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Thailand says COVID-19 vaccinations to start next month

By Chayut Setboonsarng

 

FILE PHOTO: Health workers get ready to collect samples for further testing at Thanon Mitr Market, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bangkok, Thailand, January 19, 2021. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand said on Monday it would start its coronavirus inoculation programme next month by administering 50,000 doses of AstraZeneca's vaccine to high-risk groups, as it faces accusations of being too slow to secure vaccines.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203209-thailand-says-covid-19-vaccinations-to-start-next-month/

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Samut Sakhon finds 914 new COVID-19 infections

 

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Health officials on Monday reported 914 new COVID-19 infections in Samut Sakhon following the start of widespread testing which will eventually see almost 60,000 people in the province tested for the virus.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203243-samut-sakhon-finds-914-new-covid-19-infections/

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PM Prayut: Committee studies positive, negative aspects of legalizing gambling

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Prime Minister and Defense Minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, says people have provided much information about gambling dens and illegal workers, but the challenge is the lack of evidence.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203239-pm-prayut-committee-studies-positive-negative-aspects-of-legalizing-gambling/

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Anutin calls on hospitals to get ready for first batch of Covid-19 vaccines

By The Nation

 

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul

 

Thailand's public health system is getting ready to inoculate people once the first batch of 50,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines arrives early next month, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203271-anutin-calls-on-hospitals-to-get-ready-for-first-batch-of-covid-19-vaccines/

 

 

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Australia laments Thailand’s high wine tax as excise dept delivers bitter news 

By Wichit Chaitrong
The Nation

 

Australia’s ambassador to Thailand Allan McKinnon

 

In potentially bad news for Thailand’s wine drinkers, tax rules are being tightened even as Australia complains of a high excise rate on wine.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203272-australia-laments-thailand’s-high-wine-tax-as-excise-dept-delivers-bitter-news/

 

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Finance Ministry told to help those left out of govt schemes

By The Nation

 

Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has tasked the Finance Ministry in finding ways to provide relief to those not covered by the government’s existing schemes, Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203273-thai-finance-ministry-told-to-help-those-left-out-of-govt-schemes/

 

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Thailand’s rice export target set at 6m tonnes this year

By The Nation

 

 

Thailand’s rice export target has been set at 6 million tonnes this year, the Commerce Ministry reported on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203274-thailand’s-rice-export-target-set-at-6m-tonnes-this-year/

 

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Thailand’s Chulalongkorn Uni to begin human trials of its mRNA vaccine in April

 

 

Chulalongkorn University’s vaccine research centre will start human trials of its mRNA vaccine candidate, tentatively in April, after it received prototype vaccine from two factories in California.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203275-thailand’s-chulalongkorn-uni-to-begin-human-trials-of-its-mrna-vaccine-in-april/

 

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Prab’s brother enters election for Patong Mayor

By The Phuket News

 

Pakrit Keesin publicly announced yesterday (Jan 24) that he would be contesting the position of Patong Mayor in the upcoming election. Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: Pakrit Keesin, younger brother to influential Patong businessman Preechawut ‘Prab’ Keesin, has announced that he will contest the seat of mayor in the upcoming municipal election in Patong to be held on Mar 28.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203276-prab’s-brother-enters-election-for-patong-mayor/

 

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Trump lawyer Giuliani faces $1.3 billion lawsuit over 'big lie' election fraud claims

By Jan Wolfe and Susan Heavey

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani gestures as he speaks as Trump supporters gather by the White House ahead of his speech to contest the certification by the U.S. Congress of the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - A U.S. voting machine company filed a $1.3 billion lawsuit against former President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani, accusing him of defamation in what it called his "big lie" campaign about widespread fraud in the presidential election, court documents on Monday showed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203277-trump-lawyer-giuliani-faces-13-billion-lawsuit-over-big-lie-election-fraud-claims/

 

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Italy PM Conte to resign on Tuesday, seek fresh mandate

By Gavin Jones and Crispian Balmer

 

FILE PHOTO: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte attends a debate before a confidence vote in the upper house of parliament after former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi pulled his party out of government, in Rome, Italy, January 19, 2021. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/Pool

 

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will hand in his resignation to the head of state on Tuesday after a morning cabinet meeting to inform his ministers, Conte's office said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203279-italy pm-conte-to-resign-on-tuesday-seek-fresh-mandate/

 

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U.S. new COVID cases down 21% in past week, deaths fall from peak

 

FILE PHOTO: A CVS pharmacy manager prepares a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine dose at the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S. December 29, 2020. Hoang ‘Leon’ Nguyen/The Republican/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - The United States reported a 21% drop in new cases of COVID-19 last week, as all but one state reported declines in new infections, and the number of coronavirus patients in hospitals also fell.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203282-us-new-covid-cases-down-21-in-past-week-deaths-fall-from-peak/

 

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Senator Leahy to preside over Trump's impeachment trial

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) asks a question during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled "Police Use of Force and Community Relations" in Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 16, 2020. Tom Williams/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate's longest-serving member, Democrat Patrick Leahy, will preside over the upcoming impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, Leahy said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203283-senator-leahy-to-preside-over-trumps-impeachment-trial/

 

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Bitcoin, crypto inflows hit record last week - CoinShares

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss

 

FILE PHOTO: Representations of virtual currency Bitcoin are placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investment flows into cryptocurrency funds and products hit a record $1.31 billion last week after a few weeks of small outflows, as investors took advantage of the decline in bitcoin and other digital asset prices, according to the latest data on Monday from asset manager CoinShares.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203284-bitcoin-crypto-inflows-hit-record-last-week-coinshares/

 

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Putin calls pro-Navalny marches illegal, new protest set for Sunday

