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Foreigners who have been vaccinated still need to quarantine

By The Nation

 

Dr Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Disease Control Department

 

The Public Health Ministry issued a statement on Tuesday saying all arrivals to Thailand will have to undergo the mandatory 14-day quarantine even if they have been vaccinated.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198940-foreigners-who-have-been-vaccinated-still-need-to-quarantine/

Thailand warns of stricter measures if virus not contained

By Panarat Thepgumpanat

 

FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker takes a nasal swab sample of a migrant worker for a COVID-19 test at a migrant community, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Samut Sakhon province, in Thailand, December 20, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand warned on Tuesday that more intensive measures might be necessary to halt its worst coronavirus outbreak yet and urged the public to cooperate to contain a spread that has seen cases in most regions of the country.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198942-thailand-warns-of-stricter-measures-if-virus-not-contained/

Thai govt approves Chinese New Year as official holiday in 2021

 

FILE PHOTO: A tourist reacts among flowers in Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park, Phitsanulok province, Thailand, December 12, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

Thailand’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved eight extra holidays for 2021 in a bid to boost spending and domestic tourism.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198907-thai-govt-approves-chinese-new-year-as-official-holiday-in-2021/

Cabinet approves registration for illegal migrant workers

By The Nation

 

 

The Cabinet on Tuesday agreed to allow hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrant workers from Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar to register for legal employment, as part of Covid-19 control measures.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198964-thai-cabinet-approves-registration-for-illegal-migrant-workers/

 

Seasonal exodus curbed as Bangkok tightens virus restrictions

By THE NATION

 

 

The fresh outbreak of Covid-19 has prevented people from returning to their hometowns over the New Year holidays, as evidenced by fewer passengers this festive season at Hua Lamphong Station in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198965-seasonal-exodus-curbed-as-bangkok-tightens-virus-restrictions/

 

Move to disband red shirts meets with opposition

By The Nation

 

 

A move by Jatuporn Prompan to disband the red-shirt United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) has met with opposition from fellow red-shirt leader Korkaew Pikulthong. Former Pheu Thai MP Korkaew said on Tuesday that the red shirt movement should be retained for the younger generation.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198966-move-to-disband-red-shirts-meets-with-opposition/

 

Hotels want soft loans, salary co-payment after new outbreak hurts tourism

By The Nation

 

 

The Thai Hotels Association (THA) will ask for more government measures to soften the impact of Covid-19 on the sector, THA chairperson Marisa Sukusol told the Thansettakij newspaper.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198968-hotels-want-soft-loans-salary-co-payment-after-new-outbreak-hurts-tourism/

 

Thai factory output rises for first time in 19 months

By The Nation

 

 

Thailand’s manufacturing production index (MPI) rose 0.35 per cent in November from a year earlier, for its first annual increase in 19 months.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198969-thai-factory-output-rises-for-first-time-in-19-months/

 

Finance Ministry to revise economic forecast in Jan after latest outbreak

By The Nation

 

 

The Finance Ministry will revise its economic forecast for this year and next year in January, according to the Fiscal Policy Office on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198970-thai-finance-ministry-to-revise-economic-forecast-in-jan-after-latest-covid-19-outbreak/

 

EEC retains 3-year target of Bt100bn investment

The Nation

By Watchara Pussayanawin

 

 

The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Office has maintained its target of investment in the EEC zone over the next three years at Bt100 billion, despite the gloomy global economic outlook.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198971-eec-retains-3-year-target-of-bt100bn-investment/

 

Thailand’s Rayong province shuts down as COVID-19 infections surge

 

 

Rayong’s provincial administration has decided to close all entertainment and recreational venues, schools, beauty salons, fitness clubs, amusement parks, children’s playgrounds and public swimming pools across the province after 56 COVID-19 new cases were recorded.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198972-thailand’s-rayong-province-shuts-down-as-covid-19-infections-surge/

 

New Phuket Prison receives first guests

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Prisoners are transported from the old prison in Phuket Town earlier today (Dec 29). Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

