THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 31 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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BREAKING: Bars, pubs, entertainment ordered closed in Hua Hin

 

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Bars, pubs and karaoke have been ordered to close in Hua  Hin, in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199097-breaking-bars-pubs-entertainment-ordered-closed-in-hua-hin/

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Medical expert urges Thais to stay home on New Year’s Eve

By The Nation

 

 

The dean of Mahidol University's Faculty of Medicine has urged people to celebrate the New Year countdown at home, to halt the surge of Covid-19 in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199100-medical-expert-urges-thais-to-stay-home-on-new-year’s-eve/

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UPDATE:

 

Thailand bans New Year gatherings to contain virus outbreak

 

FILE PHOTO: Migrant workers stand in front of a closed shrimp market, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Samut Sakhon province, in Thailand, December 20, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand imposed a ban on Wednesday on large gatherings and events across the country in an effort to contain its worst coronavirus epidemic yet during New Year, with active cases in over half of its provinces.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199056-all-gatherings-banned-in-areas-in-thailand-affected-by-covid-19/?do=findComment&comment=16125344

 

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Thai women gold panners are rare winners in COVID-hit economy

By Matthew Tostevin

 

Thai gold miner Sunisa Srisuwanno holds up gold worth 3,000 baht ($100) from the Sai Buri river at Sukhirin, Thailand December 29, 2020. Picture taken December 29, 2020. REUTERS/Matthew Tostevin

 

SUHKHIRIN, Thailand (Reuters) - As the yellowish mud swirls away in the waters of Thailand's Sai Buri river, Sunisa Srisuwanno lifts her wooden pan with a cluster of gleaming specks caught in the centre.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199144-thai-women-gold-panners-are-rare-winners-in-covid-hit-economy/

 

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Thai central bank worried at larger economic impact after virus surge

By The Nation

 

Chayawadee Chai-Anant, senior director of the BOT’s economic and policy department

 

The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has listed three concerns for economic recovery now that Thailand and other countries have been hit by a new surge of Covid-19 cases.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199145-thai-central-bank-worried-at-larger-economic-impact-after-virus-surge/

 

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2020: the year youth rose up in Thailand

By The Nation

 

Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul attempts to lead protesters camped at Sanam Luang to the Palace Office nearby, to petition for monarchy reform, on the morning of September 20.

 

Thailand witnessed its first youth-led uprising against establishment elites for more than a generation in 2020.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199146-2020-the-year-youth-rose-up-in-thailand/

 

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Sand, sea and lots of space in Chanthaburi

 

 

The long and winding road from Chanthaburi town to the border with Trat province takes in some of the best and quietest beaches on the Eastern shoreline.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199147-sand-sea-and-lots-of-space-in-chanthaburi/

 

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Thailand pledges ‘world’s safest’ badminton as China pull out

 

Chen Yufei (L) and Chen Long of China attend a press conference ahead of the Thomas and Uber Cups badminton tournament in Bangkok on May 19, 2018. (Photo by Romeo GACAD / AFP)

 

Thailand’s badminton chief pledged that next month’s restart tournaments will be the “safest in the world” after heavyweights China withdrew because of coronavirus restrictions.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199148-thailand-pledges-‘world’s-safest’-badminton-as-china-pull-out/

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Cabinet approves 11 billion baht to fight COVID-19 as Bang Lamung locked down

 

 

The Thai cabinet has approved an 11 billion baht budget to fund the procurement of medical equipment, vaccines and medicines to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and to compensate about one million public health volunteers for three months, from January to March next year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199149-cabinet-approves-11-billion-baht-to-fight-covid-19-as-bang-lamung-locked-down/

 

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Thai PM assures no national lockdown despite a surge in COVID-19 cases

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has reassured that the Thai government will not resort to a lockdown of the entire country in the wake of the surge in COVID-19 infections, noting that provincial governors are authorized to make decisions about necessary measures in their provinces to stem the spread of the contagion.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199150-thai-pm-assures-no-national-lockdown-despite-a-surge-in-covid-19-cases/

 

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Nonthaburi declared COVID-19 controlled zone as infections surge

 

 

