Tens of thousand of Thailand’s sex workers left out of pocket due to COVID-19

 

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that times were tough for the country's sex workers with many without any money for food and shelter or for their families. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165444-tens-of-thousand-of-thailand’s-sex-workers-left-out-of-pocket-due-to-covid-19/

Hospitals focus on safety as they prepare for the 'new normal'

By THE NATION

 

 

Emergency rooms in hospitals across the country are preparing for the "new normal" amid the Covid-19 crisis, be it in providing protective gear for nurses or social distancing areas for patients, Dr Chaloempon Chairat, the 10th Health Region director, said on Saturday (May 23).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165466-hospitals-focus-on-safety-as-they-prepare-for-the-new-normal/

 

Most farmers pleased with minister Chalermchai's performance

By The Nation

 

 

Some 89.4 per cent of farmers in a Super Poll opinion survey showed the thumbs up to Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Sreeon’s efforts to solve problems relating to agriculture.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165467-most-farmers-pleased-with-minister-chalermchais-performance/

 

Experiments with hamsters show effectiveness of masks in staving off infection

By THE NATION

 

 

Wearing medical masks can protect people from Covid-19 infection at least 75 per cent of the time, according to an experiment by a Hong Kong microbiologist, Dr Manoon Leechawengwongs, a Thai respiratory disease specialist, informed through his fanpage on Saturday (May 23).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165468-experiments-with-hamsters-show-effectiveness-of-masks-in-staving-off-infection/

 

Government cash handouts have reached 15 million applicants

By The Nation

 

 

The Ministry of Finance has disbursed payments to 15 million applicants for the government’s Bt5,000 cash handouts, Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, secretary to the Finance Minister, said on Saturday (May 23).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165470-government-cash-handouts-have-reached-15-million-applicants/

 

Two new Covid-19 Thai patients in state quarantine had returned from abroad

By THE NATION

 

Panprapa Yongtrakul

 

There were three new cases of Covid-19 over a 24-hour period, taking total confirmed cases to 3,040 since the outbreak, Dr Panprapa Yongtrakul, assistant spokeswoman of the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said on Saturday (May 23).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165471-two-new-covid-19-thai-patients-in-state-quarantine-had-returned-from-abroad/

 

The week that was in Thailand news: Hallelujah! At least a semblance of sanity is returning to Thailand

 

 

I'm not a religious person, more a devout atheist, yet were they angels I heard when my condo management decided to open our swimming pool at last?

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165473-the-week-that-was-in-thailand-news-hallelujah-at-least-a-semblance-of-sanity-is-returning-to-thailand/

 

Phuket shops, businesses mark high compliance with COVID post-lockdown health regulations

By The Phuket News

 

Many of the businesses in Phuket allowed to reopen are showing high compliance of the ‘new normal’ post-lockdown health regulations. Photo: PPHO

 

PHUKET: Phuket shops and businesses that have been allowed to reopen so far are following the post-lockdown health regulations tightly, many above “90% compliance”, the Phuket Communicable Disease Committee headed by Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana reported yesterday (May 22).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165474-phuket-shops-businesses-mark-high-compliance-with-covid-post-lockdown-health-regulations/

 

Italian man in Cherng Talay Phuket’s latest COVID case, total reaches 226

By The Phuket News

 

Image: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: An Italian engineer who lives in Cherng Talay with his family has been confirmed as Phuket’s latest confirmed case of COVID-19 infection, bringing the total number of people in Phuket recognised by officials as infected with COVID-19 since the outbreak began to 226.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165476-italian-man-in-cherng-talay-phuket’s-latest-covid-case-total-reaches-226/

 

Brahminy kite with broken wing in Bang Tao taken into care

By Chutharat Plerin

 

The Brahminy kite was seen around houses in Bang Tao for days before local residents realised it was injured. Photo:  Khao Phra Thaew Non-Hunting Area Office

 

PHUKET: A red-backed sea eagle, also called a Brahminy kite, found near houses in Bang Tao with a broken wing has been taken into care by local wildlife officials.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165477-brahminy-kite-with-broken-wing-in-bang-tao-taken-into-care/

 

Corporate net profit takes a pounding in first quarter

By The Nation

 

 

The first-quarter net profit of companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) plummetted 60.5 per cent year on year as energy, public utility, petroleum and chemical businesses were affected by the economic slowdown, oil oversupply and oil price war.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165478-corporate-net-profit-takes-a-pounding-in-first-quarter/

 

Gold, weapon sales prevented export contraction in April

By The Nation

 

 

Thailand's exports in April expanded by 2.1 per cent mainly due to the sales of gold and weapons, Siam Commercial Bank’s Economic Intelligence Centre (EIC) said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165479-gold-weapon-sales-prevented-export-contraction-in-april/

 

DTAC plans to let 1,000 staff work from home

By THE NATION

 

 

Total Access Communication (DTAC) has said that 1,000 of its staffs will continue working from home while all its centres can be run as usual enforcing the social distancing measure.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165480-dtac-plans-to-let-1000-staff-work-from-home/

 

Army department to disinfect MRT stations next week

By The Nation

 

 

The chemical department of the Royal Thai Army has been tasked with disinfecting the Metropolitan Rapid Transit (MRT) Chaloem Ratchamongkhon Line (Blue Line) and Chalong Ratchadham (Purple Line).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165483-army-department-to-disinfect-mrt-stations-next-week/

 

Exclusive: 86 year old British expat left "starving and mistreated" by Thai family on his way home to UK

 

 

The family of an 86 year old British man rescued from a squalid room earlier in the week claim he was left starving and mistreated by a Thai family after he moved to Thailand around seven years ago.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165485-exclusive-86-year-old-british-expat-left-starving-and-mistreated-by-thai-family-on-his-way-home-to-uk/

