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Myanmar races to build field hospital as coronavirus surge stretches health system

By Shoon Naing and Zaw Naing Oo

 

A worker ensembles beds inside the quarantine facilities for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on a football pitch in Yangon, Myanmar, 16 September 2020.. REUTERS/Shee Paw Mya Tin

 

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar authorities are racing to build a field hospital in the commercial capital of Yangon to cope with a surge of coronavirus infections that doctors fear threatens to overwhelm the country's fragile health system.

 

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Philippines says engaging Western pharma firms, despite Duterte anger

By Neil Jerome Morales

 

FILE PHOTO: Visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte wave to the media before their one on one meeting at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines, November 20, 2018. REUTERS/Erik De Castro/Files

 

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines continues to negotiate supply deals with a wide range of COVID-19 vaccine makers, its health ministry said on Wednesday, despite its president scolding Western firms and saying he wanted Chinese and Russian vaccines.

 

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Philippines confirms 3,550 new coronavirus infections, 69 deaths

 

FILE PHOTO: Passengers wearing face shields and face masks for protection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) get off a bus in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, September 7, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo

 

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' health ministry on Wednesday recorded 3,550 additional novel coronavirus infections and 69 more deaths.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182885-philippines-confirms-3550-new-coronavirus-infections-69-deaths/

 

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Chances of Brexit deal fading every day, EU Commission chief says

By Gabriela Baczynska and Guy Faulconbridge

 

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a cabinet meeting at the Foreign Office in London, Britain September 15, 2020. Jonathan Buckmaster/Pool via REUTERS

 

BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - The head of the European Commission said on Wednesday the chances of reaching a trade deal with Britain were fading by the day as the British government pushes ahead with moves that would breach their divorce treaty.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182887-chances-of-brexit-deal-fading-every-day-eu-commission-chief-says/

 

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Amid COVID testing chaos, UK says: We're trying to fix it

By Hannah McKay

 

People queue at a test centre following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Southend-on-sea, Britain September 16, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, England (Reuters) - Amid growing anger over a bottleneck in Britain's creaking coronavirus testing system, the government promised on Wednesday to do whatever it takes to boost laboratory capacity that has left people across the land with no way to get a COVID-19 test.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182888-amid-covid-testing-chaos-uk-says-were-trying-to-fix-it/

 

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Barbados says it will remove Queen as head of state

By Estelle Shirbon

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Queen Elizabeth poses after awarding Captain Tom Moore with the insignia of Knight Bachelor at Windsor Castle, in Windsor, Britain July 17, 2020. Chris Jackson/Pool via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Barbados wants to remove Britain's Queen Elizabeth as its head of state and become a republic, the Caribbean island nation's government has said, reviving a plan mooted several times in the past.

 

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Notorious B.I.G crown fetches $600,000 at Sotheby's first hip-hop auction

 

Rapper Notorious B.I.G. is seen in this 1997 photo titled 'Notorious B.I.G as the K.O.N.Y' by Barron Claiborne. The plastic crown worn by rapper Notorious B.I.G. for this 1997 photoshoot is coming up for auction at Sotheby's in New York on September 15 as part of the first auction dedicated entirely to hip-hop culture. Courtesy of Barron Claiborne/Sotheby's/Handout via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - The plastic gold colored crown that American rapper Notorious B.I.G wore on the last photo shoot before his death fetched $600,000 at the first-ever hip hop auction held by an international house, Sotheby's said on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182890-notorious-big-crown-fetches-600000-at-sothebys-first-hip-hop-auction/

 

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Sudden decision to change criteria for MRT bid infuriates BTS

By THE NATION

 

 

The Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTS) is threatening to go to court after Mass Rapid Transit Authority (MRTA) changed its evaluation criteria for bids on the MRT Orange Line.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182891-sudden-decision-to-change-criteria-for-mrt-bid-infuriates-bts/

 

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Foreigners on non-immigrant visas urged to exploit loophole: Phuket Immigration

By The Phuket News

 

The exit sign at the Phuket Immigration Office in Phuket Town. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot / file

 

PHUKET:-- The new long-stay visas approved by Cabinet yesterday are not grounds for tourists already in the country to apply for similar extensions of stay, Phuket Immigration confirmed to The Phuket News today (Sept 16).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182894-foreigners-on-non-immigrant-visas-urged-to-exploit-loophole-phuket-immigration/

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