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Phuket beaches remain closed: confirmed

By The Phuket News

 

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Patong Beach remains pristine, and empty. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET:-- All Phuket beaches remain closed to any visitors, Bussaya Chaipeum, Chief of the Phuket office of the Provincial Public Relations (PR Phuket), confirmed to The Phuket News today (May 7).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163226-phuket-beaches-remain-closed-confirmed/

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Bangkok’s famous Chatuchak market to reopen this weekend

 

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The Chatuchak weekend market, popular with both Thai and foreign tourists, will reopen this weekend, but visitors will be required to observe physical distancing and wear face masks.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163228-bangkok’s-famous-chatuchak-market-to-reopen-this-weekend/

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Rescue volunteer criticised for his treatment of accident victim

By The Nation

 

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A rescue volunteer in Kalasin province has come under fire for trying to treat an injured accident victim -- despite being ill-qualified. The victim later died in a hospital.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163194-rescue-volunteer-criticised-for-his-treatment-of-accident-victim/

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Eastern drought to be eased by 36km water pipeline

By THE NATION

 

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The Office of National Water Resources (ONWR) will oversee construction of a 36-kilometre network of pipes to ease drought in Thailand’s eastern provinces, especially the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) spanning Rayong, Chonburi and Chachoengsao, ONWR secretary-general Somkiat Prachamwong announced on Thursday (May 7).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163249-eastern-drought-to-be-eased-by-36km-water-pipeline/

 

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Majority want to visit Phuket once COVID-19 restrictions are lifted

TAT Phuket Office Poll

 

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Bangkok, 07 May, 2020, at 09.00 Hrs. – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Phuket Office recently conducted a travel poll asking 606 Thai respondents a series of questions regarding their plans to visit Phuket once travel restrictions to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) had been lifted or the post-COVID-19 era.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163251-majority-of-thais-want-to-visit-phuket-once-covid-19-restrictions-are-lifted/

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Pattaya declared clear of coronavirus after discharge of last Covid-19 patients

By Jetsada Homklin

 

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Mayor Sonthaya Kunplome, Deputy Mayor Manote Nongyai and city officials announce the city now is apparently free of the coronavirus.

 

With the last Covid-19 patients discharged from Pattaya hospitals, the city now is apparently free of the coronavirus.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163252-pattaya-declared-clear-of-coronavirus-after-discharge-of-last-covid-19-patients/

 

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Strict measures still needed to beat COVID-19: PM

 

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BANGKOK(NNT) - The Prime Minister has thanked the people of all sectors for helping slow the spread of COVID-19, stressing that strict measures must remain in place, even though the current situation is satisfactory.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163253-strict-measures-still-needed-to-beat-covid-19-pm-prayut/

 

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Sperm containing virus raises small risk of COVID-19 spread via sex: study

By Kate Kelland

 

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FILE PHOTO: An undated scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow), also known as novel coronavirus, the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells (blue/pink) cultured in the lab. NIAID-RML/Handout via REUTERS.

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Chinese researchers who tested sperm of men infected with COVID-19 found that a minority of them had the new coronavirus in their semen, opening up a small chance the disease could be transmitted sexually, scientists said on Thursday.

 

Full srory: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163254-sperm-containing-virus-raises-small-risk-of-covid-19-spread-via-sex-study/

 

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Malaria drug touted by Trump for coronavirus fails another test

By Gene Emery

 

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FILE PHOTO: Laura Ng, who has lupus and had to recently call at least five pharmacies before she could find a place to fill her hydroxychloroquine prescription, is photographed in Seattle, Washington, U.S. March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson

 

(Reuters) - The malaria treatment repeatedly championed by U.S. President Donald Trump as a "game changer" in the fight against the novel coronavirus has again failed to show a benefit in patients hospitalised with COVID-19, according to a study released on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163256-malaria-drug-touted-by-trump-for-coronavirus-fails-another-test/

 

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Trump campaign launches $10 million ad blitz against Biden

By Tim Reid

 

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U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the White House National Day of Prayer Service in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 7, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

 

(Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign launched a massive, multi-million dollar ad blitz against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Thursday, its biggest onslaught against Biden since the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163257-trump-campaign-launches-10-million-ad-blitz-against-biden/

 

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U.S. Senate upholds Trump veto of 'insulting' Iran war powers resolution

By Patricia Zengerle

 

