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

 

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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/

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/

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/

COVID-19 patients concealing their chronology infect 20-30 Thai medics per day

 

 

78 nurses from 17 hospitals in Bangkok have had to self-isolate after dealing with COVID-19 infected patients who lied about their recent movements, according to the Confederation of Thai Professional Councils.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215499-covid-19-patients-concealing-their-chronology-infect-20-30-thai-medics-per-day/

 

Thailand: Chinese Operas Adapt to COVID-19 Protocols

Nattaphon Phanphongsanon
Bangkok

 

Face shields in place, this pair makes a final check of their costumes, Jan. 24, 2021. [Nattaphon Phanphongsanon/BenarNews]

 

The worsening coronavirus pandemic in Thailand has forced performers of Chinese opera, an artistic tradition here dating to the late 1700s, to adapt to new protocols.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215500-thailand-chinese-operas-adapt-to-covid-19-protocols/

 

Prognosis

Thailand Increases Visitor Quarantine Period as Covid Rages

By Randy Thanthong-Knight and Prim Chuwiruch

 

● All arrivals subject to two-week isolation on variant concerns

● Dine-in, large gatherings banned in virus hotspot Bangkok

 

 

Thailand will increase a mandatory quarantine period for all arrivals to two weeks in a setback to the country’s previous plans of gradually reopening its borders to foreign visitors.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215501-thailand-increases-visitor-quarantine-period-as-covid-rages/

 

Government to work with private sector on vaccine rollout - target to open country next year

 

 

Channel 7 reported that the Thai government would be working with principal players in the private sector to help deliver the vaccine rollout.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215507-government-to-work-with-private-sector-on-vaccine-rollout-target-to-open-country-next-year/

 

Immigration's BMW smart cars join the battle against Covid-19

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Thailand's Immigration Bureau are utilising their fleet of so-called "smart cars" to bring home the message about Covid-19 prevention, reported Daily News.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215508-immigrations-bmw-smart-cars-join-the-battle-against-covid-19/

 

Police seize 31 million baht in assets from major Thai drug  syndicate

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A total of 170 officers from the Office of the Narcotics Control Board in cooperation with police in Rayong and Chanthaburi searched twenty targets yesterday in action against the Bua Jan Khao-In drugs gang.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215517-police-seize-31-million-baht-in-assets-from-major-thai-drug- syndicate/

 

 

Amazing Thailand: Gold shop robber does reenactment in full PPE clothing

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The young robber who stole a million baht in gold from a shop on the ground floor of Pantip Plaza in Bangkok was taken there to perform a reenactment in full personal protective equipment.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215518-amazing-thailand-gold-shop-robber-does-reenactment-in-full-ppe-clothing/

 

People flee in terror as exploding transformer sets fire to houses in Samut Prakan

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Thai media Daily News drew the connection between working at home - now known in Thailand by the ubiquitous WFH acronym - and the explosion of a transformer.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215519-people-flee-in-terror-as-exploding-transformer-sets-fire-to-houses-in-samut-prakan/

 

Covid patient apologizes to society after hospital boogie!

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A female patient in a hospital in Ang Thong in central Thailand has apologized to Thai society after she and a friend appeared dancing in a 30 second video.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215520-covid-patient-apologizes-to-society-after-hospital-boogie/

 

Thailand reports 1,583 new coronavirus cases, 15 new deaths

 

People line up to receive their vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok, Thailand April 28, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

BANGKOK, April 30 (Reuters) - Thailand on Friday reported 1,583 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country's total number of confirmed infections to 65,153 since the pandemic began last year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215521-thailand-reports-1583-new-coronavirus-cases-15-new-deaths/

 

 

Woman killed while crossing Thepkrasattri Rd

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A woman was killed when she was struck by a pickup truck while she was crossing Thepkrasattri Rd in Srisoonthorn last night (Apr 29).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215523-woman-killed-while-crossing-thepkrasattri-rd/

 

TAT works from home 1-14 May 2021

As part of the nationwide measures to contain the local COVID-19 transmission

TAT Newsroom

 

 

Bangkok, 30 April, 2021 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Head Office and Domestic Offices will allow its staff to work from home, from 1-14 May, 2021.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215528-tat-works-from-home-1-14-may-2021/

 

Women arrested in 100k meth pill drug raid

By The Phuket News

 

Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: Police arrested two women in Srisoonthorn yesterday (Apr 29) after they were found with more than 100,000 pills of methamphetamine (ya bah) and more than 200 grammes of crystal methamphetamine (ya ice).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215529-women-arrested-in-100k-meth-pill-drug-raid/

 

Woman complains about fellow patient hooking up with boyfriend at COVID field hospital

 

Caption:"This is not a short time hotel, you know!"

