THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 5 May 2021

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DES Watching ‘Let’s Move Abroad’ Group

 

 

BANGKOK, May 5 (TNA) – The Digital Economy and Society Ministry has a team monitor a social media group encouraging people to move to other countries after receiving complaints about offences against the royal institution and messages causing disunity.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216078-des-watching-‘let’s-move-abroad’-group/

 

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Thailand records first case of Brazilian coronavirus variant in quarantine

 

FILE PHOTO: A health worker takes a nasal swab sample from a man from Klong Toey community, for a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test, in Bangkok, Thailand, May 4, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Wednesday recorded its first case of a coronavirus variant first detected in Brazil from an overseas arrival in state quarantine, an official said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216080-thailand records-first-case-of-brazilian-coronavirus-variant-in-quarantine/

 

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Uncertainties with opportunism, despair and risk-taking in full swing

 

 

The prime minister is taking a big gamble with his future, something intertwined with the national course. The opposition has proposed an ironic and controversial way to handle COVID-19. The real stakeholders, meanwhile, are probably not too sure what scares them more, real threats of an outbreak or the game Thai politicians are playing at this moment of truth.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216096-uncertainties-with-opportunism-despair-and-risk-taking-in-full-swing/

 

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Well known song writer Chalee Intharavichit has died at 98

 

Photo from mixmagazine.in.th

 

One of Thailand’s most celebrated and prolific song writers and national artist Chalee Intarawichit died in the early hours of Tuesday, at the age of 98.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216097-well-known-song-writer-chalee-intharavichit-has-died-at-98/

 

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FDA: Pfizer Vaccine Has Not Entered Thailand

 

 

BANGKOK, May 5 (TNA) – The COVID-19 vaccine of Pfizer has not arrived in Thailand pending negotiations and its registration, according to the Food and Drug Administration.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216098-fda-pfizer-vaccine-has-not-entered-thailand/

 

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COVID Vaccine Tours May Be A Waste

 

 

BANGKOK, May 5 (TNA) – The Foreign Ministry warned against some travel agents’ invitations for people to buy their COVID-19 vaccination tour packages, saying customers may waste their money.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216099-covid-vaccine-tours-may-be-a-waste/

 

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Thai cabinet approves $2.9 billion in new relief measures -spokeswoman

 

FILE PHOTO: Closed bars are seen at the Ratchada Railway Night Market after a jump in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, in Bangkok, Thailand, April 17, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's cabinet on Wednesday approved additional economic relief measures worth 93 billion baht ($2.9 billion) to help people affected by COVID-19, a spokeswoman said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216100-thai-cabinet-approves-29-billion-in-new-relief-measures-spokeswoman/

 

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Phuket health officials concerned over ICU bed shortage

 

Image: PPHO

 

PHUKET:-- A leading disease expert at Vachira Phuket Hospital, the main government hospital in Phuket, has expressed concern that the rate of COVID infections across Phuket may result in a shortage of beds in intensive-care units on the island.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216103-phuket-health-officials-concerned-over-icu-bed-shortage/

 

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Phuket rapid test on arrival not free for Thais after May 15

 

Phuket Governor Narong announced the news during a live broadcast this morning (May 5). Screenshot: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET:-- The rapid antigen test will not be free for Thai nationals at the airport or at the Phuket Check Point onto the island by road from May 15, Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew has confirmed.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216104-phuket-rapid-test-on-arrival-not-free-for-thais-after-may-15/

 

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Thai ex-convict Deputy Minister spared the axe by Charter Court

 

 

Thailand’s Constitutional Court ruled today (Wednesday) that Deputy Agriculture Minister Thammanat Prompow, who was found guilty of drug trafficking by an Australian court in 1993, can retain his ministerial post and MP status, despite the conviction.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216106-thai-ex-convict-deputy-minister-spared-the-axe-by-charter-court/

 

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Viral Interest in moving out of Thailand sparks debate and some backlash

 

Photo from Daio Sirimongkhon Pratumthong on Let’s Move Abroad Facebook group

 

The current interest among Thais in moving abroad, with nearly 763,000 members joining a newly created Facebook group and the Thai hashtag “Let’s Move Abroad” among top Twitter trends, has sparked much discussion, debate and backlash about the state of Thailand and love for one’s home country.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216108-viral-interest-in-moving-out-of-thailand-sparks-debate-and-some-backlash/

 

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Marine life near Thailand’s Koh Chang thrives amid decline in tourism

 

Photo from Facebook “Hatchakorn Suntornprasert”

 

A recent Facebook post, by the administrator of a Koh Chang tourism page, included a spectacular video of marine life, filmed when diving near Koh Chang, signaling that the island’s ecology has revived and is thriving.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216109-marine-life-near-thailand’s-koh-chang-thrives-amid-decline-in-tourism/

 

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Thai travel agencies offer COVID-19 'vaccine tours' to U.S

 

FILE PHOTO: People wait to receive the second dose of Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine at the Bang Khun Thian Geriatric Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand April 21, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Travel agencies in Thailand are selling coronavirus "vaccine tours" to the United States, as some wealthy Thais grow impatient awaiting mass inoculations that are still a month away amid the country's biggest outbreak so far.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215957-thai-travel-agent-offers-“vaccine-tour-to-us-for-76000-baht/?do=findComment&comment=16446690

 

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