By Vladimir Soldatkin and Tom Balmforth

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with university students via a video conference call at a state residence in Zavidovo, Russia January 25, 2021. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned weekend protests demanding the release of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny as dangerous and illegal, as the opposition politician's allies said they planned a similar protest for Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203285-putin-calls-pro-navalny-marches-illegal-new-protest-set-for-sunday/

 

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Stacked field arrives at Farmers Insurance Open with big goals in mind

 

 

Given that there is already an array of incentives – for instance, a US$7.5 million purse, a potential winning prize of US$1.35 million, and a swanky and eclectic oceanfront locale in Southern California – one wouldn’t think that talented professional golfers would find anything else to prompt them to enter the Farmers Insurance Open this week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203289-stacked-field-arrives-at-farmers-insurance-open-with-big-goals-in-mind/

 

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How one partygoer became Thailand’s first ‘super-spreader’

By Thai PBS World’s General Desk

 

A photo Techin Ploypetch posted on his facebook page on the night of his birthday, January 9th, 2021

 

Thailand looks poised to confirm its first official “super spreader” as fears grow over the scale of the latest cluster infection

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203292-how-one-partygoer-became-thailand’s-first-‘super-spreader’/

 

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UK could become 'a failed state' without reform, former UK PM Brown says

 

People walk on the Westminster Bridge, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Unless the United Kingdom is fundamentally reformed it could swiftly become a failed state as many people have lost faith in the way the country is governed by, and in the interests of, a London-centric elite, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203294-uk-could-become-a-failed-state-without-reform-former-uk-pm-brown-says/

 

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Navy chief orders probe into alleged suspicious role of personnel in drug trafficking

By THE NATION

 

 

Admiral Chatchai Sriworakhan, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Navy, has set up an investigation committee to look into the alleged involvement of 16 Navy officials in drug trafficking in Nong Khai province, Navy spokesman Rear Admiral Chettha Jaipiam said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203296-thai-navy-chief-orders-probe-into-alleged-suspicious-role-of-personnel-in-drug-trafficking/

 

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Bangkok and surrounding areas: Schools may reopen under certain conditions

 

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Thai PBS reported education minister Nataphol Theepsuwan as saying that schools in Bangkok, Samut Sakhon, Samut Prakan, Nonthaburi and Pathum Thani may only reopen next week with split groups or on certain days of the week. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203298-bangkok-and-surrounding-areas-schools-may-reopen-under-certain-conditions/

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Pattaya massage shops ready to open at the end of the month, industry leader

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

The head of the massage and spa association in the East of Thailand hopes that restrictions on the opening of such facilities will be lifted at the end of this month.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203300-pattaya-massage-shops-ready-to-open-at-the-end-of-the-month-industry-leader/

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Senators approve amendments to abortion law

By THE NATION

 

 

The Senate spent eight hours on Monday debating amendments to the Criminal Code sections 301 and 305, which would make it possible for women to terminate their pregnancy of up to 12 weeks, before approving the first, second and third readings.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203301-senators-approve-amendments-to-abortion-law/

 

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Massage ladies apply pressure on Chonburi governor to reopen

 

Picture: Pattaya Update News

 

Around 100 traditional Thai massage ladies from places like Pattaya and Bang Saen gathered at the Chonburi town hall.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203303-massage-ladies-apply-pressure-on-chonburi-governor-to-reopen/

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Video: Trucker cut out of cab after two six wheelers collide in Chonburi

 

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CCTV footage showed the dramatic moment that a six wheel container truck was propelled onto its side after a collision outside a gas station in Chonburi 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203304-video-trucker-cut-out-of-cab-after-two-six-wheelers-collide-in-chonburi/

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Phuket Vice Governor confirms no mandatory quarantine for Bangkok arrivals

By The Phuket News

 

Phuket Vice Governor Phichet Panaphong at the meeting at Phuket Provincial Hall yesterday (Jan 25). Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: Phuket Vice Governor Phichet Panaphong has publicly confirmed the order issued on Sunday, which no longer requires arrivals from Bangkok to observe a 14-day mandatory quarantine after arriving on the island as a standard requirement.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203306-phuket-vice-governor-confirms-no-mandatory-quarantine-for-bangkok-arrivals/

 

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Police raid major online gambling site ran from Chiang Mai dive school

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Thailand's crackdown on online gambling continued with two raids on addresses in Chiang Mai - action against a big player in betting circles.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203309-police-raid-major-online-gambling-site-ran-from-chiang-mai-dive-school/

 

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Nonthaburi relaxes lockdown measures for six businesses

By THE NATION

 

 

Nonthaburi Governor Sujin Chaichumsak on Monday signed an order allowing six businesses to reopen after they had been previously ordered to shut in a bid to control the Covid-19 outbreak.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203315-nonthaburi-relaxes-lockdown-measures-for-six-businesses/

 

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Developments in 40 million baht Prachuap Khiri Khan corruption case

 

Picture: Talk News Online

 

The woman at the center of a 40 million baht government department corruption case is set to appear in court today.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203320-developments-in-40-million-baht-prachuap-khiri-khan-corruption-case/

 

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Ratchaburi district chief dashes gold panners hopes amid Covid fears

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A district chief in Ratchaburi has stopped outsiders coming into the province to pan for gold 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203321-ratchaburi-district-chief-dashes-gold-panners-hopes-amid-covid-fears/

 

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Thailand sees biggest jump in Covid-19 cases as global numbers hit 100m

By The Nation

 

 

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Tuesday reported 959 new cases, the highest number on a single day since the outbreak last year, including 22 people who had travelled from abroad.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1203326-thailand-sees-biggest-jump-in-covid-19-cases-as-global-numbers-hit-100m/