 

Sanook reported on the Facebook post of a woman patient in a field hospital in Chiang Mai who claimed that other Covid patients were inviting their infected boyfriends to come and sleep with them in the ladies only zone.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215531-woman-complains-about-fellow-patient-hooking-up-with-boyfriend-at-covid-field-hospital/

 

Famous Thai boxer "Bua Khao" hit with child support claim

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Anwee "Kay" Pornchaiphibun - the wife of Sombat Banchamek - the internationally famous boxer known as "Bua Khao" - went to the Central Juvenile and Family Court yesterday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215533-famous-thai-boxer-bua-khao-hit-with-child-support-claim/

 

Video: 7-Eleven staffer slams into back of double parked truck - "I had my lights flashing", says driver

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

CCTV footage from the Nikom M Thai estate in Samut Prakan just after midnight today showed the moment when a 7-Eleven female staffer on her way home slammed into the back of a double parked truck.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215535-video-7-eleven-staffer-slams-into-back-of-double-parked-truck-i-had-my-lights-flashing-says-driver/

 

Jomtien: Pick-up ends up in the sea after swerving to miss motorcycle on "dark" beach road

 

 

Na Jomtien police responded at 8 pm last night after a Ford Ranger pick-up with Bangkok plates wound up in the sea after a near miss with a motorcycle that cut in front. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215536-jomtien-pick-up-ends-up-in-the-sea-after-swerving-to-miss-motorcycle-on-dark-beach-road/

 

Face masks now mandatory in all Thai provinces

 

REUTERS FILE PHOTO for reference only

 

The wearing of face masks is now mandatory in all Thai provinces, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215537-face-masks-now-mandatory-in-all-thai-provinces/

 

14 days mandatory quarantine returns for all arrivals to Thailand from May

 

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Anyone arriving in Thailand from overseas must undergo mandatory 14 day quarantine, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215538-14-days-mandatory-quarantine-returns-for-all-arrivals-to-thailand-from-may/

 

Thailand’s third COVID-19 wave has already peaked: CCSA

 

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Thailand’s third wave of COVID-19 infections has already peaked and the overall situation is stabilizing, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215540-thailand’s-third-covid-19-wave-has-already-peaked-ccsa/

 

Eateries in Thailand’s COVID-19 deep-red zones adapt to new restrictions

 

 

Many eateries in Thailand’s deep-red zone provinces, including Bangkok, are having to adapt to the new COVID-19 restrictions, even though it means their income will decrease, after the CCSA announced that dining-in will be banned in these provinces and only take-away services will be allowed from tomorrow, May 1st.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215541-eateries-in-thailand’s-covid-19-deep-red-zones-adapt-to-new-restrictions/

 

Finance Ministry Reduces New 2021 Economic Growth Forecast to 2.3%

By Paphamon Arayasukawat

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Finance Ministry has reduced its 2021 economic growth forecast for a second time to 2.3% from 2.8% growth, after a third wave of coronavirus infections struck Thailand this month.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215542-finance-ministry-reduces-new-2021-economic-growth-forecast-to-23/

 

Labor Ministry to Address Problem of Illegal Foreign Workers

By Paphamon Arayasukawat

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Labor Ministry has set up six teams to deal with the problem of illegal foreign workers and employers who hired them as part of measures to contain the spread of Covid-19 in the country, after thousands of foreign migrant workers sneaked illegally into Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215543-labor-ministry-to-address-problem-of-illegal-foreign-workers/

 

Darasamut Underpass to close for cleaning

By The Phuket News

 

Traffic through the Darasamut Underpass will be affected this coming Wednesday (May 5). Image: Phuket Highways Office

 

PHUKET: Traffic passing through the Darasamut Underpass will be affected on Wednesday (May 5) while the Phuket Highways Office carries out cleaning to remove sand and trash from inside the tunnel.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215547-darasamut-underpass-to-close-for-cleaning/

 

Two men injured as pickup slams into stopped garbage truck

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Two men were injured when the driver of a pickup truck fell asleep at the wheel and ploughed into the back of a stopped garbage truck on Thepkrasattri Rd in Koh Kaew in the early hours of this morning (Apr 30).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215548-two-men-injured-as-pickup-slams-into-stopped-garbage-truck/

National Telecom Will Scrap 007 and 008 International Telephone Call Prefixes

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - National Telecom (NT) will scrap 007 and 008 international telephone call prefixes from June 1, leaving only 001 and 009 in service, in order to strengthen existing resources and management while reducing operational costs and facilitating customers via the single bill payment system.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215554-national-telecom-will-scrap-007-and-008-international-telephone-call-prefixes/

 

121 Trains Suspended Services to Control COVID

 

 

BANGKOK, April 29 (TNA) – The State Railway of Thailand suspended its services of 121 trains from April 30 to May 31 to help contain COVID-19.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215555-121-trains-suspended-services-to-control-covid/