Thailand halts entry of foreigners from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal over virus variant

 

FILE PHOTO: People get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok, Thailand April 28, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Monday barred the entry of foreign nationals from Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh in a bid to keep out the highly contagious variant of the coronavirus first found in India, its foreign ministry said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216637-thailand-halts-entry-of-foreigners-from-bangladesh-pakistan-nepal-over-virus-variant/

First case of Indian COVID-19 variant detected in a Thai mother and her 4-year old son

 

 

The first case of the Indian COVID-19 variant, or B.1.617.1, has been found in Thailand, in a Thai family returning from Pakistan and in state quarantine, according to CCSA assistant spokesperson Dr. Apisamai Srirangsan.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216620-first-case-of-indian-covid-19-variant-detected-in-a-thai-mother-and-her-4-year-old-son/

Study Shows Both Sinovac and AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccines Are Effective

By Woraprat Lerpaisal

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - A study, by Chulalongkorn University’s Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, has found that both the Sinovac and AstraZeneca vaccines are helpful in stimulating immunity against COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216595-study-shows-both-sinovac-and-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccines-are-effective/

Half a million Bangkok residents registered for COVID-19 inoculation

 

 

More than half a million people in Bangkok are among 1.5 million Thais across the country who have registered to be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the Ministry of Public Health.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216663-half-a-million-bangkok-residents-registered-for-covid-19-inoculation/

 

Explainer: Thailand’s vaccine plans and rollout timeline

By Hathai Techakitteranun

 

 

About 1.3 million Thais have been vaccinated by the Thai government so far, with over 510,000 people having received both doses of either Sinovac’s CoronaVac or the AstraZenecaversion, mainly the former.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216664-explainer-thailand’s-vaccine-plans-and-rollout-timeline/

 

Malaysia declares nationwide lockdown as COVID-19 cases spike

 

A police officer checks the documents of a driver at a roadblock during lockdown ahead of the Eid al-Fitr celebrations in an effort to prevent a large-scale transmission of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng

 

Malaysia on Monday imposed a new nationwide lockdown, as the country grapples with a surge in coronavirus cases and highly infectious variants that the government said are testing its health system.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216665-malaysia-declares-nationwide-lockdown-as-covid-19-cases-spike/

 

Chalong Hospital ready to reopen

By The Phuket News

 

Health officers from Chalong Municipality sanitise Chalong Hospital during its closure. Photo: Chalong Municipality

 

PHUKET: Chalong Hospital will reopen to receiving patients today (May 11) after it was closed for cleaning and its staff quarantined and tested for COVID-19 following a 74-year-old woman outpatient testing positive for the virus after she visited the hospital.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216666-chalong-hospital-ready-to-reopen/

 

Phuket mass vaccinations continue as Third Wave island tally reaches 530

By The Phuket News

 

 

PHUKET: Mass vaccinations continued in Phuket yesterday as the total number of infections on the island since Apr 3 climbed to 530.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216667-phuket-mass-vaccinations-continue-as-third-wave-island-tally-reaches-530/

 

Thai Government Provides Humanitarian Assistance to Refugees from Myanmar

By Woraprat Lerpaisal

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Thai military has provided shelter and humanitarian assistance to more than 2,200 people who have fled the hostilities across the border in Myanmar.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216668-thai-government-provides-humanitarian-assistance-to-refugees-from-myanmar/

 

Exim Thailand Upgrades Target for New Loans in 2021

By Woraprat Lerpaisal

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Export-Import Bank of Thailand (Exim Thailand) has upgraded its target for new loans this year to 145 billion baht, from 138 billion, even with the economy suffering under the pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216669-exim-thailand-upgrades-target-for-new-loans-in-2021/

 

Valaris JU-115 Jack-Up Rig to Stay Off Thailand Until Sept. 2022

By OE Staff 

 

Illustration only - Credit: pichitstocker/AdobeStock

 

Offshore drilling company Valaris, which last week emerged from bankruptcy, has won a contract extension for its Valaris JU-115 jack-up rig offshore Thailand

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216670-valaris-ju-115-jack-up-rig-to-stay-off-thailand-until-sept-2022/

 

Phuket: Brits busted for flouting Covid regulations at illegal pool villa party

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A team of police from the Choeng Thale station headed by Pol Col Peerachat Pombunmee, the Klang district chief Suwit Suriyawong and a local kamnan and phoo yai ban descended on a pool villa on Sunday evening. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216675-phuket-brits-busted-for-flouting-covid-regulations-at-illegal-pool-villa-party/

 

US man with Covid flees hospital because doctors wouldn't let him sleep with his Thai wife

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported that a 51 year old American man suffering from Covid-19 fled Chanuman Hospital in Amnat Charoen on Sunday and walked home. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216676-us-man-with-covid-flees-hospital-because-doctors-wouldnt-let-him-sleep-with-his-thai-wife/

 

Pattaya: German in a Benz kills motorcycle taxi woman after she  shoos away soi dogs

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Tragedy struck on Sukhumvit Road on Sunday night near the Chaiyapreuk lights on the side bound for Chonburi when a Mercedes Benz collided with a female motorcycle taxi rider. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216678-pattaya-german-in-a-benz-kills-motorcycle-taxi-woman-after-she -shoos-away-soi-dogs/

 

Chanthaburi: More than 100 Africans in gems business infected with Covid

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that there were 91 new Covid infections detected yesterday in Chanthaburi province in the east of Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216679-chanthaburi-more-than-100-africans-in-gems-business-infected-with-covid/

 

Thailand reports 1,919 COVID-19 cases, 31 new deaths

 

REUTERS FILE PHOTO for reference only

 

Thailand on Tuesday (May 11) reported 1,919 new COVID-19 cases, and 31 additional deaths.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216694-thailand-reports-1919-covid-19-cases-31-new-deaths/

New projects to help tackle Bangkok’s flooding problems

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Bangkok's governor General Aswin Kwanmuang has promised that 16 projects to address the Thai capital's flooding problems will be completed this year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216695-new-projects-to-help-tackle-bangkok’s-flooding-problems/

 

Bangkok food court deserted - waiting for foreign tourists to return

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News said that netizens were busy sharing pictures posted online from "Hey! These are Thai footpaths".

