Thailand reports 189 new COVID-19 infections

 

REUTERS FILE PHOTO for reference only

 

Thailand reported 189 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday.

 

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Hua Hin: Three candidates, so far, up for mayoral election

 

Picture: Ban Muang

 

Ban Muang were in Hua Hin yesterday for the first day of registration of candidates for the position of mayor and civic councillors. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205347-hua-hin-three-candidates-so-far-up-for-mayoral-election/

TripAdvisor names Bangkok and Phuket among Top 15 most popular destinations worldwide

Travellers' Choice Awards 2021 represent where people visited when travel was open and where they dream to go

TAT Newsroom

 

 

Bangkok, 8 February, 2021  – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is pleased to announce that Bangkok and Phuket have been named eighth and 14th, respectively among the Top 15 “Popular Destinations — World” in the TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards 2021.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205348-tripadvisor-names-bangkok-and-phuket-among-top-15-most-popular-destinations-worldwide/

 

TAT stays active in short-haul overseas markets

To maintain the market awareness of Thailand as a leading tourist destinations in the ASEAN, South Asia and South Pacific markets

TAT Newsroom 

 

 

Bangkok, 8 February, 2021– The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) ASEAN, South Asia and South Pacific Region, as well as the respective overseas offices in these markets, continue to promote Thailand’s new normal tourism with a series of activities for potential tourists and travel professionals.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205350-tat-stays-active-in-short-haul-overseas-markets/

 

TAT long-haul overseas offices drive interest in return to Thailand

Winter escapes, golf quarantine and luxury FIT packages gain traction in Europe and North America

TAT Newsroom 

 

 

Bangkok, 8 February, 2021– The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Europe, Africa, Middle East and Americas Region, as well as the respective overseas offices in these markets, is promoting new travel opportunities to Thailand supported by virtual events, media, influencers, new training resources and other activities, to keep Thailand prominent with potential tourists and travel professionals alike.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205351-tat-long-haul-overseas-offices-drive-interest-in-return-to-thailand/

 

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Heart-broken Russian man remains in ICU after slashing own throat

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Karon Police Chief Col Peerapong Chai-aroon. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Police have identified the Russian man who slashed his own neck with a fruit knife on the Karon beach road on Sunday night (Feb 7). The man remains in intensive care at Vachira Phuket Hospital in Phuket Town, Karon Police Chief Col Peerapong Chai-aroon has confirmed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205238-foreign-man-believed-russian-in-icu-after-slashing-own-neck-with-knife/?do=findComment&comment=16237907

 

Local administration vaccine projects shut down

By The Phuket News

 

The order. Photo: MCOT

 

THAILAND: The Department of Local Administration (DLA) has issued an order to clarify that local administrations and private sector organisations cannot currently purchase or distribute COVID-19 vaccines by themselves.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205367-local-administration-vaccine-projects-shut-down/

 

Coronavirus testing collapses in Myanmar after coup

 

FILE PHOTO: An army parliament member receives the AstraZeneca Covishield coronavirus disease vaccine ahead of the new parliament opening in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, January 30, 2021. REUTERS/Thar Byaw/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Testing for coronavirus has collapsed in Myanmar after a military coup prompted a campaign of civil disobedience led by doctors and mass protests swept the country, official testing figures showed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205370-coronavirus-testing-collapses-in-myanmar-after-coup/

 

UK mulls tougher testing for international arrivals as virus variants spread

 

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 looking at greater testing of all people who have arrived from abroad while they are self-isolating to defend against new variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, a minister said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205374-uk-mulls-tougher-testing-for-international-arrivals-as-virus-variants-spread/

 

Knight Frank delivers ‘frank’ report on Phuket condo market

By The Phuket News

 

Image: Knight Frank

 

PHUKET: Nattha Kahapana, Deputy Managing Director and Head of Knight Frank Phuket...

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205375-knight-frank-delivers-‘frank’-report-on-phuket-condo-market/

 

No New COVID-19 Cluster in Samut Songkhram

 

 

SAMUT SONGKHRAM, Feb 9 (TNA) – The health chief of Samut Sonkhram province denied that the pork vendor who was recently confirmed with COVID-19 infection formed a new cluster of the disease transmission.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205396-no-new-covid-19-cluster-in-samut-songkhram/

 

Explosions near Myanmar Embassy Came from Firecrackers

 

 

BANGKOK, Feb 9 (TNA) – Explosions near the Myanmar embassy yesterday were caused by ball-shaped firecrackers and police were hunting for a wrongdoer, the Bangkok police chief said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205397-explosions-near-myanmar-embassy-came-from-firecrackers/

 

6 More COVID-19 Cases at Chulalongkorn University

 

 

BANGKOK, Feb 9 (TNA) – Six more people were confirmed to have contracted COVID-19 at Chulalongkorn University, raising the total cases there to 13.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205398-6-more-covid-19-cases-at-chulalongkorn-university/

 

Does the world need new COVID vaccines? 'Jury is out', Oxford's Pollard says

By Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton

 

Empty ampules of the Oxford-AstraZeneca's Covishield vaccine are seen on a tray at the Dhaka Medical College vaccination centre in Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 9, 2021. REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - It is not yet clear whether the world needs a new set of vaccines to fight different variants of the novel coronavirus but scientists are working on new ones so there is no reason for alarm, the head of the Oxford Vaccine Group said on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205399-does-the-world-need-new-covid-vaccines-jury-is-out-oxfords-pollard-says/

