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Phuket Governor pushes to vaccinate 50,000 in seven days

By The Phuket News

 

Photo: PR Dept 

 

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew has called for people to register to be vaccinated for COVID-19 in a push that he hopes to see 50,000 people in Phuket receive their first injection within seven days of the April delivery arriving on the island.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211939-phuket-governor-pushes-to-vaccinate-50000-in-seven-days/

 

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UPDATE:

 

Phuket Targets 100,000 People for Inoculation in April before Reopening

Paphamon Arayasukawat

 

   

PHUKET (NNT) - Phuket authorities set the goal of vaccinating 100,000 people in April before the opening of the province on July 1 in line with plans for accepting vaccinated foreign tourists without quarantine.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211939-phuket-governor-pushes-to-vaccinate-50000-in-seven-days/?do=findComment&comment=16355089

 

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Government Expects 2 Million Foreign Tourists to Visit Phuket This Year

 

 

PHUKET (NNT) - The government expects about two million foreign tourists to visit Phuket this year after the island reopens to vaccinated visitors from July 1.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211955-government-expects-2-million-foreign-tourists-to-visit-phuket-this-year/

 

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Transport Company Will Add 5,000 Bus Trips Per day During Songkran

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - State-run interprovincial bus operator Transport Company will add 5,000 bus trips per day over the six-day Songkran holiday from April 10 to 15.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211956-transport-company-will-add-5000-bus-trips-per-day-during-songkran/

 

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Caution urged as more heavy rain heading to Phuket

 

Photo: The Southern Meteorological Center, West Coast.

 

PHUKET:-- The West Coast office of the Southern Meteorological Center in Phuket today (Mar 30) forecast scattered thundershowers and heavy rains to continue across the island and other Andaman coastal provinces for the rest of this week.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211957-caution-urged-as-more-heavy-rain-heading-to-phuket/

 

 

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Nike sues over 'Satan Shoes' with human blood

 

MSCHF

 

Nike is suing Brooklyn art collective MSCHF over a controversial pair of "Satan Shoes" that contain a drop of real human blood in the soles.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211965-nike-sues-over-satan-shoes-with-human-blood/

 

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Thundercats movie in the works from Godzilla Vs. Kong director

 

(Image credit: Telepictures)

 

A CG-animated theatrical Thundercats movie is in the works from Godzilla Vs. Kong director Adam Wingard.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211967-thundercats-movie-in-the-works-from-godzilla-vs-kong-director/

 

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Visitors to Narathiwat are guaranteed to find serenity in the Sirindhorn Peat Swamp Forest

 

 

Like the few ancient forests that remain around the world, Thailand’s last peat swamp forest abounds in tales of mystery and imagination.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211969-visitors-to-narathiwat-are-guaranteed-to-find-serenity-in-the-sirindhorn-peat-swamp-forest/

 

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Some Myanmar wounded cross into Thailand, others sent back

 

A wounded person who is fleeing the violence in Myanmar lies on a stretcher to receive medical treatment at the Thai border village of Mae Sam Laep, Mae Hong Son province, Thailand March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

MAE SAM LAEP, Thailand (Reuters) - About a dozen people fleeing military air strikes in Myanmar were allowed to cross into a Thai border village on Tuesday to receive medical treatment, as Thailand's prime minister said authorities had asked others who fled to return.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211970-some-myanmar-wounded-cross-into-thailand-others-sent-back/

 

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Foreigners stranded in Thailand due to COVID-19 can now stay until end of July

 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211982-foreigners-stranded-in-thailand-due-to-covid-19-can-now-stay-until-end-of-july/

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Aircraft drop water to help fight forest fires in two districts of Chiang Mai

 

Picture : Phurinat Singthorat

 

Two helicopters, from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, and an air force (RTAF) transport plane, have been helping to control forest fires in Doi Saket and Samoeng districts of Chiang Mai.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211985-aircraft-drop-water-to-help-fight-forest-fires-in-two-districts-of-chiang-mai/

 

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Thailand Live Wednesday 31 Mar 2021 
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