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Phuket expats will be vaccinated, officials confirm

 

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The new online form to register to receive a COVID vaccination was launched today (Mar 31). Image: PPHO

 

PHUKET:-- Expats throughout Phuket will be offered COVID vaccinations under the government’s mass-vaccination rollout now underway in Phuket, a leading Phuket official confirmed today (Mar 31).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212123-phuket-expats-will-be-vaccinated-officials-confirm/

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Phuket Immigration: Extend COVID visas early to avoid rush

 

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Photo: The Phuket News

 

PHUKET:-- The Phuket Immigration Office has called for all foreigners staying on 60-day ‘COVID visas’ to extend them early to avoid overloading the office with last-minute applications, as experienced last week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212115-phuket-immigration-extend-covid-visas-early-to-avoid-rush/

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Excessive PM2.5 Chiang Rai, with 430 microns reported in Wiang Pang Kham

 

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Fires in the Kiew Tap Yung forest, which straddles the Muang and Mae Chan districts of Thailand’s northern province of Chiang Rai, have increased the amount of PM2.5 dust in the air to hazardous levels in 23 areas, including 9 which have been declared as red zones.v

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212153-excessive-pm25-chiang-rai-with-430-microns-reported-in-wiang-pang-kham/

 

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50,000 COVID vaccine doses arrive in Phuket

By The Phuket News

 

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The first delivery of 50,000 doses of COVID vaccine for April arrived on the island today (Mar 31). Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: The first 50,000 of the 100,000 doses of COVID vaccine to be provided to Phuket for deployment in April for the mass-vaccination campaign now underway arrived on the island today (Mar 31).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212154-50000-covid-vaccine-doses-arrive-in-phuket/

 

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AT hosts workshop on travel brand communication for Koh Tao and Koh Phangan

TAT Deputy Governor for Marketing Communications shared insights on how both islands can prepare for post-COVID-19 reopening

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Bangkok, 31 March, 2021 – Mr. Tanes Petsuwan, Deputy Governor for Marketing Communications, Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), recently attended a special workshop on travel brand communication for tourism business operators on Koh Tao and Koh Phangan.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212157-tat-hosts-workshop-on-travel-brand-communication-for-koh-tao-and-koh-phangan/

 

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TAT welcomes first volunteer from ‘First Mover Oceania Market’ project

Australian gap year student, Ms. Louise Pollard, will teach English in Hua Hin after quarantine

 

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Bangkok, 31 March, 2021 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is pleased to welcome the first volunteer from the “First Mover Oceania Market” project, Ms. Louise Pollard, who arrived in Thailand on 27 March and successfully entered quarantine.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212162-tat-welcomes-first-volunteer-from-‘first-mover-oceania-market’-project/

 

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Tragedy in south as 12 year old killed by lightning while playing football - 5 in hospital

 

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Tragedy struck on Tuesday when a group of boys went to play an after school game of football on a pitch in front of municipal offices in Khian Sa district of Surat Thani in the south of Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212170-tragedy-in-south-as-12-year-old-killed-by-lightning-while-playing-football-5-in-hospital/

 

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Thailand taps groundwater resources as hot season drought looms

By Prapan Chankaew

 

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Workers work on a groundwater drilling machine in a tapioca plantation in Kanchanaburi province, Thailand, March 14, 2021. REUTERS/Prapan Chankaew

 

YASOTHON, Thailand (Reuters) - Facing severe drought as it enters its hottest season, Thailand has launched groundwater extraction operations in its most arid regions to tap sources deep beneath the soil, as it looks at ways to harness future supplies.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212178-thailand taps-groundwater-resources-as-hot-season-drought-looms/

 

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Phuket municipal election preliminary results released

By The Phuket News

 

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Voters check the boards at a polling station during the municipal elections across Phuket last Sunday (Mar 28). Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: The Phuket office of the Election Commission of Thailand (PEC) has released the preliminary counts of all votes cast last weekend in the local elections in the 12 municipal areas on the island last weekend.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212202-phuket-municipal-election-preliminary-results-released/

 

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Fisheries Department Will Close Andaman Sea for Fishing for 3 Months

By Paphamon Arayasukawat

 

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BANGKOK (NNT) - The Department of Fisheries will prohibit fishing in the Andaman Sea off Phuket, Phangnga, Krabi and Trang from April to June in order to allow marine animal populations to recover.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212210-fisheries-department-will-close-andaman-sea-for-fishing-for-3-months/

 

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Thailand 'gravely troubled' by Myanmar killings, urges end to violence

 

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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand’s foreign ministry on Thursday said it was “gravely troubled” by casualties during weekend unrest in Myanmar and called for utmost restraint and an end to the violence.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212234-thailand-gravely-troubled-by-myanmar-killings-urges-end-to-violence/

 

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Rainy season expected to arrive prematurely in early May

 

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Thailand’s irrigation officials have been told to brace for possible flooding, as the rainy season is expected to arrive sooner than normal this year, possibly in early May, and more rain than the 30-year average is predicted, according to Thaweesak Thanadechopol, deputy director-general of the Royal Irrigation Department, based on Met Office forecasts.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212236-rainy-season-expected-to-arrive-prematurely-in-early-may/

 

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