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Thai govt to launch Covid-19 contact-tracing app

By The Nation

 

Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman of the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA)

 

The government will soon launch a Covid-19 contact-tracing app as part of its latest efforts to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, and the government will regularly organise virus testing for six risk groups, Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman of the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), said on Sunday (May 10).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163650-thai-govt-to-launch-covid-19-contact-tracing-app/

 

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Aviation authority announces new timings for airports

By The Nation

 

 

The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) has finalised new opening and closing times for airports all over the country.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163652-aviation-authority-announces-new-timings-for-airports-in-thailand/

 

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Nurse killed as truck crashes into her car

By The Nation

 

Photo credit: mokkalana

 

A nurse was crushed to death while her father was severely injured in Saraburi when a truck, reportedly trying to run a red light, crashed into their car.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163653-nurse-killed-as-truck-crashes-into-her-car-in-saraburi/

 

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Thai mangrove forestation 'stable' after years of decline

By The Nation

 

Photo credit: PxHere

 

A Thai mangrove forest has been stabilised for several years, Thon Thamrongnawasawat, well-known ecologist, posted on his Facebook page to celebrate the National Mangrove Forest Day on Sunday (May 10).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163654-thai-mangrove-forestation-stable-after-years-of-decline/

 

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Public opinion sought on relaxation of lockdown measures and curfew

By The Nation

 

 

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has released a questionnaire via Google form for Thais on the second phase of relaxation of lockdown measures and opinion on the emergency decree.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163655-public-opinion-sought-on-relaxation-of-lockdown-measures-and-curfew/

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Egat reviews its investments in line with Covid-19 fallout

By THE NATION

 

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The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) has decided to review its investment plans due to the decline in demand for electricity in the industrial sector amid the Covid-19 outbreak.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163656-egat-reviews-its-investments-in-line-with-covid-19-fallout/

 

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Nida survey shows people worried about second wave of Covid-19

By The Nation

 

 

Nearly half the people in a survey said they were worried that travelling across provinces could lead to a second outbreak of Covid-19, while most people agreed with the government's gradual loosening of lockdown measures.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163657-nida-survey-shows-people-worried-about-second-wave-of-covid-19/

 

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Construction worker dies mysteriously near Pattaya

By Patcharapol Panrak

 

Police are trying to determine why Jantaramanee Jantramart, an apparently healthy Najomtien woman, died at home.

 

Police are trying to determine why an apparently healthy Najomtien woman died at home.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163658-construction-worker-dies-mysteriously-near-pattaya/

 

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Provincial governors ordered to screen everyone arriving from Phuket

 

International tourists, predominantly Russian nationals, enjoy the beach despite concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus and restrictions for travellers at a resort in Phuket on March 20, 2020. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)

 

All Thailand’s provincial governors have been instructed, by the country’s Interior Ministry, to screen everyone arriving from the southern resort province of Phuket and to quarantine anyone suspected of being infected with COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163659-provincial-governors-ordered-to-screen-everyone-arriving-from-phuket/

 

 

 

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BMA to extend operating hours of Chatuchak market to 7pm

 

Photo: www.facebook.com/aswinkwanmuang

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will extend the operating hours of Chatuchak weekend market, from 6pm to 7pm, to accommodate shoppers who prefer to visit the market in the evening, Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang said today.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163660-bma-to-extend-operating-hours-of-chatuchak-market-to-7pm/

 

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Tight COVID-19 controls at shops, markets

 

   

BANGKOK(NNT)-To ensure the enforcement of coronavirus control measures among businesses allowed to reopen, government agencies have been patrolling shopping malls and other businesses, making certain of their compliance with the Emergency Decree.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163661-tight-covid-19-controls-at-shops-markets/

 

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Education Ministry gets prepared for start of new academic year in July

 

   

BANGKOK(NNT)-The Ministry of Education is going to test an on-air and online learning system, in case at-school teaching is not safe enough for the start of the new semester on 1st of July.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163662-education-ministry-gets-prepared-for-start-of-new-academic-year-in-july/

 

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MOPH develops reusable PPE

 

   

BANGKOK(NNT)-Medical workers who are at the forefront of the fight against the pandemic face the highest risk of infection. Personal Protective Equipment or PPE is essential to protect themselves against the virus, however it can only be used once. Now, the Ministry of Public Health has joined forces with related agencies to developed reusable PPEs that are domestically manufactured.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163663-thai-health-ministry-develops-reusable-ppe/

 

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Thailand seeks 50,000 men for hire aboard fishing boats

 

 

BANGKOK: Despite adverse effects of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, Thailand's fishing industry is currently looking to hire as many as 50,000 men to go out to sea aboard trawlers, said a senior government official on Sunday (May 10).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163664-thailand-seeks-50000-men-for-hire-aboard-fishing-boats/

 

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Coronavirus spread accelerates again in Germany

By Douglas Busvine

 

FILE PHOTO: People enjoy sun on boats, on the Landwehrkanal, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Berlin, Germany, May 9, 2020. REUTERS / Christian Mang/File Photo

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - New coronavirus infections are accelerating again in Germany just days after its leaders loosened social restrictions, raising concerns that the pandemic could once again slip out of control.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163665-coronavirus-spread-accelerates-again-in germany/

 

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No end to UK lockdown but some measures will be eased, says PM Johnson

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson reacts outside 10 Downing Street during the Clap for our Carers campaign in support of the NHS, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 7, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - There will be no immediate end to the coronavirus lockdown in Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday, setting out plans to begin gradually easing some of the measures which have shut down much of the economy for nearly seven weeks.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163666-no-end-to-uk-lockdown-but-some-measures-will-be-eased-says-pm-johnson/

