THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Sunday 18 Apr 2021

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"It's not time yet" to relax Thailand’s laws on foreigners owning land/property, say analysts

 

Picture: Manager

 

Thai business media Manager have suggested that speculation that the Thai government were about to announce that foreigners could buy their own houses in estates is unlikely to be true.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214134-its-not-time-yet-to-relax-thailand’s-laws-on-foreigners-owning-landproperty-say-analysts/

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News of large crowds celebrating Songkran in Pattaya and Bang Saen fake news

 

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Manager reported that the mayor of Pattaya was just as annoyed as the mayor of Saensuk municipality in Bang Saen.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214141-news-of-large-crowds-celebrating-songkran-in-pattaya-and-bang-saen-fake-news/

 

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Expired licence?: Police decide to follow DLT lead - amnesty to June 30th

 

Picture: Daily News

 

If your driving licence has expired in Thailand not to worry.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214133-expired-licence-police-decide-to-follow-dlt-lead-amnesty-to-june-30th/

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Jana district residents to file complaint against SBPAC over boxing event

 

 

Residents of Jana district, in Thailand’s southern province of Songkhla, are considering taking legal action against the Southern Border Provinces Administration Centre (SBPAC) for allegedly defying an order of the provincial communicable disease committee by holding a Muay Thai boxing match on April 8th.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214196-jana-district-residents-to-file-complaint-against-sbpac-over-boxing-event/

 

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Bangkok virus spike sparks alcohol ban, venue closures

 

People stand in line to be sprayed with disinfectant during a mass testing event at a sport complex in Bangkok on April 17, 2021. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)

 

Hundreds waited at a Bangkok stadium to get free Covid-19 tests Saturday as a spiraling infection rate gripped Thailand, on a fourth consecutive day of more than 1,000 new cases.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214199-bangkok-virus-spike-sparks-alcohol-ban-venue-closures/

 

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All nightspots in Bangkok to remain closed for another 14 days

 

 

All entertainment outlets in Bangkok, including pubs, karaoke bars and massage parlours, which have already been closed for more than a week, will remain closed for at least the next fortnight, Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang said today after chairing a meeting of Bangkok communicable disease committee.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214200-all-nightspots-in-bangkok-to-remain-closed-for-another-14-days/

 

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Deputy Prime Minister promises more economic stimuli as country copes with COVID-19

By Tanakorn Sangiam

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Hopes of restarting the tourism sector might need to be pushed back again as new cases of COVID-19 reach a record high. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy said today that this new wave might bring Thailand’s 2021 GDP down from its 4% target, while stressing the government will be introducing more economic stimuli.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214201-deputy-prime-minister-promises-more-economic-stimuli-as-country-copes-with-covid-19/

 

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NHSO Will Cover Covid-19 Test and Treatment Fee for All Thais

By Paphamon Arayasukawat

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The National Health Security Office (NHSO) will cover the cost of Covid-19 health services for all Thai people regardless of whether they are registered for healthcare schemes, and every Thai at risk of contracting Covid-19 can get a free test and treatment at any public or private hospital.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214202-nhso-will-cover-covid-19-test-and-treatment-fee-for-all-thais/

 

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THA Urges Hotels to Become Temporary “Hospitels”

By Paphamon Arayasukawat

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Thai Hotels Association (THA) is urging its members to become “hospitels” by turning their hotels into temporary hospitals to treat Covid-19 patients.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214203-tha-urges-hotels-to-become-temporary-“hospitels”/

 

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Bangkok Returnees from Songkran Are Advised to Perform Covid-19 Self-evaluation

By Paphamon Arayasukawat

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang has advised people who visited their hometowns during the Songkran holidays and were now returning to Bangkok to perform Covid-19 self-evaluation via the website: http://bkkcovid19.bangkok.go.th/.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214204-bangkok-returnees-from-songkran-are-advised-to-perform-covid-19-self-evaluation/

 

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The world’s worst cruise? Sailing from Singapore to Thailand complete with monkey attacks, sexism and even a punch-up

 

● For one travel writer, an eight-night experience aboard a ‘floating Oriental Express’ turns out to be the misadventure of a lifetime

 

● ‘By the time dinner came around, I knew we had made a horrible mistake’

 

By Lee Cobaj

 

Spirits aboard the ship were dampened by more than rain. Photo: Shutterstock

 

The skies are a bleak shade of grey above the island of Koh Adang, in Thailand’s magnificent Tarutao National Marine Park. The usually luminous green Andaman Sea has dimmed to the colour of moss. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214206-the-world’s-worst-cruise-sailing-from-singapore-to-thailand-complete-with-monkey-attacks-sexism-and-even-a-punch-up/

 

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The Week That Was in Thailand News: Fake News! There are no tourists in the Hub of Waves!

