-new-coronavirus-spread-swiftly-in-late-2019/