 

Thai govt. cuts Thai Airways stake to below 51% as part of restructuring plan

 

 

FILE PHOTO: Thai Airways airplanes are parked at the tarmac of Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand March 25, 2020 REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The Thai government lowered its equity ownership in Thai Airways International PcL <THAI.BK> to below 51% by selling a 3.2% stake, a regulatory filing showed, as part of the rehabilitation process for the troubled national carrier.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165486-thai-govt-cuts-thai-airways-stake-to-below-51-as-part-of-restructuring-plan/

 

Thailand considers shortening curfew hours to midnight until 4am

 

 

Thailand’s National Security Council (NSC) has been assigned, by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, in his capacity as the CCSA chief, to consider whether the current 11pm to 4am curfew can be shortened to midnight to 4am during the third phase of relaxation of lockdown restrictions, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngarm said today (Saturday).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165487-thailand-considers-shortening-curfew-hours-to-midnight-until-4am/

 

Pheu Thai Party gears up to grill Government over 1.9 trillion baht loan

 

 

Image Credit: Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan‘s Facebook
 

Opposition Pheu Thai Party is gearing up to grill the Government in parliament over three executive decrees, which authorize the administration to secure 1.9 trillion baht in loans to cushion the economic and social impacts of COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165488-pheu-thai-party-gears-up-to-grill-government-over-19-trillion-baht-loan/

 

Thai exports up for a second month in a row

Praphorn Praphornkul

 

 

BANGKOK(NNT)-Despite limitations caused by the global spread COVID-19, Thailand still saw its export sector grow by 2.12 percent in April this year, the second consecutive month of expansion.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165489-thai-exports-up-for-a-second-month-in-a-row/

 

Thai researchers start COVID-19 vaccine monkey trials

Tanakorn Sangiam

 

 

SARABURI(NNT)-After a promising outcome from trials in rats, an anti-virus vaccine prototype developed by Thai researchers is now being tested in monkeys, with the results expected by September.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165490-thai-researchers-start-covid-19-vaccine-monkey-trials/

 

Education Minister observes online learning at children’s homes

Tanakorn Sangiam

 

 

BANGKOK(NNT)-The Minister of Education has visited students at their homes in Nakhon Pathom and Ratchaburi, to observe the actual online learning process. Schools across the country are to reopen on 1st July, except for those in areas with an ongoing viral outbreak where all classes will be moved online, or onto TV.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165491-education-minister-observes-online-learning-at-children’s-homes/

 

Dolphins spotted off the coast of Songkhla

Praphorn Praphornkul

 

 

SONGKHLA(NNT)-Dolphins have been seen near Nu and Maew islands, off Songkhla province in the Gulf of Thailand, after the waters have been free of tourists for the past several months.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165492-dolphins-spotted-off-the-coast-of-songkhla/

 

National Library of Thailand, Bangkok National Museum reopen under strict anti coronavirus measures

Praphorn Praphornkul

 

 

BANGKOK(NNT)-The National Library of Thailand is informing borrowers they will have to indicate the book they intend to check out from now on as part of measures against COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165494-national-library-of-thailand-bangkok-national-museum-reopen-under-strict-anti-coronavirus-measures/

 

 

 

Pattaya mayor inspects closed beaches

By Pattaya Mail

 

Officials continue to use a drone to keep an eye on Pattaya Beach.

Pattaya’s mayor toured the city’s beaches to check if people are heeding closure orders and complying with social distancing rules.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165495-pattaya-mayor-inspects-closed-beaches/

 

Pattaya modernization project hits ancient roadblocks on Walking Street

By Warapun Jaikusol

 

The Provincial Electricity Authority meets with local officials to explain how the project to modernize the Pattaya’s power grid has run smack into the city’s ancient remnants as it digs up Walking Street.

The Provincial Electricity Authority’s project to modernize the Pattaya’s power grid has run smack into the city’s ancient remnants as it digs up Walking Street.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165496-pattaya-modernization-project-hits-ancient-roadblocks-on-walking-street/

 

Heavy rains forecast for many parts of Thailand

By The Nation

 

 

Heavy rains with gusty winds are forecast for the Northeast, the East and the Southwest coast.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165497-heavy-rains-forecast-for-many-parts-of-thailand/

 

Thailand plans fruit festival in eight Chinese cities

By THE NATION

 

 

A Thailand Fruit Golden Months Festival will be organised in eight cities in China as local governments have started easing lockdown measures.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165499-thailand-plans-fruit-festival-in-eight-chinese-cities/

 

Yaowarat returns to life

By THE NATION

 

 

The Yaowarat street food scene is bustling again, as was visible on Friday (May 22) evening after the government eased lockdown measures and allowed selected businesses to reopen.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165500-yaowarat-returns-to-life/

 

Two more positive coronavirus tests in Premier League

By Martyn Herman

 

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Burnley v AFC Bournemouth - Turf Moor, Burnley, Britain - February 22, 2020 General view of the Premier League logo on a match ball before the match REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Two people from two Premier League clubs have tested positive for the coronavirus after a second batch of testing, the Premier League said on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165501-two-more-positive-coronavirus-tests-in-premier-league/

 

Easing lockdown, Spain to reopen for tourism in July

By Jessica Jones

 

Supporters of Spain's far-right party Vox gather during a drive-in protest against the government's handling of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Malaga, southern Spain, May 23, 2020. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

 

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain will reopen its borders to tourists in July and its top soccer division will kick off again in June, the Prime Minister said on Saturday, marking another phase in the easing of one of the world's strictest lockdowns.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165504-easing-lockdown-spain-to-reopen-for-tourism-in-july/