PHUKET: More than 2,000 male inmates were transferred to the new Phuket Provincial Prison in Bangjo, Srisoonthorn, today (Dec 29) as an early New Year’s gift to the prisoners who had remained incarcerated at the long-overcrowded prison in Phuket Town.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198973-new-phuket-prison-receives-first-guests/

 

Quick-fire Lacazette gives Arsenal 1-0 win at Brighton

 

Soccer Football - Premier League - Brighton & Hove Albion v Arsenal - The American Express Community Stadium, Brighton, Britain - December 29, 2020 Arsenal's Alexandre Lacazette scores their first goal Pool via REUTERS/Frank Augstein

 

LONDON (Reuters) -Arsenal striker Alexandre Lacazette scored 43 seconds after coming on as a second-half substitute to secure a 1-0 win at Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198974-quick-fire-lacazette-gives-arsenal-1-0-win-at-brighton/

 

Mee gives Burnley win over rock bottom Sheffield United

 

Soccer Football - Premier League - Burnley v Sheffield United - Turf Moor, Burnley, Britain - December 29, 2020 Burnley's Ben Mee scores their first goal Pool via REUTERS/Alex Livesey

 

(Reuters) -Winless Sheffield United's dreadful Premier League season continued as the Blades fell to a 1-0 defeat to Burnley at Turf Moor on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198975-mee-gives-burnley-win-over-rock-bottom-sheffield-united/

 

Farcical own goal sets Leeds on way to 5-0 win at West Brom

 

Soccer Football - Premier League - West Bromwich Albion v Leeds United - The Hawthorns, West Bromwich, Britain - December 29, 2020 Leeds United's Jamie Shackleton in action with West Bromwich Albion's Semi Ajayi Pool via REUTERS/Tim Keeton

 

WEST BROMWICH, England (Reuters) -A farcical early own goal from Romaine Sawyers summed up a miserable day for West Bromwich Albion as the Premier League strugglers were thumped 5-0 by Leeds United on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198976-farcical-own-goal-sets-leeds-on-way-to-5-0-win-at-west-brom/v

 

Pierre Cardin, father of fashion branding, dies at 98

By Sarah White and Brian Love

 

FILE PHOTO: French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, 97, poses during a presentation of a collection made in partnership with Pierre Courtial, a young designer he trained himself at his Studio Pierre Cardin in Paris, France, February 27, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo

 

PARIS -French couturier Pierre Cardin, who made his name by selling designer clothes to the masses, and his fortune by being the first to exploit that name as a brand for selling everything from cars to perfume, died on Tuesday aged 98.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198977-pierre cardin-father-of-fashion-branding-dies-at-98/v

 

McConnell puts off vote on $2,000 aid checks, urges Senate override Trump defense veto

By David Morgan and Susan Cornwell

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), walks from the Senate floor following an agreement of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid package on Capitol Hill Washington, D.C., U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday put off a vote on President Donald Trump's call to boost COVID-19 relief checks and urged the Senate to override his veto of a defense bill, in a rare challenge to his fellow Republican three weeks before Trump leaves office.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198978-mcconnell-puts-off-vote-on-2000-aid-checks-urges-senate-override-trump-defense-veto/

 

UK coronavirus cases set new daily record, prompting 'extreme concern'

By David Milliken

 

People walk past a roadside public health information sign, amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in London, Britain, December 29, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government reported 53,135 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, the highest number since mass testing started in mid-2020 and up sharply from the previous record of 41,385 set on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198979-uk-coronavirus-cases-set-new-daily-record-prompting-extreme-concern/

 

Russia opens new criminal case against Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny

 

FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny takes part in a rally in Moscow, Russia, February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian state investigators said on Tuesday they had opened a new criminal case against Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, accusing him of fraudulently spending public donations to organisations he controls on his personal needs.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198981-russia-opens-new-criminal-case-against-kremlin-critic-alexei-navalny/

 

U.S. detects first case of COVID-19 variant as Biden offers gloomy vaccine outlook

