Thai AirAsia suspends Chiang Mai, Udon Thani flights from Hua Hin

 

Press photo from the launch of the Chiang Mai and Udon Thani routes in Aug 2020

 

Thai Air Asia has suspended its services from Hua Hin airport due to the new wave of coronavirus infections in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201092-thai-airasia-suspends-chiang mai-udon-thani-flights-from-hua-hin/

 

Thai PM says larger 2022 budget deficit won't impact coronavirus response

 

FILE PHOTO: Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, wearing a face mask, attends a family photo session with new cabinet ministers at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand August 13, 2020. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Monday said that the larger government deficit in next year's budget would not affect the country's efforts to manage the spread and economic fallout of the coronavirus.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201099-thai-pm-says-larger-2022-budget-deficit-wont-impact-coronavirus-response/

 

New wave of infections pushes up price of masks

By The Nation

 

 

The new wave of Covid-19 infections has pushed up the price of face masks, with boxes of 50 pieces being sold for Bt150 apiece – far higher than the regulated price of Bt125 per box of 50 pieces.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201102-new-wave-of-infections-pushes-up-price-of-masks/

 

Free mobile data for users of MorChana tracing app, promises DES minister

By THE NATION

 

 

National Telecom will provide free mobile data to users of the “MorChana” (Doctors Win) app, Digital Economy and Society Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201103-free-mobile-data-for-users-of-morchana-tracing-app-promises-des-minister/

300 migrant workers cured of Covid-19 in Samut Sakhon

By THE NATION

 

 

Nearly 300 migrant workers in Samut Sakhon province were free from Covid-19 after 14 days in quarantine, testing and are ready to return to work in the Central Prawn Market.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201104-300-migrant-workers-cured-of-covid-19-in-samut-sakhon/

 

Two suspected Covid cases detected aboard Thai Navy flagship

By THE NATION

 

 

Two cases of suspected Covid-19 have been discovered aboard the Royal Thai Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier, HTMS Chakri Naruebet. The suspected cases are among a 500-strong crew manning the carrier, which is docked at Sattahip naval base in Chonburi.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201105-two-suspected-covid-cases-detected-aboard-thai-navy-flagship/

 

What is a field hospital? A medical blogger explains…

By THE NATION

 

Photo credit: หมอแซนดี้มีเรื่องเ_า (Mor Sandy Mee Rueang Lao)

 

Field hospitals are gaining coverage in the media nowadays, along with the rising number of Covid-19 cases in Thailand. However, since their function is rarely explained clearly, medical blogger Dr Sandy decided to feature the hospitals in her post on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201107-what-is-a-field-hospital-a-medical-blogger-explains…/

 

Saliva tests for Covid-19 will be faster, more effective: Dr Opas

By The Nation

 

 

Testing saliva samples will not only cut down costs, but will also make efforts to curb the virus more effective, said Dr Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Disease Control Department.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201109-saliva-tests-for-covid-19-will-be-faster-more-effective-dr-opas/

 

Covid-19 vaccination drive to start at February-end

By The Nation

 

 

The Public Health Ministry aims to register the vaccine for Covid-19 in February and the first vaccination drive may start by the end of the month.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201110-covid-19-vaccination-drive-to-start-at-february-end/

 

Finance Ministry urges Cabinet to okay Bt200-bn cash injection

By The Nation

 

Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith

 

The Finance Ministry has called on the Cabinet to allow a Bt200-billion cash injection in the economy to support businesses and people who have been affected by the new round of Covid-19 infections.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201112-finance-ministry-urges-cabinet-to-okay-bt200-bn-cash-injection/

 

Household debt in Thailand highest in 12 years

 

Thai workers look at job advertisements displayed at the Labour Ministry in Bangkok.(Photo by PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL / AFP)

 

COVID-19 can be blamed for pushing Thai household debt to its highest level in 12 years, around 480,000 baht per household, said The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201114-household-debt-in-thailand-highest-in-12-years/

