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Only one new Covid-19 case, pointing to constant improvement in situation

By The Nation

 

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Thailand reported only one new case and there were no deaths over a 24-hour period, Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman of the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), said on Thursday (May 14).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1164139-only-one-new-covid-19-case-pointing-to-constant-improvement-in-situation/

 

 

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TAT targeting tech savvy young tourists as New Normal means less visitors and more domestic tourism

 

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Picture: Bangkok Biz News

 

The head of the Tourism Authority of Thailand has spoken to the Thai media about what the New Normal will mean for the tourism sector.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1164146-tat-targeting-tech-savvy-young-tourists-as-new-normal-means-less-visitors-and-more-domestic-tourism/

 

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Govt allays fears on privacy as it prepares to launch Covid-19 app on May 15

By The Nation

 

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Dr Polawat Witoolkollachit, inspector general of the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society

 

The government is launching a Covid-19 contact-tracing app, aimed at preventing a second wave of infections while assuring privacy protection.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1164159-govt-allays-fears-on-privacy-as-it-prepares-to-launch-covid-19-app-on-may-15/

 

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Uttama dismisses talk he will quit as party leader, confirms GDP will shrink

By THE NATION

 

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Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana has insisted he will not resign as leader of the core coalition Phalang Pracharat party and would also remain in his ministerial post.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1164163-uttama-dismisses-talk-he-will-quit-as-party-leader-confirms-gdp-will-shrink/

 

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Chula virologist shows how Thais can avoid a second-wave outbreak

By The Nation

 

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Dr Yong Poovorawan

 

Thailand faces a second wave of Covid-19 infections unless people stick to the “new normal” of social distancing, warned a Chulalongkorn University virologist today (May 14).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1164167-chula-virologist-shows-how-thais-can-avoid-a-second-wave-outbreak/

 

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"This virus may never go away," WHO says

By Emma Farge and Michael Shields

 

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FILE PHOTO: Mike Ryan, Executive Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO), attends a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland May 3, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

 

GENEVA (Reuters) - The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 could become endemic like HIV, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, warning against any attempt to predict how long it would keep circulating and calling for a "massive effort" to counter it.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1164174-this-virus-may-never-go-away-who-says/

 

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Army investigating officer who sat in parliament president’s chair inappropriately

 

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The Thai Army’s Directorate of Intelligence (ADI) has ordered a disciplinary investigation into the conduct of an officer, seen in his own Facebook post yesterday (Wednesday) sitting in the chair of President of the Parliament, Chuan Leekpai.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1164187-army-investigating-officer-who-sat-in-parliament-president’s-chair-inappropriately/

 

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Panda dolls kick pandemic blues for Thai diners

By Jiraporn Kuhakan

 

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People have dinner as they sit next to stuffed panda dolls, used as part of social distancing measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Maison Saigon restaurant that reopened after the easing of restrictions in Bangkok, Thailand, May 13, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Can't bear to eat alone?

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1164189-panda-dolls-kick-pandemic-blues-for-thai-diners/

 

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Out-of-work Thai chefs cook for others made jobless by virus crisis

 

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Volunteers prepare free lunch boxes for low-income communities during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand May 13, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Professional chefs on Wednesday started cooking up around 40,000 lunches in Thailand's capital for communities affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1164191-out-of-work-thai-chefs-cook-for-others-made-jobless-by-virus-crisis/

 

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U.N. warns of global mental health crisis due to COVID-19 pandemic

By Kate Kelland

 

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FILE PHOTO: "Grief holds her covered face against the shoulder of History and weeps in mourning" as depicted at the Peace Monument in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A mental illness crisis is looming as millions of people worldwide are surrounded by death and disease and forced into isolation, poverty and anxiety by the pandemic of COVID-19, United Nations health experts said on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1164193-un-warns-of-global-mental-health-crisis-due-to-covid-19-pandemic/

 

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Sun, sea, silence: lack of tourist dollars crushes small economies

By Tom Arnold

 