Bangkok’s neighboring province of Nonthaburi has been declared a COVID-19 controlled zone, with the Bang Yai central market placed under maximum control and one condominium locked down, as coronavirus continues to spread.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199151-nonthaburi-declared-covid-19-controlled-zone-as-infections-surge/

 

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Phuket hopes new outbreak won’t worsen its economy

 

   

PHUKET (NNT) - Phuket has been severely affected by COVID-19 and it is now seeing the arrival of a new outbreak. However, Phuket people believe that with the stringent measures already in place, the island won’t be troubled as it is well prepared.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199153-phuket-hopes-new-outbreak-won’t-worsen-its-economy/

 

 

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Premier League says no plans to pause season as COVID rates soar

 

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Newcastle United v Liverpool - St James' Park, Newcastle, Britain - December 30, 2020 Newcastle United's DeAndre Yedlin in action with Liverpool's Andrew Robertson Pool via REUTERS/Peter Powell

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The Premier League is not discussing a possible pause to the season because of surging COVID-19 infections in England, it said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199155-premier-league-says-no-plans-to-pause-season-as-covid-rates-soar/

 

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Man City return to training after COVID-19 outbreak at club

 

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Manchester City v Newcastle United - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain - December 26, 2020 Manchester City players during a minute's silence before the match Pool via REUTERS/Clive Brunskill

 

(Reuters) - Manchester City's first team squad will return to training on Wednesday after a COVID-19 outbreak forced them to close their facilities and postpone Monday's match at Everton, the Premier League club said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199156-man-city-return-to-training-after-covid-19-outbreak-at-club/

 

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Liverpool and Everton home games pushed behind closed doors

 

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Liverpool v West Bromwich Albion - Anfield, Liverpool, Britain - December 27, 2020 Liverpool's Sadio Mane celebrates scoring their first goal with Roberto Firmino and Andrew Robertson Pool via REUTERS/Clive Brunskill

 

(Reuters) - Liverpool and Everton will have to host home games behind closed doors again after the Liverpool City Region was placed into Tier 3 of Britain's COVID-19 restrictions on Wednesday, both Premier League clubs said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199157-liverpool-and-everton-home-games-pushed-behind-closed-doors/

 

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Twenty-two killed in attack on Aden airport after new Yemen cabinet lands

By Mohammed Mukhashaf

 

A military vehicle is seen on the tarmac as dust rises after explosions hit Aden airport, upon the arrival of the newly-formed Yemeni government in Aden, Yemen December 30, 2020. REUTERS/Fawaz Salman

 

ADEN (Reuters) - At least 22 people were killed and dozens wounded in an attack on Aden airport on Wednesday, moments after a plane landed carrying a newly formed Saudi-backed cabinet for government-held parts of Yemen.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199162-twenty-two-killed-in-attack-on-aden-airport-after-new yemen cabinet-lands/

 

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McConnell sees 'no realistic path' in Senate for House bill on $2,000 checks

By Susan Cornwell and David Morgan

 

FILE PHOTO: Construction for the upcoming presidential inauguration ceremony is seen outside of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., December 28, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday said a Democratic bill to raise coronavirus relief checks to $2,000 from $600 was unlikely to clear the Senate anytime soon, likely killing an effort to boost the aid that was championed by President Donald Trump.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199173-mcconnell-sees-no-realistic-path-in-senate-for-house-bill-on-2000-checks/

 

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Cash-strapped Americans ask Mnuchin where their “stimmy” checks are

By Imani Moise, Anirban Sen and Michelle Price

 

FILE PHOTO: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testifies during a hearing in Washington, U.S., December 10, 2020. Sarah Silbiger/Pool via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - Mixed messages from banks and the U.S. Treasury Department have caused confusion and frustration for millions of struggling Americans waiting for the government to deposit stimulus payments into their bank accounts.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199174-cash-strapped-americans-ask-mnuchin-where-their-“stimmy”-checks-are/

 

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Landslide hits residential area in Norway, 10 hurt, 11 people missing

By Nora Buli and Victoria Klesty

 

