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Thailand receives requests to register AstraZeneca, Sinovac vaccines

 

A woman wearing a face mask as a measure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is seen in Bangkok, Thailand, January 7, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/Files

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has received applications from AstraZeneca and Sinovac Biotech to register their COVID-19 vaccines for use in the country, the food and drug agency said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201275-thailand receives-requests-to-register-astrazeneca-sinovac-vaccines/

 

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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.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201246-3rd-army-no-soldiers-in-migrant-smuggling/

 

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No extra quarantine in Phuket for foreigners exiting quarantine in Bangkok

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Dr Thanit Sermkaew, Chief of the Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO). Photo: PPHO

 

PHUKET: Foreigners exiting a 14-day quarantine in Bangkok after testing negative for COVID-19 are not required to complete another 14-day quarantine after arriving in Phuket, the Phuket health chief has confirmed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201218-no-extra-quarantine-in-phuket-for-foreigners-exiting-quarantine-in-bangkok/

 

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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.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201245-tourism-ministry-gets-companies-input-on-covid-19-remedies/

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Fourth Samut Sakhon field hospital to open on Friday

By The Nation

 

 

A fourth field hospital has been set up in Samut Sakhon and will be ready to receive patients from Friday, vice governor Surasak Phonyangsong said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201278-fourth-samut-sakhon-field-hospital-to-open-on-friday/

 

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Cabinet sets aside Bt1.47 bn to buy school milk from affected farmers

By The Nation

 

 

The Cabinet on Tuesday earmarked Bt1.47 billion to purchase 213 million cartons of school milk to help ease dairy farmers’ suffering after their earnings dropped once schools were closed due to the new wave of Covid-19 infections.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201279-cabinet-sets-aside-bt147-bn-to-buy-school-milk-from-affected-farmers/

 

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Private hospitals can import Covid vaccine: Thai FDA

By The Nation

 

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The government will not block private hospitals from importing Covid-19 vaccines, said the Thai Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday. However, the vaccines must be approved and registered with the FDA, said its secretary-general Dr Paisan Dankhum.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201280-private-hospitals-can-import-covid-vaccine-thai-fda/

 

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Cabinet okays new phase of shopping co-payment scheme

By THE NATION

 

 

The Cabinet has approved the launch of the next phase of the “Khon La Khrueng” (Let's Go Halves) co-payment scheme this month, Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201281-cabinet-okays-new-phase-of-shopping-co-payment-scheme/

 

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Thai auto industry ready to roll after dismal 2020

By The Nation

 

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The Thai automotive industry is likely to expand 3-4 per cent in 2021-23 after a tough 2020, Krungsri Research Centre said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201283-thai-auto-industry-ready-to-roll-after-dismal-2020/

 

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Contract for MRT Pink Line spur delayed

By The Nation

 

Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob

 

Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob postponed plans to present the revised MRT Pink Line extension contract to Cabinet on Tuesday, saying it still lacked details.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201284-contract-for-mrt-pink-line-spur-delayed/

 

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3 types of Thai export to grow this year: Commerce Ministry

By The Nation

 

 

Thai exports of farm products, products related to working from home, and products to combat Covid-19 will continue to grow this year, said the Commerce Ministry’s Trade Policy and Strategy Office on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201285-3-types-of-thai-export-to-grow-this-year-commerce-ministry/

 

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More cash handouts in pipeline as new virus wave takes toll  

By The Nation

 

Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith

 

A new round of cash handouts to help people burdened by the fresh wave of Covid-19 will be proposed to Cabinet next Tuesday (January 19), said finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith on Tuesday. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201287-more-cash-handouts-in-pipeline-as-new-virus-wave-takes-toll/

 

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Heart failure caused deaths of 7 youths thought to have used “K powdered milk”

 

 

Heart failure has been cited as the cause of the deaths of seven young Thais, suspected to have used a cocktail of illicit drugs known as “K powdered milk”.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201288-heart-failure-caused-deaths-of-7-youths-thought-to-have-used-“k-powdered-milk”/

 

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PM2.5 to return to Bangkok and suburbs on Thursday

 

 

People living in Bangkok and its peripherals have been warned of an increase in PM2.5 dust in the atmosphere from this Thursday, as the cold weather front from China weakens.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201289-pm25-to-return-to-bangkok-and-suburbs-on-thursday/

 

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17 more need treatment after apparent use of “K powdered milk” drug cocktail

 

 

Seventeen people have required medical treatment after suspected use of the “K powdered milk” drug cocktail during the past two days. Four of them were admitted to the Boromarajonani National Drug Addiction and Princess Mother National Institute on Drug Abuse Treatment (PMNIDAT) due to the severity of their condition.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201290-17-more-need-treatment-after-apparent-use-of-“k-powdered-milk”-drug-cocktail/

 

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Phuket EOCs to enforce COVID measures for new arrivals

By The Phuket News

 

The notice issued yesterday (Jan 11) explaining the roles of the EOCs. Image: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: Amid growing confusion of the role the Emergency Operations Centres (EOCs) recently set up in Phuket, local officials have explained that staff at the centres will be responsible for ensuring that new arrivals in their respective areas comply with COVID-19 requirements.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201291-phuket-eocs-to-enforce-covid-measures-for-new-arrivals/

 

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NSC Secretary-General - Decisive action to be taken against any officials involved in illegal border crossings

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - After a Facebook page called Mam Pho Dam claimed that some government officials in the Mae Sot district of Tak province were involved in helping Thai people sneak out to gamble in a neighboring country...

