THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Saturday 24 Apr 2021

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Prostitution continues in Pattaya despite COVID-19 restrictions

 

 

Reporters from Siam Chon News went to investigate after complaints that prostitution was rife in an area of Pattaya despite Covid-19 restrictions that have seen Chonburi placed in a Red Zone. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214784-prostitution-continues-in-pattaya-despite-covid-19-restrictions/

 

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thailand’s medical system facing its biggest test as virus surges back

 

A health worker closes the door of a Covid-19 field hospital, recently set up to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus, on the outskirts of Bangkok on April 10, 2021. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

 

With COVID-19 cases now rising by more than 1,000 per day, many Thais are wondering whether the country’s healthcare sector will crumble under the pressure.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214804-thailand’s-medical-system-facing-its-biggest-test-as-virus-surges-back/

 

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thailand says to add ICU beds after reporting record COVID-19 tally

 

FILE PHOTO: People queue to be tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as the country deals with a fresh wave of infections after tackling earlier outbreaks, in Bangkok, Thailand April 16, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand needs to add more intensive care unit (ICU) beds at hospitals to tackle an influx of COVID-19 patients, an official said on Friday, as the country struggles with a third wave of infections, the most severe it has faced up to now.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214810-thailand-says-to-add-icu-beds-after-reporting-record-covid-19-tally/

 

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thailand cuts 2021 foreign tourist target to 4 million after new outbreak

 

FILE PHOTO: Empty chairs are seen on a beach which is usually full of tourists, amid fear of coronavirus in Phuket, Thailand March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has lowered its 2021 foreign tourist target to 4 million from 6.5 million after a new wave of coronavirus infections, the country's tourism minister said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214842-thailand-cuts-2021-foreign-tourist-target-to-4-million-after-new-outbreak/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thai Prime Minister reassures public after most severe COVID-19 wave

 

Image: Reuters file photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand broke another record for coronavirus cases on Friday as Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha promised sufficient beds and medicine and highlighted a plan to stimulate the economy and vaccinate 50 million Thais by year's end.

 

Full story: 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214843-thai-prime-minister-reassures-public-after-most-severe-covid-19-wave/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Pedigree cats seized in Thai drugs raid find new home with feline fanatic

 

Nutch Prasopsin, owner of Facebook fan page "Kingdom of Tigers", holds two of the pedigree cats confiscated as live assets in a drug bust case, after winning an auction at an animal shelter in Rayong province, Thailand, April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

 

RAYONG, Thailand (Reuters) - Pedigree cats confiscated by Thai police during a drugs raid have found a home with a feline fanatic after being put up for auction.

 

Full  story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214844-pedigree-cats-seized-in-thai-drugs-raid-find-new-home-with-feline-fanatic/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

31 provinces in Thailand now issuing fines for not wearing face masks

 

 

Thirty one provinces in Thailand are now issuing fines for anyone who fails to wear a face mask when leaving their home.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214850-31-provinces-in-thailand-now-issuing-fines-for-not-wearing-face-masks/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Immigration nab Thai man preying on foreign gay men - he stole 1 million baht+

 

 

 

Thailand's immigration bureau had arrested a 29 year old Thai man who arranged to meet gay foreigners in Bangkok via applications then stole from them in hotels and other addresses.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214851-immigration-nab-thai-man-preying-on-foreign-gay-men-he-stole-1-million-baht/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Ubon: Drunk foreigner, 66, spits at passersby outside his ex-wife's house - makes national news

 

 

The antics of a drunk foreign pensioner aged 66 made the Channel 7 national news.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214854-ubon-drunk-foreigner-66-spits-at-passersby-outside-his-ex-wifes-house-makes-national-news/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Chonburi reports 119 new COVID-19 cases

 

 

Health officials  in Chonburi on Saturday reported 119 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 1,786.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214856-chonburi-reports-119-new-covid-19-cases/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thailand reports 2,839 new coronavirus cases, 8 new deaths

 

 

Thailand reported 2,839 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, a record number of new cases in the country's third wave of infection, bringing total infections to 53,022 cases.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214872-thailand-reports-2839-new-coronavirus-cases-8-new-deaths/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thailand has utterly failed in vaccine rollout, says leading doctor

 

 

A top doctor in charge of medical personnel in the Thai countryside has laid into the government of PM Prayuth Chan-ocha and the civil service over the vaccine rollout fiasco.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214874-thailand-has-utterly-failed-in-vaccine-rollout says-leading doctor/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Nonthaburi: People asked to stay at home between 9 pm and 4 am

 

 

Thai media Daily News stopped short of calling it a curfew but the latest order from Nonthaburi's governor effectively asked for that.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214877-nonthaburi-people-asked-to-stay-at-home-between-9-pm-and-4-am/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Navy man in indecent photos drama has history of self-entitled bad behavior, netizens discover

 

 

Daily News reported on the case of a navy man, a sub-lieutenant, who was disciplined after taking inappropriate pictures of a youth gymnast at the national stadium in Pathumwan, Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214878-navy-man-in-indecent-photos-drama-has-history-of-self-entitled-bad-behavior-netizens-discover/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Man dressed as Spartan warrior arrested in Nonthaburi

 

 

