THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Sunday 27 Dec 2020

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Download the Thaivisa Calendar 2021 - all Thai holidays and no alcohol days included!

 

 

Download it here: https://forum.thaivisa.com/files/file/782-thaivisa-calendar-2021/

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Minister and officials have seafood during Nakhon Pathom visit to make a point

By The Nation

 

PM's Office Minister Anucha Nakasai, centre (Photo credit: Thai government)

 

PM's Office Minister Anucha Nakasai and state officials on Saturday visited Nakhon Pathom province to inspect the readiness of restaurant and prawn farmers to prevent a Covid-19 outbreak.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198521-minister-and-officials-have-seafood-during-nakhon-pathom-visit-to-make-a-point/

 

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A tonne of prawns sold out outside Government House, pro-democracy group says

By THE NATION

 

 

The leader of pro-democracy "We Volunteer" group, Piyarat Chongthep, on Saturday decided to sell a tonne of prawns in front of Government House, in response to a decrease in seafood sales across the nation due to the new Covid-19 crisis in Samut Sakhon province.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198523-a-tonne-of-prawns-sold-out-outside-government-house-pro-democracy-group-says/

 

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94 domestic cases among 110 new Covid-19 patients

By THE NATION

 

 

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Saturday revealed 110 cases in the past 24 hours, including 94 domestic cases and 16 in state quarantine.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198525-94-domestic-cases-among-110-new-covid-19-patients/

 

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Rayong sees sharp jump in Covid-19 cases

By The Nation

 

 

Rayong province has found 27 new cases of Covid-19, raising the number of patients to 36 in the last three days after the latest outbreak, provincial governor Charna Iamsang said on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198527-rayong-sees-sharp-jump-in-covid-19-cases/

 

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Restaurant in Samyan Mitrtown told to close until Dec 28

By THE NATION

 

 

Samyan Mitrtown complex in Bangkok has ordered a branch of Nittaya Kai Yang Restaurant to close from December 25 to 28, after a Covid-19 patient was found to have visited the place late in the evening on December 12.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198528-restaurant-in-samyan-mitrtown-told-to-close-until-dec-28/

 

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Samut Sakhon stadium to be converted into field hospital in two days

By THE NATION

 

 

Samut Sakhon Governor Weerasak Wijitsaengsri on Saturday gave the go-ahead for setting up a field hospital.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198530-samut-sakhon-stadium-to-be-converted-into-field-hospital-in-two-days/

 

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Timeline of 13th Covid-19 case in Nonthaburi shows link to Samut Sakhon

By THE NATION

 

 

Nonthaburi provincial authorities on Friday revealed the timeline of the 13th patient in the latest Covid-19 wave in the province.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198531-timeline-of-13th-covid-19-case-in-nonthaburi-shows-link-to-samut-sakhon/

 

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Air quality unsafe in three Bangkok areas

By THE NATION

 

 

Air quality in three areas of Bangkok exceeded safe levels, or 50 micrograms (mcg) per cubic metre.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198532-air-quality-unsafe-in-three-bangkok-areas/

 

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No new COVID cases in Phuket, reports PPHO

By The Phuket News

 

Dr Pitakpol Boonyamalik, left, an inspector-general at the Public Health Ministry, at the meeting in Phuket yesterday (Dec 25). Photo: PPHO

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) has reported that further testing of people believed to have been at high-risk exposure of contracting COVID-19 from the three cases already confirmed on the island have failed to identify any new cases of people infected with the disease.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198533-no-new-covid-cases-in-phuket-reports-ppho/

 

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Patong tsunami memorial service falls to COVID events ban

By The Phuket News

 

A woman stands in front of the main sign at the Light Up Phuket tsunami memorial event on Patong Beach last year. Photo: Patong Municipality

 

PHUKET: The annual Light Up Phuket tsunami memorial event at Loma Park in Patong will not be held this year due to concerns over COVID-19, Patong Mayor Chalermluck Kebsup confirmed late this afternoon (Dec 26).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198535-patong-tsunami-memorial-service-falls-to-covid-events-ban/

 

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China to leapfrog U.S. as world's biggest economy by 2028: think tank

 

 

FILE PHOTO: People look at the skyline of the Central Business District in Beijing, China, April 16, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

 