 

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Pence says he would welcome Trump ex-adviser Flynn's return - Axios

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (L) greets National Security Adviser Michael Flynn at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 10, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday said he would welcome Michael Flynn's return to the Trump administration after the U.S. Justice Department's controversial move last week to drop criminal charges against the president's former national security adviser.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163667-pence-says-he-would-welcome-trump-ex-adviser-flynns-return-axios/

 

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Malta envoy to Helsinki resigns after comparing Merkel to Hitler

 

VALLETTA (Reuters) - Malta's ambassador to Finland resigned on Sunday after he came under fire for comparing German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Adolf Hitler, Malta's ministry of foreign affairs said in an emailed statement.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163668-malta envoy to-helsinki-resigns-after-comparing-merkel-to-hitler/

 

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U.S. unemployment rate will get worse, Treasury's Mnuchin says

 

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin answers questions during the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The staggering U.S. unemployment rate reported by the government on Friday amid coronavirus lockdowns may get even worse, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163669-us-unemployment-rate-will-get-worse-treasurys-mnuchin-says/

 

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British GP could go ahead despite quarantine restrictions

By Alan Baldwin

 

FILE PHOTO: Formula One F1 - British Grand Prix - Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Britain - July 14, 2019 General view of a Union Jack flag being carried out on to the track by service personnel before the race REUTERS/John Sibley

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One is working to put on a British Grand Prix in July even if the country imposes quarantine measures on visitors during the COVID-19 crisis, F1 sources said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163671-british-gp-could-go-ahead-despite-quarantine-restrictions/

 

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Major U.S. airlines endorse temperature checks for passengers

By David Shepardson

 

FILE PHOTO: Passengers walk through Terminal 1, after further cases of coronavirus were confirmed in New York, at JFK International Airport in New York, U.S., March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A major U.S. airline trade group on Saturday said it backed the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checking the temperatures of passengers and customer-facing employees during the coronavirus pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163673-major-us-airlines-endorse-temperature-checks-for-passengers/

 

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Italy's daily coronavirus death toll and new cases fall

 

People wearing face masks walk along the beach as Italy begins to ease some of the restrictions of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown, in Castiglione della Pescaia, Italy May 9, 2020. REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini

 

ROME (Reuters) - Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 165 on Sunday, against 194 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said as the daily tally of new cases fell to 802 from 1,083 on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163674-italys-daily-coronavirus-death-toll-and-new-cases-fall/

 

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No plans to separate Trump, Pence despite White House coronavirus cases: source

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump turns to Vice President Mike Pence as they depart following a coronavirus response news conference in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 27, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration has no plans to keep President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence apart, a person familiar with the matter said on Sunday, as concerns rise about the spread of the coronavirus within the White House.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163677-no-plans-to-separate-trump pence despite-white-house-coronavirus-cases-source/

 

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Crowds flock to Chatuchak weekend market on opening weekend

 

 

Daily News reported that steady streams of shoppers flocked to Chatuchak weekend market in Bangkok on Sunday after the famous market opened on Saturday for the first time in months. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163678-crowds-flock-to-chatuchak-weekend-market-on-opening-weekend/

 

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Northern Thailand: "Sea of Mud" damages 20 homes in five Lampang villages

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Heavy rains and accompanying mud flows from hillsides during a storm in the southern part of Lampang province in the north of Thailand damaged many houses.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163679-northern-thailand-sea-of-mud-damages-20-homes-in-five-lampang-villages/

 

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Thai boy apologizes after attacking armless friend

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A 15 year old boy (named only as "B") went with his parents to Pathum Thani provincial police after mobile phone footage on Facebook showed him attacking a friend. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163681-thai-boy-apologizes-after-attacking-armless-friend/

 

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Amazing Thailand for the Thais: Is Domestic Tourism a solution?

 Juergen T Steinmetz

 

 

The impacts from COVID-19 have been felt worldwide with travel restrictions, lockdowns, and cancellations of major events. Pre-COVID-19, tourist destinations were predicted to hit 1.6 billion international arrivals globally in 2020, and tourism is a major contributor to the economy, providing 10% to global GDP.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163683-amazing-thailand-for-the-thais-is-domestic-tourism-a-solution/

 

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Samut Prakan: Woman dies, 20 seriously ill after eating traders' "khanom jeep"

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Twenty people fell sick with food poisoning and one 66 year old woman died after eating the popular Thai snack "khanom jeep". 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163685-samut-prakan-woman-dies-20-seriously-ill-after-eating-traders-khanom-jeep/

 

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Covid-19: Thai media visit Lad Prao mall during "survey" of measures ahead of May 17th opening

 

Picture: Thai PBS

 

Thai PBS went to a mall in Lad Prao - that they did not name - where a survey was being carried out to determine the effectiveness of measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163688-covid-19-thai-media-visit-lad-prao-mall-during-survey-of-measures-ahead-of-may-17th-opening/

 

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Busted: Police on Koh Samui raid "farang owned" beachside bar - 22 Thai and foreign patrons arrested

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that a raiding party made up of Bo Phut police, immigration and local officials went to a foreign owned beachside bar and restaurant that was serving alcohol and allowing sit down customers on Sunday evening. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1163689-busted-police-on-koh-samui-raid-farang-owned-beachside-bar-22-thai-and-foreign-patrons-arrested/