 

Tourism sector propose debt moratoria and electricity subsidy

 

This photograph taken on December 19, 2020 shows longtail boats moored at a beach on Koh Lipe island in the Andaman Sea. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)

 

Thailand’s Tourism Council is calling for the government to help revive the industry urgently, grant long-term debt moratoria, and cut power bills for a year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201116-tourism-sector-propose-debt-moratoria-and-electricity-subsidy/

 

Republicans face growing corporate backlash after Capitol assault

By Andy Sullivan and David Shepardson

 

FILE PHOTO: An American Express credit card is seen on a computer keyboard in this picture illustration taken September 6, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/Illustration

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. Congress faced growing blowback on Monday from businesses that said they would cut off campaign contributions to those who voted last week to challenge President-elect Joe Biden's victory.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201119-republicans-face-growing-corporate-backlash-after-capitol-assault/

 

U.S. House likely to consider Trump impeachment on Wednesday

By Susan Cornwell and Richard Cowan

 

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks to reporters a day after supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump occupied the Capitol, during a news conference in Washington, U.S., January 7, 2021. REUTERS/Erin Scott

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives expects to begin considering a second impeachment of Donald Trump on Wednesday, a top Democrat said on Monday after the president was formally accused of inciting insurrection ahead of last week's storming of the Capitol.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201121-us-house-likely-to-consider trump impeachment-on-wednesday/

Trump rebuked by PGA of America, R&A after Capitol riot

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a dinner with business leaders at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., August 7, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

(Reuters) - Donald Trump was handed a stinging rebuke by the world of professional golf, with the PGA of America and the R&A both announcing they would shun two courses owned by the President in the wake of the storming of the U.S. Capitol.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201124-trump rebuked-by-pga-of-america-ra-after-capitol-riot/

 

U.S. counterterrorism prosecutors probing Trump supporters' storming of Capitol

By Sarah N. Lynch

 

FILE PHOTO: Pro-Trump protesters storm into the U.S. Capitol during clashes with police, 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/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. counterterrorism prosecutors are probing the crowd of President Donald Trump's supporters who stormed the Capitol last week, initially focusing on at least two men who equipped themselves with plastic zip ties - a common kidnapping tool.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201130-us-counterterrorism-prosecutors-probing-trump-supporters-storming-of-capitol/

 

Trump returns Cuba to U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism

By Matt Spetalnick

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media prior to meeting with Kuwait's Foreign Minister in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 24, 2020. Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Monday announced it was returning Cuba to the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, a move that could complicate any efforts by the incoming Biden administration to revive Obama-era detente with Havana.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201131-trump-returns-cuba-to-us-list-of-state-sponsors-of-terrorism/

 

Sinovac's vaccine efficacy less than 60% in Brazil trial -report

 

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's Sao Paulo state Health Secretary Jean Gorinchteyn holds a box of the 'CoronaVac' COVID-19 vaccine, developed by Sinovac Biotech as the plane carrying containers with 5,5 million doses arrives at Viracopos International Airport, in Campinas, Brazil December 24, 2020. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

 

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The coronavirus vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech showed a general efficacy of less than 60% in its late-stage trial in Brazil, a news website reported on Monday, citing two people who seen the results.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201133-sinovacs-vaccine-efficacy-less-than-60-in-brazil-trial-report/

 

Samut Prakan: Province that neighbors Bangkok up to highest level of Covid restrictions

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Samut Prakan province - to the south east of the Thai capital Bangkok - is now under similar restrictions placed on five high risk provinces last week. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201147-samut-prakan-province-that-neighbors bangkok-up-to-highest level-of-covid-restrictions/

 

Prachinburi hospital serves up marijuana-spiked delicacies

By THE NATION

 

 

Prachinburi’s Chao Phraya Abhaibhubejhr Hospital has opened “Ganja Ros” (Taste of Ganja) – Thailand’s first eatery that offers dishes spiked with marijuana.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201153-prachinburi-hospital-serves-up-marijuana-spiked-delicacies/