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201292-nsc-secretary-general-decisive-action-to-be-taken-against-any-officials-involved-in-illegal-border-crossings/

 

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Thai minister proposes 'golf quarantine' to boost tourism

 

FILE PHOTO: Asia's Hideto Tanihara of Japan hits the ball on the fourth hole during the second day of foursomes competition against Europe at the Royal Trophy golf tournament in Chonburi province, near Bangkok, January 10, 2009. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand’s Tourism Minister said on Monday he had proposed a plan to allow foreigners to quarantine in some of the country’s many golf resorts to boost the ailing tourism sector during the coronavirus pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201295-thai-minister-proposes-golf-quarantine-to-boost-tourism/

 

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U.S. pursuing seditious conspiracy cases in 'unprecedented' probe of Capitol riot

By Sarah N. Lynch, Mark Hosenball and Eric Beech

 

Michael Sherwin, acting U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 12, 2021. The acting attorney for Washington and FBI provided an update on criminal charges related to the Jan. 6 siege at the U.S. Capitol. Sarah Silbiger/Pool via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has opened criminal investigations on more than 170 individuals for their involvement in the riot at the U.S. Capitol by President Donald Trump's supporters, and investigators aim to charge people with assault and seditious conspiracy, the top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C. said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201296-us-pursuing-seditious-conspiracy-cases-in-unprecedented-probe-of-capitol-riot/

 

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Ireland set to receive 1 billion euros from EU Brexit fund - minister

 

FILE PHOTO: Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney, speaks to the media after a European general affairs ministers council, in Brussels, Belgium September 22, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman

 

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland is set to receive 1.05 billion euros ($1.28 billion) this year from a European Union fund for the countries worst affected by Britain's exit from the European Union, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201297-ireland-set-to-receive-1-billion-euros-from-eu-brexit-fund-minister/

 

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Democrats poised to impeach defiant Trump over storming of U.S. Capitol

By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell

 

A mob of supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A fiery debate opened in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday over a Democratic-led effort to remove President Donald Trump from office for inciting supporters who stormed the Capitol last week, while Trump denied any wrongdoing.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201298-democrats-poised-to-impeach-defiant-trump-over-storming-of-us-capitol/

 

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Trump says 25th amendment is 'zero risk to me'

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a visit at the U.S.-Mexico border wall, in Alamo, Texas, U.S., January 12, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

ALAMO, Texas (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he is not concerned about the 25th amendment allowing his cabinet to remove him from office, even as the Democrat-led U.S. House of Representatives plunged ahead on a resolution pressing Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the constitutional provision.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201299-trump says-25th-amendment-is-zero-risk-to-me/

 

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Bangkok surveys areas to set up more field hospitals with up to 1,700 beds

By THE NATION

 

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is converting the Bangkhuntian Geriatric Hospital into a field hospital for quarantine and Covid-19 treatment, with a capacity of up to 600 beds, Bangkok Deputy Governor Pol Lt-General Sophon Phisutthiwong said on Tuesday, adding that the BMA aims to set up more field hospitals.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201306-bangkok-surveys-areas-to-set-up-more-field-hospitals-with-up-to-1700-beds/

 

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Hua Hin: No new Covid cases - some restrictions eased, massage shops allowed to re-open

 

Picture: New TV

 

New TV reported that the only case in the second wave of infections in Prachuap Khiri Khan was now showing no symptoms and had been allowed to go home. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201313-hua-hin-no-new-covid-cases-some-restrictions-eased-massage-shops-allowed-to-re-open/

 

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Israeli arrested with child porn in Sathorn, Bangkok

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Thailand's immigration chief Lt-Gen Sompong Chingduang announced yesterday that a 44 year old Israeli man had been arrested in the Sathorn - Taksin area of Bangkok with child pornography videos in his possession. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201316-israeli-arrested-with-child-porn-in-sathorn-bangkok/

 

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Illegal immigrant latest: Chinese, Cambodians and Thai enablers arrested - no Covid

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Thailand's immigration bureau gave the details of the latest three cases of illegal immigrants and Thai people who had enabled their passage.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201317-illegal-immigrant-latest-chinese-cambodians-and-thai-enablers-arrested-no-covid/

 

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Chonburi: Jail and 40,000 THB fines for those breaching provincial checkpoints

 

 

Thai media 77kaoded reported that measures to prevent the movement of people in and out of Chonburi were being stepped up as of today (Wednesday). 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201319-chonburi-jail-and-40000-thb-fines-for-those-breaching-provincial-checkpoints/

 

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Authorities crack down on used medical gloves racket in Pathum Thani

By THE NATION

 

 

A Pathum Thani warehouse owner was arrested for allegedly manufacturing and selling used medical gloves.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201321-authorities-crack-down-on-used-medical-gloves-racket-in-pathum-thani/

 

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Driving licence renewal rules relaxed

By THE NATION

 

 

Those who need to renew their driver’s licence will not be required to undergo written or driving tests for now in a bid to curb Covid-19 from spreading, the Department of Land Transport announced on its Facebook page @PR.DLT.News on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201323-driving-licence-renewal-rules-relaxed/

 

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Covid-19 second wave slowing down, says DDC

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Thai media Daily News reported senior health officials as saying that the second wave of Covid-19 infection was slowing down.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201325-covid-19-second-wave-slowing-down-says-ddc/