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PM asked to reconsider dine-in ban on eateries in Thailand’s COVID-19 Deep Red Zones

 

 

The Association of Thai Restaurants has called on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, in his capacity as the CCSA chief, to reconsider the two week dine-in ban on all eateries in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Chon Buri and Samut Prakan, which took effect Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215765-pm-asked-to-reconsider-dine-in-ban-on-eateries-in-thailand’s-covid-19-deep-red-zones/

 

 

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8 Thai hospitals closed after patients conceal facts about their COVID-19 exposure

 

 

Eight hospitals in Thailand have been temporarily closed after their medical personnel became infected with COVID-19, or had to be quarantined, because a number of patients concealed facts about their infections.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215767-8-thai-hospitals-closed-after-patients-conceal-facts-about-their-covid-19-exposure/

 

 

 

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Virologist warns spread of South African COVID-19 variant from Malaysia possible via natural border

 

 

Thailand’s respected virologist Dr. Yong Poovorawan has warned Thai security officials to keep a closer watch on border crossings from Malaysia, where the highly contagious South African COVID-19 variant is spreading.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215768-virologist-warns-spread-of-south-african-covid-19-variant-from-malaysia-possible-via-natural-border/

 

 

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COVID-19 infected Thai embassy staff repatriated from India on special RTAF flight

 

 

Three Thai officials working at the Thai Embassy in New Delhi, India, who are infected with COVID-19, and another, who is considered as to be high risk, were flown into Bangkok on Saturday on a Royal Thai Air Force Airbus 320.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215769-covid-19-infected-thai-embassy-staff-repatriated-from-india-on-special-rtaf-flight/

 

 

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Phuket Opinion: A shot in the dark

By The Phuket News

 

A promotional poster explains the current stage that the national vaccination campaign. Image: NBT World

 

PHUKET: The Phuket News champions the call by Bhummikitti Raktaengam and other leading Phuket business figures in calling out the government to finally allow private entities to buy their own vaccines to deploy to the public.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215770-phuket-opinion-a-shot-in-the-dark/

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Thailand reopening roadmap goes ahead amid COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Phuket will be the first to lift quarantine for vaccinated foreign tourists from July onwards, followed by at least five other destinations from October

TAT Newsroom

 

 

Bangkok  – The Tourism Authority of Thailand’s (TAT) roadmap to reopen six major tourist provinces – Phuket, Krabi, Phang Nga, Surat Thani (Ko Samui), Chon Buri (Pattaya) and Chiang Mai – to foreign tourists who have received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine is going ahead as scheduled in line with the country’s COVID-19 vaccination timeline.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215771-thailand-reopening-roadmap-goes-ahead-amid-covid-19-vaccine-rollout/

 

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China Opens Border Gate for Fruit Imports from Thailand

By Paphamon Arayasukawat

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - China’s customs authorities have opened the Dongxing border gate in Guangxi region, which is close to Vietnam, for fruit imports from Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215772-china-opens-border-gate-for-fruit-imports-from-thailand/

 

 

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Thousands of Myanmar villagers poised to flee violence to Thailand, group says

By Panu Wongcha-um

 

Villagers who fled Myanmar's Ee Thu Hta displacement camp rest in Mae Hong Son province, Thailand, near the border while fleeing from gunfire between ethnic minority Karen insurgents and Myanmar military, April 29, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

MAE SARIANG, Thailand (Reuters) -Thousands of ethnic Karen villagers in Myanmar are poised to cross into Thailand if, as expected, fighting intensifies between the Myanmar army and Karen insurgents, joining those who have already escaped the turmoil that followed a Feb. 1 coup.

 

Full story:  https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215773-thousands-of-myanmar-villagers-poised-to-flee-violence-to thailand-group-says/

 

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COVID-19 screening checkpoints return to Pattaya

 

Picture: Sophon Cable TV

 

In order to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, checkpoints have been installed to screen travellers visiting Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215776-covid-19-screening-checkpoints-return-to-pattaya/

 

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50% of survey respondents think eating pad krapao can help protect against COVID-19

 

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The latest Suan Dusit Poll has given interesting insight into the eating habits of Thais during the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215777-50-of-survey-respondents-think-eating-pad-krapao-can-help-protect-against-covid-19/

 

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Sri Racha Tiger Zoo to remain, despite reports to the contrary

 

Picture: Kapook

 

The owner of Sriracha Tiger Zoo on Sunday confirmed the zoo will remain open, after reports circulated over the weekend that it had closed permanently.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215778-sri-racha-tiger-zoo-to-remain-despite-reports-to-the-contrary/

 

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Anutin Charnvirakul, man in firing line for Thailand’s COVID crisis

 

Bhumjaithai Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul during an interview with Agence France-Presse in Bangkok on April 3, 2019. (Photo by Romeo GACAD / AFP)

 

By Thai PBS World’s General Desk

 

Tycoon-turned-politician Anutin Charnvirakul may arguably be Thailand’s most-hated public health minister by now. But to be fair, his predecessors never had to tackle the world’s worst virus crisis in more than a century.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215787-anutin-charnvirakul-man-in-firing-line-for-thailand’s-covid-crisis/

 

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Just in time! Tenants move out then building collapses in Chonburi

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

An official in Bang Sai sub district of Muang Chonburi said that eight tenants of a building were moved out on Saturday after it began to lean over backwards.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215794-just-in-time-tenants-move-out-then-building-collapses-in-chonburi/

 

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Thailand reports new daily record of 31 virus deaths, 2,041 cases
 