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Lisa Lambert

 

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks on the U.S. response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 29, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WILMINGTON, Del./WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The first known U.S. case of a highly infectious coronavirus variant was detected in Colorado on Tuesday, and President-elect Joe Biden said that it could take years for most Americans to be vaccinated for the virus at current distribution rates.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198982-us-detects-first-case-of-covid-19-variant-as-biden-offers-gloomy-vaccine-outlook/

 

North Korea prepares for major party congress amid growing challenges

By Sangmi Cha

 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a meeting of the Political Bureau of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers Party in Pyongyang, in this undated photo supplied by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on December 30, 2020. KCNA/via REUTERS

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un chaired a politburo meeting on preparations for a rare Congress that is expected to set new economic and political goals as the country faces growing challenges, state media said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198983-north-korea-prepares-for-major-party-congress-amid-growing-challenges/

 

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Thailand offers work permits to undocumented migrants to curb COVID-19

by Nanchanok Wongsamuth | Thomson Reuters Foundation

 

 

 

Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar will be allowed to stay for two years

 

BANGKOK, Dec 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Thailand on Tuesday said it would allow undocumented migrant workers from Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar to work in the country legally for about two years to curb the spread of COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198964-thai-cabinet-approves-registration-for-illegal-migrant-workers/?do=findComment&comment=16122398

 

Health officials try to trace anyone who visited these locations in Pattaya and Sattahip

 

REUTERS file photo for reference only

 

People who visited any of a number of locations in Pattaya and Sattahip have been urged to contact health officials immediately.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198986-health-officials-try-to-trace-anyone-who-visited-these-locations-in-pattaya-and-sattahip/

 

Lampang reports first new case of Covid-19

By THE NATION

 

 

Lampang Governor Narongsak Osotthanakorn told a press conference at city hall on Tuesday that a Covid-19 infection has been reported in the province.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198992-lampang-reports-first-new-case-of-covid-19/

 

Mall attack settled: Norwegian pays 30K to Thai lady shopper he kicked after trolley misunderstanding

 

Picture: Kapook

 

The attack by a foreigner on a Thai female shopper at Big C in Warin Chamrap on Boxing Day has been settled.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198994-mall-attack-settled-norwegian-pays-30k-to-thai-lady-shopper-he-kicked-after-trolley-misunderstanding/

Major clean-up at Future Park after woman infected

By THE NATION

 

 

Future Park Rangsit will undertake a big clean-up at its premises and nearby public vehicle stops after Pathum Thani’s 11th Covid-19 patient was reported to have used a public van that runs from the shopping mall to Phreuksa B Village, according to an announcement on its Futureparksociety Facebook page on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198996-major-clean-up-at-future-park-after-woman-infected/

 

Public Health Ministry names 3 Bangkok restaurants where 22 were infected

By THE NATION

 

 

The Public Health Ministry said three restaurants in Bangkok – Saeb E-san Karaoke in Thewet and E-san Krong Kaew and Nongmai Plaza, both in Pinklao – could have spread Covid-19 after several newly infected patients were traced back to the eateries.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198997-public-health-ministry-names-3-bangkok-restaurants-where-22-were-infected/

Restaurant in Bangkok's Samyan Mitrtown declared safe

By THE NATION

 

 

Samyan Mitrtown shopping complex has announced that nobody at the Nittaya Kai Yang restaurant had contracted Covid-19 after a confirmed case visited the eatery on December 12.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198998-restaurant-in-bangkoks-samyan-mitrtown-declared-safe/

 

Britain to place more parts of country in tier 4 of COVID curbs - The Times

 

A woman walks past a social distancing health message outside of a secondary school in London, Britain December 29, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

 

(Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has approved placing more parts of the country into tier 4 restrictions, as the country battles a new variant of COVID-19 which scientists say can spread more rapidly, The Times reported.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199001-britain-to-place-more-parts-of-country-in-tier-4-of-covid-curbs-the-times/