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Governors told to prepare provincial field hospitals for worst case scenario

 

 

Thailand’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has instructed all provincial administrations to prepare for the setting up of field hospitals in the worst case scenario, where hospitals become overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients, said CCSA spokesman Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1200343-governors-told-to-prepare-provincial-field-hospitals-for-worst-case-scenario/

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No flights from U-Tapao Airport until end Jan

By The Nation

 

 

U-Tapao Airport announced on Wednesday that it was closing services until the end of January. The airport, which is two hours from Bangkok in the eastern province of Rayong, is cancelling all fights this month because it falls in “red zone”.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1200366-no-flights-from-u-tapao-airport-until-end-jan/

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Thai central bank warns virus outbreak could hurt economic outlook

By Orathai Sriring

 

FILE PHOTO: The Bank of Thailand logo is seen in Bangkok, Thailand April 26, 2016. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand's economic outlook would be substantially affected by a surge in coronavirus cases, minutes of the central bank's last policy meeting showed on Wednesday, as the Bank of Thailand (BOT) saw a need to preserve limited policy room.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1200344-thai-central-bank-warns-virus-outbreak-could-hurt-economic-outlook/

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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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China notifies Mekong River neighbours it is holding back waters

By Panu Wongcha-um and Kay Johnson

 

FILE PHOTO: A view of the Mekong river bordering Thailand and Laos is seen from the Thai side in Nong Khai, Thailand, October 29, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - China has notified downstream neighbours it is holding back the Mekong River flow at a hydropower dam on the waterway's upper reaches for 20 days, as part of a new data-sharing pact, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) and Thailand said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1200416-china-notifies-mekong-river-neighbours-it-is-holding-back-waters/

 

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Ad agencies, auto, law and medical firms cut their office space by 30% in 2020: CBRE

By The Nation

 

 

Over the past five years, demand for office space in Thailand has changed significantly, with most customers now focusing on cost-effective use of leased space, said Chanwit Pasuwat, chief of design development at commercial real-estate agency, CBRE.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1200418-ad-agencies-auto-law-and-medical-firms-cut-their-office-space-by-30-in-2020-cbre/

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New land appraisal price delayed for another year

By The Nation

 

 

The Finance Ministry has delayed the new land appraisal price base for another year, said Treasury Department director general Yuttana Yimgarund on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1200419-new-land-appraisal-price-delayed-for-another-year/

 

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All shuttlers test negative for next week’s Thailand Open

 

Players on their way to the competition venue.

 

All participants who have arrived for next week’s Yonex Thailand Open in Bangkok have tested negative for Covid-19, boosting hopes for the Badminton World Federation tour’s Asian leg.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1200421-all-shuttlers-test-negative-for-next-week’s-thailand-open/

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PM Prayut orders probe into gambling dens

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Prime Minister and Defense Minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, has ordered the setting up of a committee to track down and punish people who run gambling dens throughout the country. The Prime Minister has instructed officials to take strict measures to prevent people from sneaking out to gamble in neighboring countries.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1200423-pm-prayut-orders-probe-into-gambling-dens/

 

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Opposition to submit no-confidence motion

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Opposition parties plan to submit a no-confidence motion against the government this month, with a request for a seven-day session. The opposition is targeting Prime Minister and Defense Minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, and several ministers with corruption and negligence allegations as well as criticism of the government’s handling of the COVID-19 situation. However, the government is not concerned about the opposition and still has confidence in its performance and the people’s support.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1200424-opposition-to-submit-no-confidence-motion/

 

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Cabinet approves 3.1 trillion baht 2022 fiscal year budget

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The government has requested a 3.1 trillion baht budget for the 2022 fiscal year starting on 1st October 2021. The budget draft was approved by the Cabinet yesterday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1200425-cabinet-approves-31-trillion-baht-2022-fiscal-year-budget/

 

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Deputy PM Anutin: Plans adjusted to receive COVID-19 vaccine sooner

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The first lot of 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine will be given to high-risk groups, including physicians, nurses and other health workers. Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health, Anutin Charnvirakul, says the government has to be sure the vaccine is safe and effective before it can be administered.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1200426-deputy-pm-anutin-plans-adjusted-to-receive-covid-19-vaccine-sooner/

 

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Public urged to install MorChana Application

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of a Digital Economy and Society is inviting all individuals to download the MorChana mobile application to better guard themselves and society against COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1200427-public-urged-to-install-morchana-application/

 

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SCB: Chinese investors find Thailand investment destination post COVID-19

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - A Bangkok Business analyst claims that Thailand remains an attractive investment destination for many Chinese investors expecting the COVID-19 pandemic to be resolved, with the service sector and tech industry receiving the most attention.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1200428-scb-chinese-investors-find-thailand-investment-destination-post-covid-19/

 

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BREAKING:

 

 

'It's insurrection,' Biden says, as Trump supporters storm U.S. Capitol

By Patricia Zengerle and Jonathan Landay

 

Supporters of President Donald Trump set off a fire extinguisher after breaching security defenses, as police move in on the demonstrate on the second floor of the U.S. Capitol near the entrance to the Senate, in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Theiler

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With drawn guns and teargas, police sought to clear the U.S. Capitol building of hundreds of protesters who stormed the building and sought to force Congress to undo President Donald Trump's election loss on Wednesday as lawmakers convened to certify President-elect Joe Biden's victory.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1200430-its-insurrection-biden-says-as-trump-supporters-storm-us-capitol/

 

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Democrats take control of U.S. Senate as they win second race in Georgia

 

