11.8 million Bt5,000 payments already delivered, more on way

By THE NATION

 

 

More than 14 million applicants for the government’s Bt5,000 remedial payments have been approved, while 11.8 million applicants have already received the money, Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, secretary to the finance minister, said on Monday (May 11).

 

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Low-skilled men suffer highest COVID fatalities in England and Wales

 

Construction workers are seen at a site entrance in London, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Men in the lowest-skilled jobs had the highest rate of death involving COVID-19 among working-age people in England and Wales, according to data on Monday which also showed deaths among nurses and doctors was no higher than the average.

 

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Trans writer Juno Dawson: 'The Spice Girls were my female awakening!'

By Claire Armitstead

 

‘I had awful relationships, I really put myself at risk’ … Juno Dawson. Photograph: Rachel Adams

 

Alice dyes her hair blue and has an “active, app-based sex life with married men from outlying commuter towns”.

 

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Marvel stars have been turned into cheeky pin-up models in brilliant artwork

BY SUSANNAH ALEXANDER

 

Image: Google

 

Marvel's male heroes will be looking very different to you after you've seen them re-imagined by artist David Talaski.

 

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'When your unborn daughter gives you the middle finger'

By By REBECCA DAVISON

 

'When your unborn daughter gives you the middle finger': Katy Perry shared her ultrasound scan on Instagram on Monday with a hilarious caption

 

She has admitted to feeling emotional being confined to lockdown while pregnant with her first child. 

 

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Officials ponder ‘rolling lockdowns’ for new COVID-19 case areas

By The Phuket News

 

Lockdown restrictions in Bang Tao may be lifted on Thursday (May 14), as long as no new cases are confirmed in the area. Photo: MaAnn Samran / Save Bangtao

 

PHUKET: Phuket officials are considering their next course of action for the areas where four new confirmed infections of COVID-19 have been reported, while other areas that have not had a new infection for 14 days may soon see their lockdown restrictions lifted.

 

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Phuket health teams inspect businesses allowed to open

By Khunanya Wanchanwet

 

Officers from the Phuket Provincial Health Office (PPHO) are inspecting businesses to ensure they comply with COVID-19 health guidelines. Photo: PPHO

 

PHUKET:-- Officers from the Phuket Public Health Office (PPHO) are conducting inspections of stores and other businesses across Phuket that are allowed to open following the relaxation of the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions to ensure health guidelines are being enforced.

 

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Thailand tourist arrivals may fall by as much as 65% in 2020 due to virus outbreak

 

FILE PHOTO: Tourists walk outside a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, January 11, 2016. Thai tourism revenue is forecast to grow nearly 9 percent to touch 2.4 trillion baht ($66.12 billion) this year, the tourism minister said on Monday, on the back of increased focus on visitors from the ASEAN region and domestic travellers. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The number of foreign tourists in Thailand may plunge as much as 25.8 million to 14 million this year, the lowest level in 14 years, as the coronavirus pandemic hits global travel, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) said on Monday.

 

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Germany surge sounds coronavirus alarm as world takes steps to reopen

By Douglas Busvine, Michel Rose

 

Customers wait outside an IKEA shop after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown has been eased around the country and the company opens some of its stores, in Berlin, Germany, May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

 

BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) - Germany reported on Monday that new coronavirus infections were accelerating exponentially after early steps to ease its lockdown, news that sounded a global alarm even as businesses opened from Paris hair salons to Shanghai Disneyland.

 

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