 

UK had 'one or two' Brexit teething issues on fishing, minister says

 

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has suffered “one or two teething issues” in exporting fish to the European Union after Brexit, the country’s environment minister said on Tuesday, in comments that are likely to anger fishermen struggling to trade.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205401-uk-had-one-or-two-brexit-teething-issues-on-fishing-minister-says/

 

Bitcoin powers to new high as Tesla takes it mainstream

By Stanley White and Tom Westbrook

 

FILE PHOTO: A representation of virtual currency Bitcoin is seen in front of a stock graph in this illustration taken January 8, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - Bitcoin extended gains on Tuesday to a record high as the afterglow of Tesla Inc's investment in the cryptocurrency had investors reckoning it would become a mainstream asset class for both corporates and money managers.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205403-bitcoin-powers-to-new-high-as-tesla-takes-it-mainstream/

 

Myanmar police fire into air to disperse protest, four hurt by rubber bullets

 

Police fire a water cannon during clashes with protestors rallying against the military coup and demanding the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

 

(Reuters) - Police fired gunshots into the air and used water cannon and rubber bullets on Tuesday as protesters across Myanmar defied bans on big gatherings to oppose a military coup that halted a tentative transition to democracy.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205405-myanmar-police-fire-into-air-to-disperse-protest-four-hurt-by-rubber-bullets/

 

Blue Mekong Is Bad Omen

 

 

NAKHON PHANOM, Feb 9 (TNA) – The Mekong River by this northeastern province turned beautifully blue but officials warned it was a sign of danger.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205406-blue-mekong-is-bad-omen/

 

Bangkok Governor orders delay of fare increase on Green Route train service

 

Photo by PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL / AFP

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has postponed its plan to increase the maximum train fare on the Green Route to 104 baht, scheduled for February 16th.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205408-bangkok-governor-orders-delay-of-fare-increase-on-green-route-train-service/

 

Illegal gambling a trump card for opposition in censure debate against govt 

 

 

Illegal gambling will be among the issues fired at Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and nine members of his Cabinet in next week’s censure debate.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205413-illegal-gambling-a-trump-card-for-opposition-in-censure-debate-against-govt/

 

Marvel's Robert Downey Jr says he could relate to Tony Stark due to his own "misbehaviour"

BY CHRIS EDWARDS

 

STEPHEN COLBERT / TWITTER

 

Marvel's Robert Downey Jr has opened up about his time playing Tony Stark/Iron Man, admitting he could relate to the character due to his own "misbehaviour".

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205415-marvels-robert-downey-jr-says-he-could-relate-to-tony-stark-due-to-his-own-misbehaviour/

 

Cillian Murphy spotted filming last series of Peaky Blinders as Scots harbour transformed into prison

By Daniel Morrow

 

 

The cast and crew were spotted in the Aberdeenshire town filming the final series of the hit BBC and Netflix show

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205416-cillian-murphy-spotted-filming-last-series-of-peaky-blinders-as-scots-harbour-transformed-into-prison/

 

Halle Berry, 54, slams trolls who accuse her of 'not being able to keep a partner,'

By REBECCA DAVISON and DAN HECHING

 

Wrong for her: Halle and Gabriel dated from 2002-2010 but it ended acrimoniously (pictured together in 2009) 

 

Halle Berry shared a post which read: 'Women don't owe you s***' on Instagram before engaging with trolls who accused her of 'not being able to keep a man.' 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205417-halle-berry-54-slams-trolls-who-accuse-her-of-not-being-able-to-keep-a-partner/

 

Rape scene depicted in Thai soap opera sparks outrage on Twitter

 

One controversial scene from “Mia Jum Pen” soap opera [Courtesy: Ch3Thailand]

 

#NoMoreRapeOnScreen (#ข่มขืนผ่านจอพอกันที) became the fastest trending hashtag in Thailand today, after the latest episode of “Mia Jum Pen”, or Wife on Duty, sparked outrage on social media because of a scene depicting the rape of a female character which, in the story, was videotaped by a criminal.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205426-rape-scene-depicted-in-thai-soap-opera-sparks-outrage-on-twitter/

 

COVID may have taken 'convoluted path' to Wuhan, WHO team leader says

By Josh Horwitz and David Stanway

 

Peter Ben Embarek and Marion Koopmans, members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), attend the WHO-China joint study news conference at a hotel in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song

 

WUHAN, China (Reuters) - The head of a World Health Organization-led team probing the origins of COVID-19 said bats remain a likely source and that transmission of the virus via frozen food is a possibility that warrants further investigation, but he ruled out a lab leak.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205427-covid-may-have-taken-convoluted-path-to-wuhan-who-team-leader-says/

 

Fewer tourists entered Thailand in the last six months than would normally enter in a single day pre COVID-19

 

Image: Reuters file photo

 

Stats on the number of foreigners who have entered Thailand since July last year reveal the devastating impact the pandemic is having on the county’s tourism industry and economy as a whole. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1205429-fewer-tourists-entered-thailand-in-the-last-six-months-than-would-normally-enter-in-a-single-day-pre-covid-19/

 

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