 

Influx of foreign funds expected despite drop in confidence index: Fetco

By The Nation

 

 

The Federation of Thai Capital Market Organisations (Fetco) Investor Confidence Index for the next three months has fallen by 19.1 per cent to 130.63 due to uncertainty over recovery of the tourism industry, global conflicts, economic slowdown and new round of Covid-19 infections.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201155-influx-of-foreign-funds-expected-despite-drop-in-confidence-index-fetco/

 

Israel's Netanyahu removes Trump from his Twitter banner photo

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deliver joint remarks on a Middle East peace plan proposal in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu dropped U.S. President Donald Trump from the banner photo of his Twitter account on Tuesday in an apparent break with a political ally facing possible impeachment.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201157-israels-netanyahu-removes-trump-from-his-twitter-banner-photo/

 

Woman working at karaoke joint first Covid-19 case in Roi Et

By THE NATION

 

 

A 48-year-old woman has tested positive for Covid-19, the first case in Roi Et province after the latest outbreak of the disease in December.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201162-woman-working-at-karaoke-joint-first-covid-19-case-in-roi-et/

 

Another tip from the public leads to 15 arrests at Chonburi gambling den

 

Picture:: Daily News

 

Chonburi provincial police and officers from the Samed station in Muang District surprised 15 Thai and foreign employees who were running the CCTV cameras for an illegal online High-Low gambling operation at business premises yesterday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201163-another-tip-from-the-public-leads-to-15-arrests-at-chonburi-gambling-den/

 

Elephant found dead in Prachuap Khiri Khan had been shot 43 times

 

Picture: Sanook

 

An autopsy on a dead wild elephant in the Kuiburi national park has revealed that it was shot 43 times. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201164-elephant-found-dead-in-prachuap-khiri-khan-had-been-shot-43-times/

 

Hua Hin: Massage ladies on the warpath - we need to open now!

 

Picture: Prachuap Post

 

Several massage ladies spoke to the Prachuap Post about the difficulties they are facing after they were ordered shut from January 4th to the end of the month due to Covid-19.  

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201165-hua-hin-massage-shops-face-going-out-of-business-if-they-can’t-re-open-soon/

 

Two gorillas at San Diego Zoo test positive for COVID-19

By Steve Gorman

 

Gorillas sit after two of their troop tested positive for COVID-19 after falling ill, and a third gorilla appears also to be symptomatic, at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in San Diego, California, U.S. January 10, 2021. Picture taken January 10, 2021. Ken Bohn/San Diego Zoo Global/Handout via REUTERS

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two gorillas at the San Diego Zoo have tested positive for COVID-19 after exhibiting symptoms of the disease, California's governor said on Monday, in what is believed to be the first known transmission of the virus to apes.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201168-two-gorillas-at-san-diego-zoo-test-positive-for-covid-19/

 

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'MorChana' application users get relief from data usage fee

By THE NATION

 

 

Mobile operators AIS, True, DTAC, NT (National Telecom Plc) and 3BB will not charge data usage fee for users of the “MorChana” (Doctors Win) application for three months, starting January 11, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201103-free-mobile-data-for-users-of-morchana-tracing-app-promises-des-minister/?do=findComment&comment=16159261

 

Phuket pubs, bars ordered to close at midnight

By The Phuket News

 

The order. Image: Phuketanticovid19

 

PHUKET: All entertainment venues in Phuket are to close at midnight and restaurants are not to sell alcohol after midnight following an order issued by Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew yesterday (Jan  11).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201170-phuket-pubs-bars-ordered-to-close-at-midnight/

 

What to expect at ASQ hotels in Thailand

Being prepared and knowing what to expect during the stay can ease stress and frustration while in quarantine

TAT Newsroom

 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201171-what-to-expect-at-asq-hotels-in-thailand/