Thailand previews difficult life without tourists

 

A man walks at the empty Karon beach on Phuket Island, Thailand in April 1, 2021. Picture taken April 1, 2021 with a drone. REUTERS/Jorge Silva - RC2E1N9OLSIF

 

Thailand looks ill-prepared for life without tourists as a fresh wave of contagion hits. The Southeast Asian country needs to wean itself off this economic crutch, but political instability stands in the way.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216213-thailand-previews-difficult-life-without-tourists/

 

Chinese Woman Arrested, Suspected of Smuggling Baby

 

 

BANGKOK, May 6 (TNA) – Immigration police arrested a Chinese woman before she boarded an outbound flight with a baby of whom she claimed to be the mother.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216218-chinese-woman-arrested-suspected-of-smuggling-baby/

 

Mass COVID-19 Testing in Huay Khwang

 

 

BANGKOK, May 6 (TNA) – Health workers were conducting active case finding in Huay Khwang district after two Myanmar employees at a pork stall at Huay Khwang market were confirmed with COVID-19.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216219-mass-covid-19-testing-in-huay-khwang/

 

Plasma Donation Invited

 

 

BANGKOK, May 6 (TNA) – The National Blood Center of the Thai Red Cross Society invited the male COVID-19 cases who fully recovered and are healthy to donate plasma which supports COVID-19 treatment and reduces the degrees of illness.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216220-plasma-donation-invited/

 

More Sinovac Vaccine Doses Arrive in Thailand

 

 

SAMUT PRAKAN, May 6 (TNA) – One million more doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Sinovac were delivered to Thailand this morning.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216222-more-sinovac-vaccine-doses-arrive-in-thailand/

 

Bank of Thailand Keeps Key Interest Rate at Record Low

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Bank of Thailand (BoT) has kept its key interest rate unchanged, keeping it at a record low of 0.5% on Wednesday, as the economy struggles with a third wave of COVID-19.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216223-bank-of-thailand-keeps-key-interest-rate-at-record-low/

 

Thai Rice Exports Drop 23% in First Quarter Year on Year

 

 

Thailand’s rice exports fell by 23% in the first quarter year-on-year, to 1.13 million tons, because of higher prices than those offered by competitors.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216224-thai-rice-exports-drop-23-in-first-quarter-year-on-year/

 

Senior virologist says Thailand needs all makes of vaccine to be administered rapidly

 

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Thailand’s well-known and respected virologist Dr. Yong Poovorawan said today (Thursday) that Thailand needs all brands of COVID-19 vaccines it can procure, to inoculate people as quickly as possible.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216225-senior-virologist-says-thailand-needs-all-makes-of-vaccine-to-be-administered-rapidly/

 

Patent for Favipiravir rejected in Thailand

 

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A patent application for Japanese-made anti-viral drug Favipiravir has been rejected by Thailand’s Intellectual Property Department over its manufacturing quality.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216226-patent-for-favipiravir-rejected-in-thailand/

 

Migration push among young-gen Thais ignites fierce debate over country’s direction

 

Passengers wearing face masks and a protective suit as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus arriving at the departure terminal of Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok. (Photo by Romeo GACAD / AFP)

 

Thai social media has lit up with heated debate about citizens who have vowed to leave the country over growing frustration with the government’s COVID-19 vaccination policy.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216227-migration-push-among-young-gen-thais-ignites-fierce-debate-over-country’s-direction/

 

Thai digital payments double in Feb as outbreak spurs online activity

 

FILE PHOTO: A closed bar is seen on Friday afternoon as the country struggles with a third wave of infections of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sukhumvit road, in Bangkok, Thailand April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's digital payments more than doubled in February from a year earlier, the central bank said on Thursday, as the coronavirus pandemic pushes up demand for online services.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216228-thai-digital-payments-double-in-feb-as-outbreak-spurs-online-activity/

 

Wanted American arrested for murdering pregnant wife in northern Thailand

 

 

An American man has been arrested for allegedly killing his pregnant wife and hiding her body in a garbage bin which he dumped in a field in northern Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216244-wanted-american-arrested-for-murdering-pregnant-wife-in-northern-thailand/

 

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