LONDON (Reuters) - China will overtake the United States to become the world's biggest economy in 2028, five years earlier than previously estimated due to the contrasting recoveries of the two countries from the COVID-19 pandemic, a think tank said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198536-china-to-leapfrog-us-as-worlds-biggest-economy-by-2028-think-tank/

 

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George Blake, last in line of Cold War spies who betrayed Britain, dies at 98

By Timothy Heritage and Polina Ivanova

 

FILE PHOTO: Soviet secret agent George Blake gestures as he speaks at a presentation of a book of letters written by other spies from a British prison, in Moscow June 28, 2001/File Photo

 

LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - George Blake, who died in Russia on Saturday at the age of 98, was the last in a line of British spies whose secret work for the Soviet Union humiliated the intelligence establishment when it was discovered at the height of the Cold War.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198538-george-blake-last-in-line-of-cold-war-spies-who-betrayed-britain-dies-at-98/

 

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Air Canada Boeing 737-8 MAX suffers engine issue

 

FILE PHOTO: An Air Canada Boeing 737-8 Max airplane is pictured at Vancouver's international airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, February 5, 2019. REUTERS/Ben Nelms

 

(Reuters) - An Air Canada Boeing Co 737-8 Max en route between Arizona and Montreal with three crew members on board suffered an engine issue that forced the crew to divert the aircraft to Tucson, Arizona, the Canadian airline company said in an emailed statement on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198539-air-canada-boeing-737-8-max-suffers-engine-issue/

 

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Philippines eyes more COVID curbs to halt new variants

By Neil Jerome Morales

 

People wearing face masks and face shields as protection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) queue at a bus stop, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, December 23, 2020. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David

 

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines approved measures on Saturday to slow the spread of new, more infectious coronavirus variants, as President Rodrigo Duterte warned of a second lockdown should cases spike before the country gets its first vaccines in May.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198541-philippines-eyes-more-covid-curbs-to-halt-new-variants/

 

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Ten climbers killed in Iran, ship crew missing after snowfall and storms

 

 

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the Tochal ski resort, in north of Tehran, Iran December 12, 2019. Picture taken December 12, 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - At least 10 climbers have died and several more are missing in mountains north of Iran's capital Tehran after heavy snowfall, state media reported on Saturday, and the seven crew members of a ship are also missing after storms in the Gulf.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198542-ten-climbers-killed-in-iran-ship-crew-missing-after-snowfall-and-storms/

 

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Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii

By Philip Pullella

 

Frescoes on an ancient counter discovered during excavations at Pompeii, Italy, are seen in this handout picture released December 26, 2020. Pompeii Archaeological Park/Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism/Luigi Spina/Handout via REUTERS

 

ROME (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Pompeii, the city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD, have made the extraordinary find of a frescoed hot food and drinks shop that served up the ancient equivalent of street food to Roman passersby.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198543-archaeologists-uncover-ancient-street-food-shop-in-pompeii/

 

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Arsenal stop rot by beating Chelsea, Everton move second

 

 

Soccer Football - Premier League - Arsenal v Chelsea - Emirates Stadium, London, Britain - December 26, 2020 Arsenal's Pablo Mari and Kieran Tierney after the match Pool via REUTERS/Julian Finney
 

MANCHESTER (Reuters) - Arsenal ended their seven match winless run in the Premier League with a surprise 3-1 London derby victory over Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday while Manchester United were held to a 2-2 draw at Leicester City.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198545-arsenal-stop-rot-by-beating-chelsea-everton-move-second/

 

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Europe rolls out vaccines in bid to leave pandemic behind

 

 

FILE PHOTO: Healthcare worker Adrienne Kertesz, receives the first injection nationwide, with a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Del-Pest Central Hospital as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Budapest, Hungary, December 26, 2020. Szilard Koszticsak/Pool via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - Europe launches a cross-border vaccination programme of unprecedented scale on Sunday as part of efforts to end a COVID-19 pandemic that has crippled economies and claimed more than 1.7 million lives around the world.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198546-europe-rolls-out-vaccines-in-bid-to-leave-pandemic-behind/

 

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Justice Ministry enhances COVID-19 measures in prisons