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FILE PHOTO: People look at the sunset from the beach in Bel Ombre, Mauritius August 21, 2018. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

 

LONDON (Reuters) - From Mauritius to Montenegro, small nations that depend on foreign visitors, face economic devastation as enduring travel restrictions force would-be tourists to stay at home.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1164194-sun-sea-silence-lack-of-tourist-dollars-crushes-small-economies/

 

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Vietnam determined to save British pilot, avoid its first COVID-19 death

By James Pearson

 

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FILE PHOTO: People wait for rice donation in front of Saint Joseph Cathedral during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Hanoi, Vietnam April 27, 2020. REUTERS/Kham

 

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has mounted an all-out effort to save the life of its most critically ill novel coronavirus patient, a British pilot who works for Vietnam Airlines, the national carrier.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1164195-vietnam-determined-to-save-british-pilot-avoid-its-first-covid-19-death/

 

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Health minister looks in on department stores before they reopen on Sunday

By The Nation

 

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With Bangkok shopping malls set to reopen on Sunday (May 17), Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul visited Paragon and Central World on Thursday to see if Covid-19 preventive measures had been put in place in the stores.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1164196-health-minister-looks-in-on-department-stores-before-they-reopen-on-sunday/

 

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Coronavirus vaccine possible in early 2021, says European agency

 

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FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), is seen in London, Britain, April 25, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A vaccine to counter the new coronavirus could be approved in about a year in an “optimistic” scenario, a agency which approves medicines for the European Union said on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1164198-coronavirus-vaccine-possible-in-early-2021-says-european-agency/

 

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Bryan Adams apologises after 'bat eating' coronavirus rant

By Ben Beaumont-Thomas

 

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Bryan Adams performing in November 2019. Photograph: Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

 

The Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams has apologised after an outburst on Instagram where he attacked “bat eating, wet market animal selling, virus making greedy bastards” in China for the source of the coronavirus outbreak.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1164200-bryan-adams-apologises-after-bat-eating-coronavirus-rant/

 

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Johnny Depp libel case: Winona Ryder and Vanessa Paradis claim actor was 'never violent' towards them

By Ellie Harrison

 

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Winona Ryder and Vanessa Paradis, who are both ex-girlfriends of Johnny Depp, have claimed the actor was “never violent” towards them.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1164201-johnny-depp-libel-case-winona-ryder-and-vanessa-paradis-claim-actor-was-never-violent-towards-them/

 

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AoT Phuket announces requirements for using airport

By The Phuket News

 

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AoT Phuket has issued its requirements of all passengers intending to travel through Phuket International Airport after it reopens this Saturday (May 16). Image: AoT Phuket

 

PHUKET: The Airports of Thailand management team at Phuket International Airport (AoT Phuket) has released a list of requirements for all people using the airport once it reopens this Saturday (May 16) -- including that all people leaving the island must register their health condition on the AOT Airports app.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1164203-aot-phuket-announces-requirements-for-using-airport/

 

 

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Patong police officers test negative for COVID-19, remain on duty

By Khunanya Wanchanwet

 

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The 41 officers tested negative for COVID-19 and remain on duty. Photo: Patong Police

 

PHUKET:-- The 41 Patong Police officers tested for COVID-19 yesterday have been found not infected with the virus, Patong Police Station Chief Col Aganit Danpitaksat has confirmed.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1164211-patong-police-officers-test-negative-for-covid-19-remain-on-duty/

 

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Bang Tao still under lockdown ‘until further notice’

By Khunanya Wanchanwet

 

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Food relief efforts continue in Cherng Talay. Photo: Cherng Talay OrBorTor

 

PHUKET:-- MaAnn Samran, Chief of the Cherng Talay Tambon Administration (OrBorTor), today confirmed that the three villages in Cherng Talay, including Bang Tao and near Surin Beach, will remain under lockdown until he receives orders from provincial authorities allowing him to lift the lockdown restrictions.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1164212-bang-tao-still-under-lockdown-‘until-further-notice’/

 

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