FILE PHOTO: Temple workers carry a coffin containing a body of a man who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during his funeral at a temple in Bangkok, Thailand April 24, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Monday reported a new daily record of 31 coronavirus deaths, the health ministry said, as the Southeast Asian country grapples with a third wave of infections.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215798-thailand-reports-new-daily-record-of-31-virus-deaths-2041-cases/

 

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Koh Larn will close for 15 days after referendum - tourists must leave by tomorrow

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

A public referendum was held at Wat Mai Samran on Koh Larn on Sunday in which 845 locals were given their chance to vote on keeping the island open or closing it due to the third wave of Covid-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215799-koh-larn-will-close-for-15-days-after-referendum-tourists-must-leave-by-tomorrow/

 

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16-year-old injured as motorbike hits parcel delivery pickup

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A 16-year-old teenager was rushed to hospital unconscious with serious injuries after the motorbike he was riding struck the back of a parcel delivery pickup truck on Thepkrasattri Rd in Mai Khao yesterday (May 2).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215802-16-year-old-injured-as-motorbike-hits-parcel-delivery-pickup/

 

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Justice minister's Songkran party: Cluster of infections now stands at 55

 

Picture: Sanook

 

The number of people infected as a result of the party organized for Thailand's justice minister Somsak Thepsuthin in Sukhothai has risen to 55.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215803-justice-ministers-songkran-party-cluster-of-infections-now-stands-at-55/

 

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Immigration field hospital set to house Covid-19 patients among police and general public from Wednesday

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Thailand's Immigration Bureau chief Lt-Gen Sompong Chingduang visited premises in Bangkok that had been used to house migrant detainees after Covid-19 outbreaks in detention centers in the capital.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215806-immigration-field-hospital-set-to-house-covid-19-patients-among-police-and-general-public-from-wednesday/

 

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Gold shop robbery in Tesco Lotus Phitsanulok - told staff he was getting engaged

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Police in Muang district of Phitsanulok in northern Thailand are investigating after a man ran off with two gold necklaces weighing seven baht worth 183,050 baht.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215808-gold-shop-robbery-in-tesco-lotus-phitsanulok-told-staff-he-was-getting-engaged/

 

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Provinces tighten grip on COVID-19 restrictions

By Woraprat Lerpaisal

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The new stricter COVID-19 containment measures announced by the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), in effect since May 1, 2021, with provincial authorities ensuring compliance with the measures, from the ban on dine-in customers at restaurants to the mask requirement, and periods of quarantine.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215809-provinces-tighten-grip-on-covid-19-restrictions/

 

 

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CAAT Issued New Guideline for Stricter Covid-19 Control Measures for Domestic Flights

By Woraprat Lerpaisal

 

   

The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) had issued a new guideline recommending stricter Covid-19 control measures for all domestic flights, following the detection of new infections linked with seven recent flights to and from Phuket airport.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215810-caat-issued-new-guideline-for-stricter-covid-19-control-measures-for-domestic-flights/

 

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Communities and beaches sealed off in Narathiwat as Covid cases spike

 

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The governor of Narathiwat province in the far south of Thailand ordered the closure of three Muang district communities and several beaches as Covid-19 cases surpassed 500.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215812-communities-and-beaches-sealed-off-in narathiwat as-covid-cases-spike/

 

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Deputy RTP chief visits 191 call center - beds being found for Covid-19 patients

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Deputy commander of the Royal Thai Police Gen Damrongsak Kittipraphat went to inspect operations at the RTP's 191 call center yesterday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215813-deputy-rtp-chief-visits-191-call-center-beds-being-found-for-covid-19-patients/

 

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Three lottery winners in Mahasarakham net 30 million baht

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that three ticket holders in the north eastern Thai city of Mahasarakham won a total of 30 million baht on the latest draw in the state lottery.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215815-three-lottery-winners-in-mahasarakham-net-30-million-baht/

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Bangkok is the capital of Asia for digital nomads, study finds

 

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Bangkok has been ranked as the most popular city in Asia for digital nomads, according to a new study.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215816-bangkok-is-the-capital-of-asia-for-digital-nomads-study-finds/

 

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Five cops transferred to inactive posts after beauty salon gambling raid in Nakhon Sri Thammarat

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Five policemen at the Khanom station in Nakhon Sri Thammarat in southern Thailand have been ordered to inactive posts while an investigative  committee has been set up.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215817-five-cops-transferred-to-inactive-posts-after-beauty-salon-gambling-raid-in-nakhon-sri-thammarat/

 

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Thailand to tighten restrictions on people who want to trade digital currencies

 

REUTERS FILE PHOTO for reference only

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215818-thailand-to-tighten-restrictions-on-people-who-want-to-trade-digital-currencies/

 

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Bangkok police trialling new khaki uniforms

 

 

The BiB or Boys in Brown are set to become the BiK or Boys in Khaki if a new uniform being trialled meets with force and public approval.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215819-bangkok-police-trialling-new-khaki-uniforms/

 

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DSI Sets up Center to Investigate Fake News

By Woraprat Lerpaisal

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has set up a center to investigate fake news, which could hamper the government’s efforts in containing the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215825-dsi-sets-up-center-to-investigate-fake-news/

 

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No ‘MorProm’ vaccination registration for Phuket

 

The announcement confirming that people in Phuket are to register through the www.ภูเก็ตต้องชนะ.com web portal to receive a state vaccination. Phuket registrations through MorProm will be cancelled. Image: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET:-- People in Phuket wanting to register to receive a state COVID vaccination must register through the ‘Phuket Must Win’ web portal. Any registrations through the national ‘MorProm’ channel will be cancelled by officials.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215840-no-‘morprom’-vaccination-registration-for-phuket/