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216696-bangkok-food-court-deserted-waiting-for-foreign-tourists-to-return/

 

Pattaya tourism business leader calls on govt for support

 

Picture: INN

 

The head of Pattaya's tourism business association has said that greater clarity is needed from the government about its plans.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216698-pattaya-tourism-business-leader-calls-on-govt-for-support/

 

Ex-British Airways worker in Thailand balcony plunge returns home

 

The family of Ian Mitchell-Barnes launched a £10k appeal to bring him home after he was critically injured when he fell from a sixth floor balcony in Thailand

 

By Jane Tyler

 

Ian Mitchell-Barnes

 

A Solihull man who was stranded in hospital in Thailand after falling from a sixth-floor balcony is now back home after a successful fund-raising appeal.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216699-ex-british-airways-worker-in-thailand-balcony-plunge-returns-home/

 

Hua Hin: Tourist town devastated by Covid outbreaks - on a par with Samut Sakhon

 

Picture: Manager

 

A tourism businessman in Hua Hin has likened the resort to Samut Sakhon such has been the devastation caused to the tourism industry by clusters of infections from pubs and now a pineapple factory. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216702-hua-hin-tourist-town-devastated-by-covid-outbreaks-on-a-par-with-samut-sakhon/

 

Pattaya mayor receives second dose of Sinovac vaccine

 

Picture: Siam Chon News

 

Siam Chon News reported that Pattaya's mayor Sontaya Khunplome has received his second dose of Sinovac vaccine against Covid-19. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216703-pattaya-mayor-receives-second-dose-of-sinovac-vaccine/

 

Overseas and Overlooked, Americans in Thailand Seek Vaccines    

By Warangkana Chomchuen

 

Two men enjoy the city skyline view on the 314-meter high rooftop terrace of the Mahanakhon building in Bangkok on Nov. 11, 2020.

 

BANGKOK - Alec Goldman, an American educator who has made a life in Bangkok, wants to get vaccinated.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216705-overseas-and-overlooked-americans-in-thailand-seek-vaccines/

 

Thai Neurological Society advise people to get vaccinated for Covid-19

 

Picture: Manager

 

A letter issued by the National Neurological Society of Thailand urged people to get vaccinated against Covid-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216708-thai-neurological-society-advise-people-to-get-vaccinated-for-covid-19/

 

Myanmar reporters, activists arrested in Thailand

 

FILE PHOTO: An anti-coup protester walks past burning tires after activists launched a "garbage strike" against the military rule, in Yangon, Myanmar March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Three reporters and two activists from Myanmar have been arrested in Thailand for illegal entry and face possible deportation, the reporters' news organisation and local police said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216709-myanmar-reporters-activists-arrested-in thailand/

 

Phuket Immigration opens service at Blue Tree Lifestyle Village

 

 

Some good news for expats in Phuket.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216711-phuket-immigration-opens-service-at-blue-tree-lifestyle-village/

 

Government Has ฿300bn to Deal with COVID-19 Crisis until September 30

By Paphamon Arayasukawat

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Thai government has THB240 billion left over from the THB1 trillion economic stimulus loan, plus THB60 billion from the 2020 emergency budget, to address the COVID-19 crisis until September 30.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216712-government-has-฿300bn-to-deal-with-covid-19-crisis-until-september-30/

 

Study in China Confirms Safety of Sinovac’s COVID-19 Vaccine for the over 60s

By Paphamon Arayasukawat

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s COVID-19 vaccine management sub-committee chairman Dr. Sophon Mekthon said senior citizens have no need to worry about being inoculated with Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine, as a study carried out in China has confirmed its suitability for use in adults over the age 60.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216716-study-in-china-confirms-safety-of-sinovac’s-covid-19-vaccine-for-the-over-60s/

 

Tramway line in Thailand was established by Danish businessmen

by Zazithorn Ruengchinda

 

The first tramway route between the Grand Palace and Bangkok Port.

 

The Royal Danish embassy released the latest photo album, as part of 400 years relations with Thailand celebration on 5 March 2021, a day after H.M. King Vajiraklaochaoyuhua’s Coronation day celebration on 4 May. The memo reads,

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216718-tramway-line-in-thailand-was-established-by-danish-businessmen/

 

What to do before and after your vaccination

 

In this photo taken on April 29, 2021 shows a Royal Thai Army soldier waiting for her turn to receive the Covid-19 coronavirus Sinovac vaccine developed by China at the Pattani Hospital in Thailand’s southern province of Pattani. (Photo by Tuwaedaniya MERINGING / AFP)

 

If you are over 60 years old, or if you have chronic respiratory disease, heart and blood vessel disease, chronic kidney disease, cerebrovascular disease or stroke, cancer, obesity or diabetes, and have registered for vaccination during June or July, here is what you should do before you are vaccinated, according to the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA)’s Facebook page. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216721-what-to-do-before-and-after-your-vaccination/