Tanakorn Sangiam

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Overcrowding in prisons poses a high risk of COVID-19 transmission. The Ministry of Justice has now ordered a suspension of visits at 121 prisons across the country to protect inmates from the disease, while discussing with the Supreme Court the release of inmates convicted of less serious crimes, and inmates on parole as quickly as possible to reduce crowding.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198548-justice-ministry-enhances-covid-19-measures-in-prisons/

 

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Energy Commission increases solar energy purchase rate to 2.2 Baht

Praphorn Praphornkul

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Among benefits to the public from the government, and as part of efforts to foster energy stability, the National Energy Policy Commission (NEPC), chaired by Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, has decided to increase the energy purchase rate for households while expanding solar energy to schools and hospitals.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198549-energy-commission-increases-solar-energy-purchase-rate-to-22-baht/

 

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Health Ministry elaborates on migrant workers’ COVID-19 testing budget

Tanakorn Sangiam

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Some doctors have raised complaints about a lack of funding from the government for COVID-19 screening and testing in migrant workers communities outside Samut Sakhon, which is the epicenter of the current outbreak. The Ministry of Public Health elaborated that it has allocated a budget specifically for the testing of migrant workers who are at-risk.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198550-health-ministry-elaborates-on-migrant-workers’-covid-19-testing-budget/

 

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Police nationwide launch a public safety mission for New Year holidays

Tanakorn Sangiam

 

 

NAKHON RATCHASIMA (NNT) - Police forces nationwide have joined forces to protect the safety of the general public during the New Year holidays, while promoting precautionary measures against COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198553-police-nationwide-launch-a-public-safety-mission-for-new-year-holidays/

 

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Super Poll ranks PM 1st in tackling national issues

Praphorn Praphornkul

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - A Super Poll research center survey has named the Prime Minister the best in the Cabinet for addressing national issues.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198554-super-poll-ranks-pm-1st-in-tackling-national-issues/

 

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Thai authorities prepare measures to screen inbound travellers to prevent the spread of COVID-19

Tarin Angskul

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Mr. Tanee Sangrat, Director-General of the Department of Information and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reiterated Thai authorities’ preparedness and rigorous measures to screen inbound travellers to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as the inward travel numbers rose.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198556-thai-authorities-prepare-measures-to-screen-inbound-travellers-to-prevent-the-spread-of-covid-19/

 

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Interior Ministry to propose Cabinet issue Pink Card for illegal migrant workers

supawadee wangsri

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of the Interior is to propose that Cabinet issue temporary work permits (Pink Cards) to illegal migrant workers next week, as many are afraid of being arrested, while some were recently left stranded by their employer in Samut Prakan.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198557-interior-ministry-to-propose-cabinet-issue-pink-card-for-illegal-migrant-workers/

 

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City Hall ensures COVID-19 prevention measures enforced at Bangkok nightclubs

Tanakorn Sangiam

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Officials from the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) last night spot checked nightclubs, bars, and karaoke venues in Bang Kapi, urging operators to be stringent with the health and safety measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198559-city-hall-ensures-covid-19-prevention-measures-enforced-at-bangkok-nightclubs/

 

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Two new COVID-19 infection clusters reported in Thailand

 

 

Thailand’s Disease Control Department has reported two new clusters of COVID-19 infections, one involving 19 big bike enthusiasts, who had gathered for a celebration on Lanta Island in the southern province of Krabi, and the other involving a group of nine gamblers in the eastern province of Rayong.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198560-two-new-covid-19-infection-clusters-reported-in-thailand/

 

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Nashville blast investigation leads U.S. agents to suburban home

By Harrison McClary and Gabriella Borter

 

Law enforcement officers gather to investigate information arising the day after a downtown Nashville explosion, outside a duplex house in Antioch, Tennessee, U.S. December 26, 2020. REUTERS/Harrison McClary

 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) - Federal agents investigating the explosion of a motor home in Nashville were searching a two-story suburban house on Saturday for clues to the blast, which injured three people in the heart of America's country music capital on Christmas Day.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198562-nashville-blast-investigation-leads-us-agents-to-suburban-home/

 

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More rain forecast for South while temperature edges up in upper Thailand

By The Nation

 

 

The high-pressure system over upper Thailand is weakening, raising the temperature by 1-3 degrees Celsius with possible morning fog, the Thailand Meteorological Department forecast on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198564-more-rain-forecast-for-south-while-temperature-edges-up-in-upper-thailand/