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"Tell them someone else was driving" - Thai social media abuzz after pick-up/motorcycle collision

 

Picture: INN

 

INN reported on a story after a Facebook post on "We'll make you famous Kim Signature" posted a video of a collision between a pick up and a motorcycle in the Phrapradaeng area of Samut Prakan. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215433-tell-them-someone-else-was-driving-thai-social-media-abuzz-after-pick-upmotorcycle-collision/

 

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New runway plans at Suvarnabhumi 6% complete - 94 flights/hour and 90 million passengers annually expected

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News quoted a deputy at the Airports Authority of Thailand as saying that despite the Covid pandemic the development of a new runway at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok was 6% complete. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215435-new-runway-plans-at-suvarnabhumi-6-complete-94-flightshour-and-90-million-passengers-annually-expected/

 

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Phuket COVID prevention measures order extended

By The Phuket News

 

The Phuket Check Point, through which all people and vehicles arriving on the island by road must pass, will now be closed from 11pm to 5am each night to allow health workers some rest. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew has extended the order for the current COVID prevention measures to remain in effect until May 12.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215437-phuket-covid-prevention-measures-order-extended/

 

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Expats in Thailand to receive COVID-19 vaccinations free of charge

 

 

All foreigners in Thailand will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccination, it was announced at the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) briefing on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215441-expats-in-thailand-to-receive-covid-19-vaccinations-free-of-charge/

 

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Thai children spend more time staring at screens than WHO’s recommended limit

 

 

 

Research shows that Thai children spend 35 hours per week watching device screens, which is over double the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) recommended limit of 16 hours.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215454-thai-children-spend-more-time-staring-at-screens-than-who’s-recommended-limit/

 

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Bangkok’s first community isolation facility set up in Khlong Toey

 

 

The first community isolation facility in Bangkok is scheduled to open tomorrow (Friday), with the goal of separating those infected with COVID-19 from their crowded community, before they go to hospital.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215455-bangkok’s-first-community-isolation-facility-set-up-in-khlong-toey/

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Registrations for vaccinations start May 1st

 

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Public Health will begin registering Thais for COVID-19 vaccination, starting with those over 60 years of age and with chronic illnesseses. Registration will be via the Mor Prom LINE account this May 1st, with an estimated 16 million people eligible.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215456-registrations-for-vaccinations-start-may-1st/

 

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Thais evacuated as fighting continues along Myanmar border

 

 

 

Mae Hong Son (NNT) - Thai villagers by the Thailand-Myanmar border in Mae Hong Son have again been evacuated as fighting between the KNU and Myanmar military continues near the border.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215457-thais-evacuated-as-fighting-continues-along-myanmar-border/

 

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Man wanted for murder of Norwegian still free in Thailand – Former Minister wants a boycott

 

Former Minister of Justice Per-Willy Amundsen. Photo: Lars Eivind Bones / Dagbladet

 

The man who is accused of killing Norwegian Nerid Høiness in Laos last year is according to reports still free in Thailand and former Norwegian Minister of Justice Per-Willy Amundsen wants a Norwegian boycott of the holiday country, local media Dagbladet reports. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215458-man-wanted-for-murder-of-norwegian-still-free-in-thailand-–-former-minister-wants-a-boycott/

 

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With few travellers, Thailand turns airport into vaccination centre

 

FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker takes a nasal swab sample from a person for a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test, 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) -Long queues have returned to Thailand's unusually quiet international airport this week, after it converted its check-in area into an immunisation centre as part of efforts to speed up its COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215464-with-few-travellers-thailand-turns-airport-into-vaccination-centre/

 

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Restrictions increased in Bangkok, Chonburi, Chiang Mai and 3 other provinces

 

 

Thailand’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Thursday announced increased restrictions in Bangkok, Chonburi, Chiang Mai, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani and Samut Prakan.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215465-restrictions-increased-in-bangkok-chonburi-chiang-mai-and-3-other-provinces/

 

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Has Anutin become a pawn in Prayut’s COVID blame game?

 

Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul (C) answers questions from the media at Government House before the swearing-in ceremony for the new Thai cabinet in Bangkok on July 16, 2019. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

 

As Public Health Minister, Anutin Charnvirakul is being blamed for perceived failures in handling Thailand’s latest and worst wave of COVID-19, whose tide of infections and deaths has triggered partial lockdowns in red zones including Bangkok.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215467-has-anutin-become-a-pawn-in-prayut’s-covid-blame-game/

 

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Phuket private sector makes plea to buy own vaccines

 

Leading Phuket business figures Sarayuth Mallam (left) and Bhummikitti Ruktaengam, President of the Phuket Tourist Association, speaking at the mass vaccination of residents underway at Saphan Hin earlier this month.Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET:-- Leading figures from Phuket’s tourism and other industries have made a united plea for the national government to allow private businesses and even local municipalities on the island to buy their own vaccine doses to ensure that Phuket will be allowed to re-open to receive international tourists under the ‘Phuket Sandbox’ model on July 1.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215473-phuket-private-sector-makes-plea-to-buy-own-vaccines/

 

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Please be patient: Timelines take time

 

Image: PPHO

 

PHUKET:-- The Official COVID-19 Information Center Phuket has appealed for the public to be patient and mindful of the process it takes for them to publicly provide timelines of people’s movements after the person has been confirmed as infected with COVID-19.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215474-please-be-patient-timelines-take-time/

 

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