 

 

It was a week where, not for the first time, the Thai government seemed to be just a little out of step with reality. Just a tad short of the number of sandwiches to make a picnic or to be culturally fairer to them, one chili shy of a decent som tam. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214211-the-week-that-was-in-thailand-news-fake-news-there-are-no-tourists-in-the-hub-of-waves/

 

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Phuket Opinion: The July 1 dilemma

By The Phuket News

 

April 1. Photo: MoTs

 

PHUKET: Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn has a true dilemma on his hands: push back the deadline for reopening Phuket to vaccinated international tourists to arrive on the island from July 1, or let it stand despite the current climate of fear over the latest COVID-19 outbreak.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214213-phuket-opinion-the-july-1-dilemma/

 

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Thailand’s vaccine shopping list as COVID surges

 

Syringes with the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine lay on a table at a pop up vaccine clinic at the Jewish Community Center on April 16, 2021 in the Staten Island borough of New York City. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP)

 

As the number of new COVID-19 cases surges this month, the government is rushing to find more vaccines for Thais. On Friday (April 16), Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha took it upon himself to list the various vaccine brands Thailand is currently trying to procure.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214214-thailand’s-vaccine-shopping-list-as-covid-surges/

 

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Road Accidents during Songkran Claim 277 Lives

By Paphamon Arayasukawat

 

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BANGKOK (NNT) - The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation has reported that a total of 2,365 road accidents during the seven days from April 10-16 claimed 277 lives and injured 2,357.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214219-road-accidents-during-songkran-claim-277-lives/

 

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Myanmar junta chief to attend ASEAN summit in first foreign trip since coup

 

FILE PHOTO: Myanmar's junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who ousted the elected government in a coup on February 1, presides an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

 

(Reuters) -Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing will attend an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Indonesia on April 24, Thailand said on Saturday, for his first known foreign trip since he seized power on Feb. 1.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214221-myanmar-junta-chief-to-attend-asean-summit-in-first-foreign-trip-since-coup/

 

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Preventive Measures Could Lower Number of Daily New Covid-19 Infections

By Paphamon Arayasukawat

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Public Health has expected the number of daily new Covid-19 infections to decline from about 1,000 cases to about 80 within one month if all preventive measures are followed by the public.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214224-preventive-measures-could-lower-number-of-daily-new-covid-19-infections/

 

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Government Prepares 25,000 Beds Nationwide for Covid-19 Patients

By Paphamon Arayasukawat

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The government has provided over 25,000 beds nationwide to field hospitals and hospitals, in order to treat the increasing number of Covid-19 patients.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214225-government-prepares-25000-beds-nationwide-for-covid-19-patients/

 

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Many Medical Staff Are Forced into Self-quarantine from Withholding of Information

By Paphamon Arayasukawat

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - More than 100 medical staff at many state hospitals have been forced into self-quarantine after patients failed to disclose they had been in contact with infected people.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214226-many-medical-staff-are-forced-into-self-quarantine-from-withholding-of-information/

 

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Thailand Has Never Used Exchange Rate to Gain Unfair Trade Advantage

By Paphamon Arayasukawat

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Bank of Thailand (BoT) has asserted that it has stepped into the market only to curb volatility in the baht, and Thailand has never used the exchange rate as a tool to gain an unfair trade advantage.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214230-thailand-has-never-used-exchange-rate-to-gain-unfair-trade-advantage/

 

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BREAKING:

 

Thailand reports 1,767 new COVID-19 cases, 2 more deaths

 

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Thailand reported 1,767 new COVID-19 infections on Sunday and two additional deaths

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214231-thailand-reports-1767-new-covid-19-cases-2-more-deaths/

 

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Thailand Live Monday 19 Apr 2021
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