A rescue helicopter view shows the aftermath of a landslide at a residential area in Ask village, about 40km north of Oslo, Norway December 30, 2020. According to police several people went missing. Norwegian Rescue Service/NTB/via REUTERS

 

OSLO (Reuters) - Ten people were injured, one of them critically, and 11 were classified as missing after a landslide in southern Norway swept away more than a dozen buildings in the early hours of Wednesday, police said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199177-landslide-hits-residential-area-in-norway-10-hurt-11-people-missing/

 

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Arise Sir Lewis; Formula One champion Hamilton gets his knighthood

By Alan Baldwin

 

FILE PHOTO: Formula One F1 - Bahrain Grand Prix - Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain - November 29, 2020 Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton celebrates on the podium after winning the race Pool via REUTERS/Tolga Bozoglu

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Seven-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton was awarded a knighthood in the UK New Year's honours list published on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199186-arise-sir lewis-formula-one-champion hamilton gets-his-knighthood/

 

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2 dead, one missing as boat capsizes in Chachoengsao’s Khlong Siyad Reservoir

By THE NATION

 

 

A sightseeing boat reportedly carrying 12 passengers, including two children, capsized in the Khlong Siyad Reservoir, a tourist attraction in Chachoengsao’s Thatakiab district, at 3.30pm on Wednesday, resulting in two deaths. One person is still missing.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199191-2-dead-one-missing-as-boat-capsizes-in-chachoengsao’s-khlong-siyad-reservoir/

 

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UPDATE: Health officials urgently want to trace anyone who visited these locations in Pattaya and Sattahip

 

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Public health officials in Chonburi on Wednesday released an updated list of high risk locations in Pattaya, Nong Prue and Sattahip.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199195-update-health-officials-urgently-want-to-trace-anyone-who-visited-these-locations-in-pattaya-and-sattahip/

 

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Pattaya back to square one: All quiet as resort enters the "Red Zone"

 

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Pattaya Update News reported that Pattaya was deserted last night at 10 pm - the first night that the resort had entered the highest level of Covid restrictions - Tier Four or the "Red Zone".

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199196-pattaya-back-to-square-one-all-quiet-as-resort-enters-the-red-zone/

 

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Big spike in COVID-19 cases prompted Pattaya shutdown

 

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The discovery of more than 100 new COVID-19 cases prompted Chonburi governor Pakarathorn Thienchai to all but shut down the Banglamung district of the province, which includes Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199199-big-spike-in-covid-19-cases-prompted-pattaya-shutdown/

 

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Richard Barrow recognised in New Year Honours list

 

Image: Richard Barrow Facebook

 

British expat and popular travel blogger Richard Barrow has been recognised in the New Year Honours list. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199200-richard-barrow-recognised-in-new-year-honours-list/

 

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MWA makes clear it is not offering Bt100 discount on water bills

By THE NATION

 

 

The Metropolitan Waterworks Authority (MWA) has urged people not to believe or share news or Internet posts claiming that customers who download the MWA mobile application this month will receive a Bt100 discount on their water bills as a “New Year gift”.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199202-mwa-makes-clear-it-is-not-offering-bt100-discount-on-water-bills/

 

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Covid outbreak: Foreign workers penned in by BARBED WIRE at condo in Nonthaburi

 

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Daily News reported that migrant workers from Laos and Myanmar were shocked to find that their condo was sealed off by barbed wire yesterday and they were forbidden to go out or enter without permission. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199203-covid-outbreak-foreign-workers-penned-in-by-barbed wire-at-condo-in-nonthaburi/

 

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New Year kicks off with 42 DUI cases - 92 % down on last year!

 

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Daily News published a series of charts depicting figures supplied by the head of the Probation Department. They apparently plan to update them over the "seven deadly days" on the Thai roads at New Year. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199206-new-year-kicks-off-with-42-dui-cases-92-down-on-last-year/

 

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Hua Hin: Confusion reigns as Prachuap governor issues New Year closure orders

 

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An order signed by the Prachuap Khiri Khan governor Phallop Singhaseni left many of the public at the resort in confusion regarding what could and could not open.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1199207-hua-hin-confusion-reigns-as-prachuap-governor-issues-new-year-closure-orders/