Thai netizens were a tad confused after a man dressed as a Spartan warrior was brandishing a sword at an intersection in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214879-man-dressed-as-spartan-warrior-arrested-in-nonthaburi/

 

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

23 members of one extended family have Covid from Sonkgran event

 

 

Sanook quoted Dr Jaratpong Sukkree of the Nakhon Sri Thammarat department of public health as saying that a further three family members of a 32 person extended family had tested positive for Covid-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214881-23-members-of-one-extended-family-have-covid-from-sonkgran-event/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Doctors say stroke-like symptoms after Sinovac shot, stress related

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thai health authorities say the reported stroke-like symptoms occurring after some people get Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine, are a stress-related response, assuring the community that the vaccine is safe to use.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214883-doctors-say-stroke-like-symptoms-after-sinovac-shot-stress-related/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Commerce Chamber believes economy will grow once vaccinations are widespread

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Economic analysts have expressed a belief that if the government is able to hit its target of vaccinating 70 percent of the population, the economy could still grow 3-4 percent this year, urging the private sector to help fund the undertaking.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214884-commerce-chamber-believes-economy-will-grow-once-vaccinations-are-widespread/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

BMA to overhaul 1669 COVID-19 hotline to support more calls

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is planning to overhaul its 1669 COVID-19 hotline in response to complaints from people that the line was never available.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214885-bma-to-overhaul-1669-covid-19-hotline-to-support-more-calls/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Next 7 days to determine COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand: DDC

 

 

Covid-19 spokesman Dr Opas Kankawinpong of the CDC said that the next two or three days and the next week would be crucial in determining which way the pandemic would go.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214891-next-7-days-to-determine-covid-19-pandemic-in-thailand-ddc/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

No cover-up on Covid-19 stats: Anutin

 

 

Thailand's DPM and Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told RYT9 that the figures for Covid infection were being reported faithfully.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214893-no-cover-up-on-covid-19-stats-anutin/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Legal officer murdered in Surat Thani - man who arrived at rented house is suspect

 

 

A female legal officer in Wiang Sa district of Surat Thani in the south of Thailand has been found strangled, reported Daily News.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214895-legal-officer-murdered-in-surat-thani-man-who-arrived-at-rented-house-is-suspect/

 

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

New opening hours for malls, supermarkets and convenience stores in red zone provinces

 

 

The Thai Retailers Association on Saturday announced a change to the opening hours of malls,  supermarkets and food courts and convenience stores in red  zone provinces.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214896-new-opening-hours-for-malls-supermarkets-and-convenience-stores-in-red-zone-provinces/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Phuket’s mass vaccination efforts can catch Maldives, Seychelles, says Vice Governor

 

More than 10,000 people in Phuket received their second vaccination injection of the Sonoivac vaccine yesterday (Apr 23). Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: Phuket can catch up with world-renowned island tourist destinations the Maldives and the Seychelles and re-open to receiving vaccinated international tourists by July 1, Phuket Vice Governor Piyapong Choowong has assured.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214899-phuket’s-mass-vaccination-efforts-can-catch-maldives-seychelles-says-vice-governor/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Phuket rapid tests identify four COVID carriers on arrival

 

 

PHUKET: The rapid antigen tests now being conducted on people arriving in Phuket from red-zone provinces elsewhere in the country have already identified four people as COVID positive on the first day of the tests being in effect, Phuket Vice Governor Piyapong Choowong has confirmed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214901-phuket-rapid-tests-identify-four-covid-carriers-on-arrival/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Help for Thai ex-Esport player’s COVID-19 infection arrives too late

 

 

A former Esport player who, via Facebook livestream, told of his sufferings from suspected COVID-19 infection, during his five-day self–isolation at home, before he was finally taken to a hospital, died on Friday night.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214903-help-for-thai-ex-esport-player’s-covid-19-infection-arrives-too-late/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

A quick look inside Thailand’s field hospitals

 

 

With daily COVID-19 cases hitting successive record highs over the past few weeks, Thailand is now busy setting up field hospitals across the country.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214904-a-quick-look-inside-thailand’s-field-hospitals/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Vaccination delay threatens another downward spiral for Thai economy

 

A child sits at a table in front of closed shops at Pratunam market in Bangkok on April 16, 2021, as Thailand imposes further restrictions to deal with a spike in the number of Covid-19 coronavirus cases. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)

 

The combination of a new wave of COVID-19 and delayed vaccination is set to wreak more damage on Thailand’s economy, with people’s incomes falling further and business risks rising.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214906-vaccination-delay-threatens-another-downward-spiral-for-thai-economy/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Online system for foreigners to reduce overcrowding at immigration offices

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The online system for foreigners to submit their 90-day reports and for landlords to report the presence of foreign tenants is up and running again after being out of action for several months.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214907-online-system-for-foreigners-to-reduce-overcrowding-at-immigration-offices/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

GPO assures Sinovac vaccines are not nearing expiry

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) has addressed concerns following the surfacing of photos showing Sinovac vaccines displaying expiration dates both within six months and three years, saying that the discrepancy is due to Thailand’s own requirement for the vaccines to be administered within six months despite manufacturers indicating they have a shelf-life of up to three years.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214909-gpo-assures-sinovac-vaccines-are-not-nearing-expiry/