Without internet at home, Thai student forced to do online class in rice field

 

Picture: Facebook

 

A news site from Hua Hin shared a story of a young female student who didn't have an internet connection at home. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1202751-without-internet-at-home-thai-student-forced-to-do-online-class-in-rice-field /

 

Anti-gambling drive continues with nationwide raids of online betting business

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Fifteen places in Bangkok, Uttaradit and Phitsanulok were raided by Thailand's tech police yesterday in an operation against an online gambling group.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1202757-anti-gambling-drive-continues-with-nationwide-raids-of-online-betting-business/

Cha-Am hotel turns to selling noodles - and only 20-30 baht a bowl

 

Picture: Talk News Online

 

A hotel in Cha-Am, Phetchaburi has turned to selling noodles to give staff something to do and provide good, cheap meals to the public during the second wave of the pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1202759-cha-am-hotel-turns-to-selling-noodles-and-only-20-30-baht-a-bowl/

 

Aswin defends Green Line fare hike, rules out review unless ordered by govt

By THE NATION

 

 

Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang said on Friday that the new fare ceiling of Green Line BTS Skytrain at Bt104 throughout the route is inexpensive and would be implemented from February 16 as planned unless stayed by the government.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1202762-aswin-defends-green-line-fare-hike-rules-out-review-unless-ordered-by-govt/

 

309 new Covid-19 cases reported, most found in Samut Sakhon

By The Nation

 

 

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Friday reported 309 new cases over the past 24 hours, including 12 people who flew in from abroad.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1202764-309-new-covid-19-cases-reported-most-found-in-samut-sakhon/

 

Thai exports seen up 4% this year on rising global demand - government

 

FILE PHOTO: Shipping containers stand at a port in Bangkok, Thailand, March 25, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's exports are expected to rise 4% in 2021 after declining 6% last year, while an unexpected increase in shipments was recorded in December as demand from major markets improved, the commerce ministry said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1202778-thai-exports-seen-up-4-this-year-on-rising-global-demand-government/

 

CCSA team faces risk of infection as TV anchor tests positive for Covid-19

By The Nation

 

File Photo

 

After a TV anchor tested positive on Friday morning, Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) spokesman Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin announced that he and his team may be at risk.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1202780-ccsa-team-faces-risk-of-infection-as-tv-anchor-tests-positive-for-covid-19/

 

Muay thai legend Buakaw keeps Man Utd promise

By THE NATION

 

Buakaw Banchamek

 

Thai boxing legend Buakaw Banchamek shaved his head on Thursday, fulfilling a promise he made about the English Premier League match between Liverpool and Manchester United last Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1202783-muay-thai-legend-buakaw-keeps-man-utd-promise/

 

Drying up of Yom River marks early arrival of drought

By THE NATION

 

 

Thailand’s yearly drought has arrived earlier than usual, with Yom River in Phichit and Sukhothai completely drying out and water sources in Chanthaburi getting low.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1202785-drying-up-of-yom-river-marks-early-arrival-of-drought/

 

Nobody found infected in GMM Grammy building

By The Nation

 

 

Teams under the Department of Disease Control showed up to test everybody in the GMM Grammy building on Friday after a staff member tested positive for Covid-19 recently.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1202786-nobody-found-infected-in-gmm-grammy-building/

 

Water cut in 47 areas of Bangkok this weekend

By The Nation

 

 

Residents in 47 areas of Bangkok will not be able to use tap water from 10pm on Saturday to 8am on to Sunday due to maintenance work on a water main in a park on Rama VI Road, the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority (MWA) said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1202787-water-cut-in-47-areas-of-bangkok-this-weekend/

 

Ministry ready to hear companies' concerns on anti-dumping measure for packaging film

By THE NATION

 

Kirati Ratchnano

 

Entrepreneurs who will be affected by the Commerce Ministry's anti-dumping measures on biaxially-oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film can submit evidence of the impact to the Department of Foreign Trade.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1202788-ministry-ready-to-hear-companies-concerns-on-anti-dumping-measure-for-packaging-film/

 

Efficacy of vaccines may reduce after mass inoculation – Dr. Yong

 

 

The efficacy of any vaccine, including COVID-19 vaccines, tends to be lower when used in the field to inoculate millions of people, when compared to the results produced during clinical trials, said Thai virologist Dr. Yong Poovorawan in his Facebook post on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1202789-efficacy-of-vaccines-may-reduce-after-mass-inoculation-–-dr-yong/

 

UPDATE:

 

CCSA spokesman to quarantine after NBT anchor tests positive for COVID-19

 

 

CCSA spokesman, Dr. Taweesin Wissanuyothin, revealed today that he will be tested for COVID-19 and will self-quarantine, after a news anchor from Thailand’s state broadcaster NBT tested positive for the virus.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1202780-ccsa-team-faces-risk-of-infection-as-tv-anchor-tests-positive-for-covid-19/?do=findComment&comment=16189288

Kang leads again after 18 holes at Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions

 

Danielle Kang (Photo credit to LPGA)

 

For the second consecutive year, Danielle Kang and Gaby Lopez got off to hot starts at the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions presented by Insurance Office of America.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1202792-kang-leads-again-after-18-holes-at-diamond-resorts-tournament-of-champions/

 

Ayutthaya, Nakhon Ratchasima relax some measures as infections drop

By The Nation

 

Wichian Chantaranothai

 

Strict measures were put in place in many provinces after a new wave of infections originating from a shrimp market in Samut Sakhon and a gambling den in Rayong hit the country in mid-December.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1202793-ayutthaya-nakhon-ratchasima-relax-some-measures-as-infections-drop/

