'Please get in touch': Britain hunts mystery spreader of Brazil variant

By Guy Faulconbridge

 

FILE PHOTO: A man walks his dog past a poster promoting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing at local mobile test centres, in Hounslow, London, Britain August 4, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Monday appealed for a mystery individual infected with a highly transmissible Brazilian variant of the novel coronavirus to come forward, more than two weeks after they tested positive but failed to give proper contact details.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207935-please-get-in-touch-britain-hunts-mystery-spreader-of-brazil-variant/

 

Thailand sees at least $10 billion investment in industrial east this year

By Satawasin Staporncharnchai and Kitiphong Thaichareon

 

FILE PHOTO: A view of the business district is seen from the rooftop of the Baiyoke Sky Hotel during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand, April 29, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand expects investment to triple to at least $10 billion in the country's industrial east this year as investment projects previously held by the coronavirus outbreak get pushed forward again as the pandemic eases, an official said on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207937-thailand-sees-at-least-10-billion-investment-in-industrial-east-this-year/

 

Multipurpose marijuana could light up another economic engine for Thailand

 

This undated handout photo released by Chao Phraya Abhaibhubejhr Hospital on January 14, 2021 shows a worker examining cannabis plants in a crop being grown in Prachinburi Province, to be used in dishes at the Abhaibhubejhr Spa Cuisine restaurant in Prachinburi, east of the Thai capital Bangkok. (Photo by Handout / Chao Phraya Abhaibhubejhr Hospital / AFP)

 

Marijuana could generate up to Bt8 billion for Thailand’s pharmaceutical industry over the next five years, but farmers stand to make little from growing the herb, experts say.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207939-multipurpose-marijuana-could-light-up-another-economic-engine-for-thailand/

 

Thai tourism ministry proposes vaccine program in 5 tourism hotspots

 

This photograph taken on November 2, 2020 shows visitors taking pictures of the gold plated stupa at Wat Phra That Doi Suthep Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)

 

Thailand’s Tourism and Sports ministry will propose that the Public Health ministry organize an inoculation campaign in 5 tourism provinces and discuss the prospect of vaccination passports.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207940-thai-tourism-ministry-proposes-vaccine-program-in-5-tourism-hotspots/

 

Former French president Sarkozy convicted of corruption, handed jail sentence

By Tangi Salaün

 

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, wearing a protective face mask, arrives for the verdict in his trial on charges of corruption and influence peddling, at Paris courthouse, France, March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

 

PARIS (Reuters) - Judges found former president Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of trying to bribe a judge and of influence-peddling on Monday and sentenced him to three years in jail, with two years suspended.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207941-former-french-president-sarkozy-convicted-of-corruption-handed-jail-sentence/

 

Samut Sakhon closes two field hospitals as pandemic situation improves

 

 

Two field hospitals in Thailand’s coastal province of Samut Sakhon were shut down today, after about two months in operation, as the COVID-19 pandemic situation steadily improves.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1207942-samut-sakhon-closes-two-field-hospitals-as-pandemic-situation-improves/

 

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