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before signing a proclamation in honor of National Nurses Day in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate failed on Thursday to override President Donald Trump's veto of a resolution that would have reined in his ability to wage war against Iran by requiring him to obtain congressional authorization for military action.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163259-us-senate-upholds-trump-veto-of-insulting-iran-war-powers-resolution/

 

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Britain heading for a limited easing of lockdown next week

By Elizabeth Piper

 

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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during the weekly question time debate in Parliament in London, Britain May 6, 2020. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce a very limited easing of Britain's coronavirus lockdown next week, adopting a cautious approach to try to ensure there is no second peak of infections that could further hurt the economy.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163261-britain-heading-for-a-limited-easing-of-lockdown-next-week/

 

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What business looks like in the post-Covid era

By The Nation

 

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The retail and manufacturing sectors are likely to recover more quickly in Thailand and other countries from the Covid-19 fallout than the tourism, airline and other tourism-related industries, a Bank of Thailand survey learned. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163263-what-business-looks-like-in-the-post-covid-era/

 

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U.S. coronavirus deaths exceed 75,000: Reuters tally

By Lisa Shumaker

 

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(Reuters) - U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus topped 75,000 deaths on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, after the White House shelved a step-by-step guide prepared by health officials to help states safely reopen.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163271-us-coronavirus-deaths-exceed-75000-reuters-tally/

 

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Thai immigration chief busts illegal call center offering short term loans

 

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Thailand's chief of immigration Lt-Gen Sompong Chingduang led a raid on an illegal loan company operating in Bangkok yesterday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163279-thai-immigration-chief-busts-illegal-call-center-offering-short-term-loans/

 

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Prachuap Immigration arrest Belgian for dangerous driving

 

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A contingent of immigration police under the command of Prajuab Khirikhan immigration chief Pol Col Sutthipong Phutthipong served a warrant on a Belgian man connected to dangerous driving.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163280-prachuap-immigration-arrest-belgian-for-dangerous-driving/

 

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Easing of restrictions: Thousands of warnings issued to shops for failing to comply with regulations

 

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Thailand's national police spokesman said yesterday that 13,000 shops nationwide had been checked to ensure they were complying with social distancing and mask wearing rules.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163281-easing-of-restrictions-thousands-of-warnings-issued-to-shops-for-failing-to-comply-with-regulations/

 

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DDC to expand testing for Covid-19

By THE NATION

 

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The Department of Disease Control (DDC) aims to test an average of 6,000 persons per million population, or 85,000 samples per month, for Covid-19, as part of long-term disease-control measures, DDC director-general Dr Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoenchai said on Thursday (May 7).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163286-ddc-to-expand-testing-for-covid-19/

 

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It was only open for one day! Mayor bemoans visitors who left Bang Saen beach covered in trash

 

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Saensuk  mayor Narongchai Khunpluem went on Facebook to rant against his compatriots about messing up Bang Saen beach.
 
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Turning the Corner: Food relief effort highlights COVID impact in Cherng Talay

By The Phuket News

 

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The ‘HWL - Helping With Love’ relief effort highlights how many people in Cherng Talay affected by the COVID-19 restrictions need help. Photo: Jens Klein / Facebook

 

PHUKET: What started as a small effort by Jens and Khun Arttie, to do what they could for the people in Cherng Talay, who are without any means to support themselves due to the COVID restrictions, has bloomed into a major source of support for many of those suffering in the area, and now provides at least 250 meals a day, as well as relief packages once a week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163306-turning-the-corner-food-relief-effort-highlights-covid-impact-in-cherng-talay/

 

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"Good news soon": Murder of German who taught English has damaged the image of Thailand, says media

 

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The chief of the Prachinburi provincial police said that he expected good news soon after he chaired a meeting of investigators looking into the murder of a German man who taught English.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163311-good-news-soon-murder-of-german-who-taught-english-has-damaged-the-image-of-thailand-says-media/

 

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Thai first-quarter GDP 'not good'; second quarter will be worse - deputy PM

 

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FILE PHOTO: Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak speaks during a seminar on fintech in Bangkok, Thailand, June 14, 2017. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's economic performance in the first quarter is not good and the current quarter will be worse as the southeast Asian nation faces the full impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the deputy prime minister said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163315-thai-first-quarter-gdp-not-good-second-quarter-will-be-worse-deputy-pm/

 

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Thailand reports eight new coronavirus cases, no new deaths

 

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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Friday reported eight new coronavirus cases but no deaths, bringing the total to 3,000 cases and 55 deaths since the outbreak started in January.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163319-thailand reports-eight-new-coronavirus-cases-no-new-deaths/

 

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