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Thailand Live Saturday 10 Apr 2021

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Here are the provinces requiring travellers from Bangkok and other ‘high risk’ areas to quarantine

 

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Following a spike in COVID-19 cases in Bangkok and neighbouring provinces, numerous provinces around Thailand have now issued restrictions on anyone travelling from areas deemed to be ‘high risk’.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213382-here-are-the-provinces-requiring-travellers-from-bangkok-and-other-‘high-risk’-areas-to-quarantine/

 

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Health Min confirms private COVID-19 vaccines imports are allowed

 

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BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Public Health has reiterated it is not blocking private organizations from importing COVID-19 vaccines, pointing out it has already registered three for the process and is considering a fourth.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213354-health-min-confirms-private-covid-19-vaccines-imports-are-allowed/

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87 new COVID-19 cases in Hua Hin Friday, most linked to a pub

 

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Another 87 new COVID-19 cases, most linked to a pub in the resort town of Hua Hin, were recorded Friday in Prachuap Khiri Khan province.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212877-hua-hin-sees-spike-in-covid-19-cases-linked-to-maya-pub-korean-restaurant/?do=findComment&comment=16376876

 

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Bangkok’s hospitals have sufficient COVID-19 test kits

 

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Drive-through Covid swap test at a Bangkok hospital. (photo by Veena Thoopkrajae)

 

Bangkok’s hospitals still have enough COVID-19 test supplies, but they have had to suspend testing due to a shortage of hospital beds, according to the Director-General of the Department of Medical Sciences, Dr. Suppakit Sirilak.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213410-bangkok’s-hospitals-have-sufficient-covid-19-test-kits/

 

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Ad hoc panel to procure vaccines with private sector participation

 

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Thailand’s former public health minister, Clin.Prof. Emeritus Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn has been appointed head of an ad hoc panel to procure alternative brands of COVID-19 vaccines for the Thai people, besides AstraZeneca and Sinovac, after the CCSA has agreed to allow the private sector to participate in the procurement of an additional 10 million doses.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213411-ad-hoc-panel-to-procure-vaccines-with-private-sector-participation/

 

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Free COVID tests for Phuket partygoers

 

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The notice announcing the free COVID tests issued today (Apr 9). Image: Phuketanticovid19

 

PHUKET: Any persons who attended any of the three mass parties held in Phuket last weekend that have now contributed to the rise in the number of COVID infections on the island will be provided a free COVID test.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213412-free-covid-tests-for-phuket-partygoers/

 

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Thailand’s ‘Hi-So’ elite blamed for new Covid-19 cases forcing closure of nightspots

• New cases have been linked to Bangkok’s wealthy party scene including a VIP club popular with officials, with #CovidThonglor trending

•Hospitals are scrambling as nightspot closures mean yet another stinging blow for businesses and workers

 

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Customers have a drink outside a bar in Bangkok on March 12. Photo: Bloomberg

 

Thailand is contending with a third wave of Covid-19  driven by a fast-spreading variant first identified in Britain after clusters were found across Bangkok’s wealthy party scene including at a VIP club allegedly popular with government officials.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213413-thailand’s-‘hi-so’-elite-blamed-for-new-covid-19-cases-forcing-closure-of-nightspots/

 

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Hard blows: Patong bar, pub, club operators suffer in vaccination registrations, underhanded antics

By The Phuket News

 

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Bangla Rd on Wednesday night (Apr 7), before the bars were ordered to close until Apr 18. Photo: The Phuket News

 

PHUKET: Even before the 10-day snap shutdown of all pubs and bars on the island ordered on Thursday came into effect, entertainment venue operators in Patong had suffered heavily, bearing the brunt of not just a full year without international tourists, but also under bungling bureaucracy that saw entertainment venue workers initially delayed in being vaccinated against COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213425-hard-blows-patong-bar-pub-club-operators-suffer-in-vaccination-registrations-underhanded-antics/

 

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How party fever in Bangkok’s decadent nightlife scene spawned Thailand’s 3rd wave  

By Thai PBS World’s General Desk

 

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The fun of Thailand’s nightlife has sent new COVID-19 infections soaring over the past few weeks. Since March 22, clubgoers and staff have spread the highly contagious UK variant to more than 500 people across the country.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213426-how-party-fever-in-bangkok’s-decadent-nightlife-scene-spawned-thailand’s-3rd-wave/

 

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Hiring market optimistic after COVID-19 economic freeze in 2020

 

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2020 has been an unprecedented year for every industry around the world, with over-stressed health systems and heighten economic stress, which makes the hiring market challenging, including in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213435-hiring-market-optimistic-after-covid-19-economic-freeze-in-2020/

 

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 Prayut tells the media to stop reporting about his ministers at nightclubs

 

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Thai media questioned their premier Prayut Chan-ocha about his ministers going to nightclubs where there have been clusters of Covid-19 infection that have now spread throughout the country.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213440-prayut-tells-the-media-to-stop-reporting-about-his-ministers-at-nightclubs/

 

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Covid from Bangkok nightclubs spreads rapidly nationwide - 600+ cases in 32 provinces and counting
 

 

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Daily News reported that Covid-19 cases linked to nightclubs in the Thong Lor area of Bangkok have now reached 604 cases in 32 provinces.
 
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Labour minister expresses concern for workers in Songkran exodus - advises people to keep up their guard

 

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Thailand's labour minister Suchart Chomklin said he had instructed social security chiefs to make sure that people travelling at Songkran were treated properly in the event of accidents or the need for hospital visits. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213446-labour-minister-expresses-concern-for-workers-in-songkran-exodus-advises-people-to-keep-up-their-guard/

 

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Murder of two 17 year olds in Thanyaburi: Shooters made a mistake and are sorry about that
 
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Daily News reported on the latest developments after two 17 year olds were shot dead outside a 7-Eleven in Thanyaburi, Pathum Thani north of Bangkok on Tuesday night.
 
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Expert warns of high chance of wider COVID-19 outbreak during Songkran

 

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Travellers went through COVID-19 screening process before entering to the Mo Chit Bus Terminal on 9 April 2021.

 

Thailand’s new COVID-19 infections are expected to increase rapidly during the two weeks following the Songkran holidays, especially now that the UK strain of the virus is spreading, according to Dr. Prasit Watanapha, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Siriraj Hospital, speaking during a recent live interview with Thai PBS World.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213455-expert-warns-of-high-chance-of-wider-covid-19-outbreak-during-songkran/

 

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