 

Virus takes Bt6.5bn bite out of Thai chicken exports

By THE NATION

 

 

The Covid-19 crisis drove down Thai exports of processed, refrigerated and frozen chicken in 2020 to 945,000 tonnes worth Bt105 billion, from 950,000 tonnes worth Bt111.5 billion in 2019, said the Thai Broiler Processing Exporters Association on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1202794-virus-takes-bt65bn-bite-out-of-thai-chicken-exports/

 

CCSA team undergoes swab tests, Government House set for big clean

By The Nation

 

 

One member of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) team has been identified as facing the highest risk of infection after a TV anchor tested positive on Friday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1202810-ccsa-team-undergoes-swab-tests-government-house-set-for-big-clean/

 

Who’s got the coolest face mask in school?

By The Nation

 

Photos by Charoon Thongnual

 

Students at Ban Prakob Aok Border Patrol Police School in Songkhla wore face masks to class on Friday as measures were tightened against an outbreak of Covid-19 over the border.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1202811-who’s-got-the-coolest-face-mask-in-school/

 

Snapping up fresh bounty in Samut Prakan

By The Nation

 

Photos by Supakit Khumkun

 

People flocked to Samut Prakan’s Pak Nam area on Friday to pick up giant river prawns at ridiculously cheap prices.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1202812-snapping-up-fresh-bounty-in-samut-prakan/

 

Thai Army uses special task forces to disinfect schools in and around Bangkok

 

 

The Thai army has deployed special task forces to clean and disinfect schools in Bangkok and its suburbs, before onsite classes resume on February 1st, according to the army’s assistant spokesperson, Captain Kunnanut Pornniputkul.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1202813-thai-army-uses-special-task-forces-to-disinfect-schools-in-and-around-bangkok/

 

Special Report: How U.S. CDC missed chances to spot COVID's silent spread

By Ned Parker and Chad Terhune

 

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014. U.S. health officials said on Tuesday the first patient infected with the deadly Ebola virus had been diagnosed in the country after flying from Liberia to Texas, in a new sign of how the outbreak ravaging West Africa can spread globally. REUTERS/Tami Chappell/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - In early February, 57 people arrived at a Nebraska military base, among the first Americans evacuated from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak. U.S. health officials knew very little then about the mysterious new virus, and the quarantined group offered an early opportunity to size up the threat.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1202814-special-report-how-us-cdc-missed-chances-to-spot-covids-silent-spread/

 

UK keeping its borders open for now - environment minister

 

FILE PHOTO: People wait for the arrivals at Heathrow Airport, as tighter rules for international travellers start, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in London, Britain, January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is keeping its borders open for now environment minister George Eustice said, after speculation that the country could be completely shut to arrivals, after it recently tightened requirements for travellers to stop the spread of COVID-19.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1202815-uk-keeping-its-borders-open-for-now-environment-minister/

 

Losing weight in a healthy way to fight Covid-19

 

 

Experts say eating less but healthily and being more active is one of the keys to losing weight safely and might even protect against Covid-19.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1202816-losing-weight-in-a-healthy-way-to-fight-covid-19/

 

A guide to Thailand’s largest ever vaccination programme

 

A nurse fills a syringe with a vial of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine at the Pasteur Institute, in Paris, on January 21, 2021. (Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP)

 

Prioritising both safety and speed as it faces a new wave of COVID-19 infections, Thailand is poised to launch its largest ever inoculation programme when the first batch of AstraZeneca vaccine arrives next month.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1202817-a-guide-to-thailand’s-largest-ever-vaccination-programme/

 

Repeat Testing for Migrants Ahead of Market Reopening

 

 

SAMUT SAKHON, Jan 22 (TNA) – Samut Sakhon has launched a new round of mass Covid-19 testing for migrant workers at the Central Shrimp Market ahead of the planned market reopening next week.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1202818-repeat-testing-for-migrants-ahead-of-market-reopening/

 

Noel Gallagher to record lost Oasis tracks – without Liam

 

Oasis, 1995. Credit: Stefan De Batselier.

 

Noel Gallagher has confirmed that he is releasing a new album of Oasis tracks after unearthing a collection of old songs by the band.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1202819-noel-gallagher-to-record-lost-oasis-tracks-–-without-liam/

 

Bob Dylan sued by estate of Desire co-writer over catalogue sale

By Laura Snapes

 

Bob Dylan performing in San Francisco in 1975. Photograph: Alvan Meyerowitz/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

 

The wife and the publishing company of Jacques Levy, who co-wrote several songs from Bob Dylan’s 1976 album Desire, are suing the songwriter for $7.25m (£5.25m) following the recent sale of Dylan’s songwriting catalogue to Universal Music. The deal was reportedly valued at $300m (£217.3m).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1202820-bob-dylan-sued-by-estate-of-desire-co-writer-over-catalogue-sale/

 

Arnold Schwarzenegger Gave The Perfect Response After Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine

By SARAH EL-MAHMOUD

 

 

Terminator legend and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has spent most of this past year year focused on spreading the word about the global community adhering to safety guidelines in response to the tragic COVID-19 pandemic. The actor has posted frequent updates urging his fans to wear masks, even selling his own with “We’ll Be Back” on the front, as well as supporting charities dedicated to helping those most deeply affected by the coronavirus.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1202821-arnold-schwarzenegger-gave-the-perfect-response-after-receiving-covid-19-vaccine/

 

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