THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 12 May 2021

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Thailand, 47% of hotels expected to close in the next three months

By Joe Cusmano 

Guest Writer

 

 

The surge of the pandemic in Thailand is beginning to start lining up some bigger casualties. Thailand was preparing to start opening up to international tourism and the new surge of Covid-19 could potentially set the plans back.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216864-thailand-47-of-hotels-expected-to-close-in-the-next-three-months/

 

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Thailand’s largest wholesale vegetable market partially closed for three days

 

Photo from www.brandbuffet.in.th

 

Simummuang Market, Thailand’s biggest vegetable and fruit distribution centre located in Pathum Thani province’s Lam Luk Ka district, is partially closed from today (Wednesday) until Friday after some workers there were found to be infected with COVID-19.

 

FUll story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216866-thailand’s-largest-wholesale-vegetable-market-partially-closed-for-three-days/

 

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Thai govt must revisit, review, replan vaccine rollout to survive latest wave

 

Medical staff administer doses of CoronaVac or AstraZeneca vaccine for the Covid-19 coronavirus to residents of the Klong Toey community outside of an indoor football stadium in Bangkok on May 11, 2021. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

 

The third wave of COVID-19 that rolled into Thailand last month has rocked not just the fragile economic recovery but also the government’s vaccination plans.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216896-thai-govt-must-revisit-review-replan-vaccine-rollout-to-survive-latest-wave/

 

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Thai domestic airlines remind PM of their need for financial help and vaccines

 

 

The Airlines Association of Thailand (AAT) today called on the government to speed up the injection of funding, in the form of soft loans, to seven Thai airlines and to arrange for a special quota of Covid-19 vaccines for their frontline staff.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216897-thai-domestic-airlines-remind-pm-of-their-need-for-financial-help-and-vaccines/

 

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Move Forward party proposes law amendment to prevent distortion of laws

 

 

The opposition Move Forward Party is working on a bill, to be submitted to the House of Representatives, seeking to amend the Criminal Code to prevent law enforcement officers from distorting the law in a way which could benefit or cause damage to the accused or defendants.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216898-move-forward-party-proposes-law-amendment-to-prevent-distortion-of-laws/

 

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22 COVID-19 cases found in Thailand’s national women’s volleyball team

 

File photo from Facebook Thailand Volleyball Association

 

22 COVID-19 positive cases have been found in Thailand’s national women’s volleyball team, according to the Thailand Volleyball Association.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216899-22-covid-19-cases-found-in-thailand’s-national-women’s-volleyball-team/

 

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COVID-19 vaccination: The sooner the better

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Although doctors have repeatedly stressed that the benefits of a COVID-19 vaccination outweigh any risks, some people are still concerned about having an adverse reaction. Professor of Pediatrics of the Division of Infectious Diseases of Mahidol University’s Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Prof. Dr. Kulkanya Chokephaibulkit, who is an expert in COVID-19 vaccines and their side effects, has provided information about the vaccines developed by Sinovac and Astrazeneca. The AstraZeneca vaccine is the country’s primary vaccine against the virus.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216900-covid-19-vaccination-the-sooner-the-better/

 

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COVID Vaccination Starts at Non-Hospital Facility

 

 

BANGKOK, May 12 (TNA) – COVID-19 vaccination started today at the first non-hospital venue, CentralPlaza Lardprao shopping center, and recipients were personnel in contact with possible COVID cases and registered at-risk workers.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216901-covid-vaccination-starts-at-non-hospital-facility/

 

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Thai Govt. approves walk-in COVID-19 inoculation facilities in all provinces

 

 

Thailand’s Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul approved walk-in COVID-19 vaccination facilities in all provinces today (Wednesday), hoping to inoculate at least 70% of the population.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216913-thai-govt-approves-walk-in-covid-19-inoculation-facilities-in-all-provinces/

 

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Far-flung U.S. citizens clamour for vaccines from embassies

 

Paul Risley, a U.S. citizen chair of Democrats Abroad, walks with his son during an interview with Reuters in Bangkok, Thailand May 11, 2021. REUTERS/Jiraporn Kuhakan

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Americans living abroad are asking Washington to send surplus coronavirus shots to overseas embassies so they can get a vaccine in countries where the pace of inoculations is slow and travelling home is difficult.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216914-far-flung-us-citizens-clamour-for-vaccines-from-embassies/

 

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Abbot claims Thai rescue foundations asking for money from families of COVID-19 fatalities

 

 

The abbot of Bang Muang Temple, in Nonthaburi province, which offers free cremation services for COVID-19 fatalities, revealed that rescue foundations delivering the bodies to the temple for cremation are asking for money from the deceased’s family.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216924-abbot-claims-thai-rescue-foundations-asking-for-money-from-families-of-covid-19-fatalities/

 

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Thailand Live Thursday 13 May 2021 
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