PM Johnson says UK in 'race against time' as it faces worst weeks of pandemic

By Michael Holden

 

A sign is pictured outside the Millennium Point Vaccination Centre, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Birmingham, Britain, January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Carl Recine

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday Britain was in "a race against time" to roll out COVID-19 vaccines as deaths hit record highs and hospitals ran out of oxygen, and his top medical adviser said the pandemic's worst weeks were imminent.

 

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Alcohol ban in Phuket from midnight

By THE NATION

 

 

The Phuket provincial authority has curbed the opening hours of entertainment venues until midnight, from January 12 to 20, in order to control the Covid-19 situation in the province.

 

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Tourism Ministry gets companies input on COVID-19 remedies

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Tourism and Sports has gathered input from the tourism and hotel industries on potential measures to aid them in the current COVID-19 crisis, with loan deferments, utility discounts, and a tax deadline postponement among the measures to be proposed to the Prime Minister on Tuesday.

 

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3rd Army: No Soldiers in Migrant Smuggling

 

 

TAK, Jan 12 (TNA) – Soldiers of the 3rd Army did not get involved in smuggling migrant workers into the country, said Maj Gen Suriya Iamsuro, deputy commander of the 3rd Army.

 

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Madonna 'visits 5 countries in 3 weeks' for winter break amid Covid-19 pandemic

By Lily Waddell

 

 

Madonna has reportedly been in five countries in just three weeks for her winter holiday amid the coronavirus pandemic.

 

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A Room Called Earth author Madeleine Ryan: ‘We should look at autism as a diamond with lots of facets’

By Helen Brown

 

‘When people say that I write about sex so honestly, I can’t imagine how else they’d want the subject to be’: Madeleine Ryan discusses her new book 'A Room called Earth’ (Hector H MacKenzi)

 

Last summer, Madeleine Ryan shocked New York Times readers with an article headlined: “Dear Parents: Your Child with Autism is Perfect”.

 

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Black Panther 2 will not feature a digital version of Chadwick Boseman

BY SUSANNAH ALEXANDER

 

 

Black Panther 2 will naturally be different to how fans may have previously envisioned it following the sad death of star Chadwick Boseman from colon cancer in August 2020.

 

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Four rescued after boat capsizes off Phuket

By Bangkok Post

 

One of four people rescued after their boat capsized in the sea off Phuket, left, talks to marine police after being brought to Nai Yang beach in Thalang district. Photo: Achadtaya Chuenniran.

 

PHUKET:-- Four people – three men and a woman – were safely rescued after their boat capsized about seven nautical miles off Phuket while on a fishing excursion today (Jan 12), marine police said.

 

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