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jon Ossoff speaks after the runoff election against Republican Senator David Perdue in a still image from video in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 6, 2021. Jon Ossoff for Senate/Handout via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats on Wednesday completed a sweep of the two U.S. Senate seats up for grabs in runoff elections in Georgia, giving the party control of the chamber and boosting the prospects for President-elect Joe Biden's ambitious legislative agenda.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1200431-democrats-take-control-of-us senate as-they-win-second-race-in-georgia/

 

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Quasi lockdown imposed in Chonburi and other COVID-19 hotspots

 

 

Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-Cha on Wednesday signed an order banning all but essential inter-provincial travel to and from Chonburi, including Pattaya, Samut Sakhon, Trat, Rayong and Chanthaburi.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1200432-quasi-lockdown-imposed-in-chonburi-and-other-covid-19-hotspots/

 

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Analysis - Narrow Democratic majorities in Congress could limit ambitious Biden agenda

By Susan Cornwell, Trevor Hunnicutt and James Oliphant

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden campaigns for Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock at a rally ahead of runoff elections in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 4, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden will get the Democratic Congress he sought after his party's stunning success in Georgia, but his expansive legislative agenda on issues such as healthcare and climate change cannot be assured a smooth ride.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1200435-analysis-narrow-democratic-majorities-in-congress-could-limit-ambitious biden-agenda/

 

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Trump invited supporters to "wild" protest, and told them to fight. They did.

By Steve Holland, Jeff Mason and Jonathan Landay

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The chaos in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday unfolded after President Donald Trump spent weeks whipping up his supporters with false allegations of fraud in the Nov. 3 election, culminating in a call to march to the building that represents U.S. democracy.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1200436-trump-invited-supporters-to-wild-protest-and-told-them-to-fight-they-did/

 

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Oil drillers shrug off Trump's U.S. Arctic wildlife refuge auction

By Nichola Groom and Yereth Rosen

 

FILE PHOTO: A polar bear keeps close to her young along the Beaufort Sea coast in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska in a March 6, 2007 REUTERS/Susanne Miller/USFWS/handout

 

(Reuters) -The Trump administration on Wednesday found few takers at its sale of drilling leases in a pristine Arctic wildlife refuge, with an Alaska state agency emerging as the sole bidder for most of the acreage sold.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1200437-oil-drillers-shrug-off-trumps-us-arctic-wildlife-refuge-auction/

 

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District offices swamped by people needing to travel as new restrictions come into force

 

Picture: Facebook We Love Pattaya

 

New restrictions limiting travel in five provinces caused district offices to be besieged yesterday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1200439-district-offices-swamped-by-people-needing-to-travel-as-new-restrictions-come-into-force/

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Theparak 4 toll booths shut down until Jan 8 after supervisor tests positive

By THE NATION

 

(Representational image)

 

A supervisor at the Theparak 4 toll booths on Kanchanapisek Expressway (Bang Phli-Suksawat) has tested positive for Covid-19, the Expressway Authority of Thailand (Exat) announced on its Facebook page on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1200441-theparak-4-toll-booths-shut-down-until-jan-8-after-supervisor-tests-positive/

 

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Protesters aim to rally at police station to support 13 charged over petition to German Embassy

By THE NATION

 

(File Photo of October 26 march)

 

Protesters have scheduled a gathering at Thung Mahamek police station to support 13 leaders who were charged over a petition handed to the German Embassy.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1200444-protesters-aim-to-rally-at-police-station-to-support-13-charged-over-petition-to-german-embassy/

 

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Minister pushes for final link in U-Tapao Airport motorway

By The Nation

 

Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob

 

Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob has given the Highways Department until the end of this year to design the 3.5-kilometre stretch to link the Pattaya-Map Ta Phut motorway extension to U-Tapao Airport in Rayong province.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1200446-minister-pushes-for-final-link-in-u-tapao-airport-motorway/

 

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Golfers who tested positive for COVID-19 visited Chonburi courses

 

File photo

 

The Chonburi Provincial Health Authority have published a full list of places visited by infected people in the past few days. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1200453-golfers-who-tested-positive-for-covid-19-visited-chonburi-courses/

 

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Pattaya woman falls for "handsome man" online - she loses all her possessions

 

Image: Daily News

 

A young Thai lady in Pattaya has told the Thai media how she fell for the charms of a handsome stranger online. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1200457-pattaya-woman-falls-for-handsome-man-online-she-loses-all-her-possessions/

 

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Hua Hin steps up COVID-19 precautions, disinfects key locations, urges people to use tracing apps and wear masks

 

Hua Hin mayor Noppaporn Wutthikun overseeing the screen of customers at a market in Hua Hin. Image: NewTV

 

For months many people in Thailand have got lax in their adoption of the Covid-19 protocols.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1200459-hua-hin-steps-up-covid-19-precautions-disinfects-key-locations-urges-people-to-use-tracing-apps-and-wear-masks/

 

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Two boys abducted from Pathum Thani soi and taken to deserted house - father rescues them

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News said that parents should beware and that a gang of child abductors was on the loose in Pathum Thani, north of Bangkok, after an alarming case came to light. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1200465-two-boys-abducted-from-pathum-thani-soi-and-taken-to-deserted-house-father-rescues-them/

 

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Ministry debunks rumour of new Covid surge from Samut Sakhon factory

By The Nation

 

 

The Public Health Ministry has debunked online reports of a fresh surge in Covid-19 cases from an outbreak at a Samut Sakhon seafood operator.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1200469-ministry-debunks-rumour-of-new-covid-surge-from-samut-sakhon-factory/

 

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Thai govt agency helping neighbouring countries fight Covid-19

By The Nation

 

 

Thailand is using digital technology and communication channels to help neighbouring countries combat Covid-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1200471-thai-govt-agency-helping-neighbouring-countries-fight-covid-19/